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 Science Inc. just announced that it has acquired mobile ad network PlayHaven from mobile analytics and marketing company Upsight. Science CEO Mike Jones (pictured above) told me that the PlayHaven team will join Science, merge with its Chirp Ads unit … Continue reading →

 Why would the fun stop? Despite the economy of the United States posting anemic growth in the aftermath of the 2007-8 economic crisis, its stock markets are trading near record highs in some cases, and local maximums in others. Money … Continue reading →

 Quid had a good run, but it looks like we have a new champion in the endless battle to have the most pretentious startup website. West, an advertising agency founded by former Apple exec Allison Johnson in 2011 with backing … Continue reading →

 Before the launch of the iPhone 6 Plus, the idea of people being concerned about how “bendy” their phone is would’ve seemed laughable. A week later, I’m hearing random people in my just-outside-of-the-echo-chamber coffee spot talk about it like they’d … Continue reading →

 Berlin-based relayr, maker of the WunderBar, an Internet of Things (IoT) hardware dev kit which resembles a chunky chocolate bar, has closed a $2.3 million seed round, from unnamed U.S. and Switzerland-based investors. Read More

 The story of life on Earth thus far has had an unmistakable direction, and it has moved towards greater complexity. Sure, evolution has seen lots of fits and starts and collapses and mass extinctions. And yes, some replicators (like viruses) … Continue reading →

Multimedia Dateline City: EL SEGUNDO, Calif. Contacts Defense, Risk & Security; Healthcare/Pharmaceuticals; Economics; Country & Industry Forecasting; Design & Supply ChainIHS Media Relations, +1 303 305 8021press@ihs.comor Design & Supply ChainJonathan Cassell, +1 408 654 1714jonathan.cassell@ihs.com Smartphone Connectivity Presents Both … Continue reading →

 Finally is a funny word, especially when it comes to Apple. I try to avoid using it because I’m cognizant of the fact that Apple’s pacing is a often a lot different than the hive mind’s idea of what it … Continue reading →

 Kabbage, the Atlanta-based startup that has raised hundreds of millions of dollars to build and run a money lending platform for small, online businesses, is turning over a new leaf, so to speak: today it is launching a new lending service … Continue reading →

 Apple Pay what again? Walmart is getting into the mobile banking space, the company announced this morning, through a partnership with financial services provider Green Dot Corporation. The company’s low-cost checking account product called GoBank is now being made available … Continue reading →