Apple’s Director for Brazil Alexandre Szapiro has left the company after five years, the Brazilian press reports. While Apple’s PR confirmed his departure, it didn’t comment on allegations that he will now head Amazon’s operations in the country. According to Isto É Dinheiro, his poaching is already a done deal, as Szapiro reportedly took part in an integration program at Amazon’s Seattle HQ last week. As for … [Read more...]
Social video platform Zeewe TV has reached the 1 million user milestone, its parent company Movile revealed today. Available as a Facebook app and on mobile, it was launched one month ago with the ambition to challenge Netflix and Hulu, by allowing more flexibility between PC and mobile use when it comes to watching audiovisual content. In practice, Zeewe TV users don’t pay for Internet data to watch video hosted on Zeewe TV servers, … [Read more...]
As you may guess from its name, RelationBook is a new platform that lets you find out the relationship status of your Facebook friends. Once you sign up, you’ll see a picture of each of your friends, plus a logo corresponding to their relationship status. You can also browse your open graph by gender or status. Here’s what the site looks like: Obviously, one of the use cases for the app is to find which of your friends are single … [Read more...]
BBC Sport announced today the launch of a new Facebook app that will let users follow live streams of major sports events, from Wimbledon to the Olympics. As the BBC points out, it is the first time it has live streamed events on Facebook. As a matter of fact, the beta version is already available today, on time for viewers to catch up with the Grand Slam. In addition to BBC’s network TV coverage, users will also get access to up to six … [Read more...]
With less than three months left to The Next Web Conference Latin America, we help you get ready with a new post series that will bring you everything you need to know about this exciting region. Did you know that over 40% of Latin American Internet users play social games? This is one of the key findings of a study published by the Latin American game monetization platform Jampp, a promising startup that recently took part in the … [Read more...]
The Amsterdam-based interactive agency Dorst & Lesser has released a new app called We Share Photos, which lets event attendees share pictures on Facebook thanks to simple RFID wristbands. As you may remember, the agency already attracted a lot of attention last summer when it first showcased this technology at the Ushuaïa Beach hotel in Ibiza. With the public launch of its concept, it is now taking things to the next level, and potentially … [Read more...]
Digital Decoy Apps Help Keep Secrets SecretCBS LocalThe method for concealing risky communication is using apps with names like “Call and Text Eraser” and “Hide My Text.” All have the same goal, to help users hide and encrypt all sorts of thing…
ITV NewsMcCain Asks Apple to Stop Making Him Update His AppsPC MagazineIt wasn't the most germane back-and-forth during a Senate panel's grilling of Apple's top brass over the company's offshore tax avoidance practices, but it may have …
abc13.comExperts warn that some social media phone apps can be trouble for teensabc13.comOne downside of some apps is that they allow the viewing of indecent images, while others can become forums for bullying. And in many cases, parents are the last t…
