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As usual around this time of the month, smartphone and tablet maker HTC released its monthly consolidated revenue numbers for the month prior. And they look, well, horrendous. The Taiwanese... Keep reading →

Google has announced today that physical gift cards for its digital app and media distribution platform, Google Play, can now be purchased in the United Kingdom. As with Apple’s gift... Keep reading →

Steve Wozniak has shed some light on this youth and the important role that he sees mobile playing in today’s age after a letter he wrote to a Korean high-school... Keep reading →

Metaps, a Japanese company that provides an advertising and promotions platform for Android, has raised a 1 billion yen (approximately $11 million) round of Series B funding that will help... Keep reading →

The 2013 edition of the Launch Festival continues this week, with day two of the three-day event just wrapping up. The day began with a rather informative talk by accelerator... Keep reading →

Sharp has confirmed that it has agreed to a much-speculated deal with Samsung that will see the mobile firm invest 10.4 billion yen (around $112 million) to buy a 3.08... Keep reading →

Less than two weeks after it announced a partnership with Ford, Spotify has continued its venture into in-car entertainment by revealing a new deal with Volvo, which will see it... Keep reading →

Beats Electronics, the audio brand company co-founded by artist and producer Dr. Dre and Interscope Geffen A&M Chairman Jimmy Iovine, has confirmed that it has received a $60 million investment... Keep reading →

Reuters is reporting that Apple CEO Tim Cook and Beats CEO Jimmy Iovine held discussions about the music streaming industry in what could be evidence of a possible collaboration. Famed for... Keep reading →

It’s been a year since Google rebranded its Android Market app store to Google Play – thereby unifying its multimedia content – and the Internet giant is celebrating the landmark by offering a... Keep reading →

Back when Pinterest was brand-spankin’-new, we heard the same cry from a lot of Problogger.net readers: “Not another social network! Who has time for all this?!” Who indeed? Each social network is different, and they all require slightly different approaches and skills. One potential solution for more than a few bloggers is to hire someone [...] Originally at: Blog Tips at ProBlogger Do You Need a Pinterest Consultant? Interview with Jade Craven of dPS

Local media was an essential business for a century, largely for three reasons: 1. Broadcast signals and newspaper trucks could only travel so far, so 'local' was the natural category. 2. Commerce (and thus advertising) was local. 3. Interests tended...

Do you lie in bed at night dreaming of getting a link from some high-profile blog like ProBlogger that would send you thousands of visitors and give your blog the exposure you need to take it to the next level? I’d rather have Pinterest. Don’t get me wrong: I’d love to have Darren share a [...] Originally at: Blog Tips at ProBlogger Heavyweight Help: The Complete Guide to Getting Started on Pinterest

Because more than you need to makes it personal. Because work that belongs to you, by choice, is the first step to making art. Because the choice to do more brings passion to your life and it makes you more...

Just about everyone is in the media now. If you've published something online, you know what it is to create and spread ideas. But that doesn't mean you have to become a media company. Companies seek to maximize. Maximize attention...

There's always a defect, always a slow drip, somewhere. Every plan, every organization, every venture has a glitch. The question isn't, "is this perfect?" The question is, "will this get me there?" Sometimes we make the mistake of ignoring the...

Apple’s new Lightning Digital AV Adapter appears to have a system on a chip inside of it and may actually function as an AirPlay receiver, according to some recent investigation by... Keep reading →

Intel Capital, the venture arm of the Intel Corporation announced that it had recruited Sumeet Jain, formerly a partner with CMEA Capital, as its newest investment director. In his capacity,... Keep reading →

Ok, so this is obviously a simple designer’s error, but it is one rich in karmic potential. Sharp-eyed writer Kyle Gray picked out an interesting graphic on a section of YouTube’s... Keep reading →

Online education marketplace Udemy is announcing that its Teach2013 initiative has signed 15,000 experts within the past 60 days. Among those notable within the company’s “create your own course” program,... Keep reading →

The Web Standards Project (WaSP) was formed in 1998 by co-founders Glenn Davis, George Olsen, and Jeffrey Zeldman during the first browser war between Microsoft and Netscape in an effort... Keep reading →

Update: Andrew Mason’s severance package won’t cost Groupon investors much. In place to receive half a year’s salary from the company, Mason will be paid a total of $378.36. His annual... Keep reading →

MetaMed, a startup led by Skype founding engineer Jaan Tallinn, has announced a $500,000 funding round led by Peter Thiel and is launching to provide patients with an on-demand medical research team. These teams of... Keep reading →

Yahoo on Friday announced it is killing a slew of services next month. The company is shutting down Avatars, its BlackBerry app, Clues, app search, Sports IQ, Message Boards, and... Keep reading →

US Judge Lucy Koh today cut the damages Samsung owes Apple by roughly $450 million, to a total of $598,908,892. The prior settlement, over $1 billion, was awarded back in... Keep reading →

Valve on Friday updated its Hardware & Software Survey for February 2013, and the news is once again very good for everyone except Apple. Both Microsoft and Canonical have reason... Keep reading →

Are you ready to launch a product from your blog? Not an affiliate product, but something you created with your own flesh and blood? After many late nights spent honing that ebook, ecourse, or coaching program? Whatever it is, if you’re ready to release that puppy, then it’s time to commit to it and launch [...] Originally at: Blog Tips at ProBlogger The 3 Emails You Must Send During a Launch … and a Fresh Alternative for Bloggers

Just saying. You have permission to create, to speak up, and stand up. You have permission to be generous, to fail, and to be vulnerable. You have permission to own your words, to matter and to help. No need to...

Taking to the stage at the London Web Summit today, Twilio co-founder and CEO Jeff Lawson announced an extension to their partnership with Dave McLure’s seed accelerator 500 Startups, which will... Keep reading →

Sky has announced that it has struck a £200 million (approximately $300 million) deal to buy Telefónica’s broadband business in a move that sees it become the UK’s second largest broadband Internet... Keep reading →