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Bambuser Survives Early Mobile Pitfalls, Preps for Re-Launch and US Tour
When it comes to realizing the potential of mobile platforms and applications, there aren’t many stories as well-played as Bambuser’s. The Stockholm-based startup has been waiting for the right time to explode onto the mobile scene, and that time is now upon us. With a highly successful application on the iPhone and Android, this Qik ...
WOT’s Big Data Makes Facebook, Twitter (and Even Bit.ly) Safer
There’s a lot of data being thrown around today, through social networks, deal sites and mobile coupon collection services, local search and even restaurant recommendations. Processing all of that is an easy task for machines, but what about people? Today’s consumer is faced with a firehose of information, from blog reviews to personal suggestions being ...
Mint.com Update Puts Big Data to Work on Your Home Loan
Mint.com’s got some updated features in its app, all focused on helping users refinance or prepare for a home purchase. In Mint’s efforts to help people tackle this very specific and economically impacting debt, they’ve turned to big data to create more custom tools and capabilities. This is another step towards highly personal finance management, ...
Pageonce An Early Supporter of Amazon Appstore, Applies Big Data to Personal Finance
Pageonce was always a few steps ahead of the curve, launching a rather inclusive personal assistant application over two years ago, and diving head first into the mobile sector, where the company and its dev team have been nimble enough to navigate these new and exciting waters. With a heavily promoted app that’s available on ...
IMDb Personalizes Big Data, Updates iPad App
IMDb has always been a great resource for movie buffs and entertainment lovers, and its ability to parse through data is what makes IMDb such a useful tool. With its mobile apps, IMDb has been able to expand on its data renderings, providing more personalized features based on its learned behavior and user interaction. A ...
Springpad Updates Android App, Leverages Google’s Secret Metadata Sauce
Evernote competitor Springpad has updated its Android app today, revealing version 2.1 to the Market. It’s improvements revolve around several user-requested upgrades, but there are a series of new widgets that take advantage of the Android platform in particular. These widgets are configurable according to the type of interaction you’d like to take, making them ...
Mobile Payments Still Need Middlemen, Says ROAM Data VP
Mobile payments spread the promise of wallet elimination, ridding credit cards of mantras that remind us to never leave home without it–and its contents. But the matter of how mobile payments will actually play out is a story of industry exploration that wades through consumer security, regulated standards and market demands, all balanced on the ...
Constant Contact’s Cloud Adoption Sees Clear Skies with Puppet Labs Technology
Constant Contact is one of those companies you usually see in the background, most likely as a logo at the bottom of an email newsletter. You can imagine the reach a company like this has, even as digital marketing is still in its infancy. Constant Contact is growing alongside social media marketing trends, extending its ...
Plaxo Shakes Off Social Media Stink, Returns to Address Book Glory
Remember Plaxo? The address book that auto-synced your contacts in Outlook? Well after surviving the web 2.0 era, a Comcast acquisition and the rise of social networking, Plaxo is returning to its roots. This includes a segue out of social networking and a refocus on the address book, unveiling Plaxo Personal Assistant. It’s a completely ...
Xeround Extends Ruby Support with Heroku Add-On
Cloud database company Xeround is expanding its MySQL offerings with a new add-on, with support for the Heroku cloud platform, a popular PaaS for Ruby developers. This is the latest in a string of updates from Xeround, which is building out its service offerings towards the simplification of cloud management. The add-on is a one-click ...
