Apprupt, which operates a performance network for mobile in-content ads, this morning announced that it has raised more funding from existing backers T-Venture (a subsidiary of Deutsche Telekom), Neuhaus Partners and KfW. The size of the financing round was not disclosed, although the company says it involves a "seven-digit Euro investment". The new funding will be used to increase the startup's headcount in sales, international expansion and to invest in its mobile advertising technology.
Friday, 16 September 2011
Apprupt Raises More Funding For Mobile In-Content Advertising Technology
Apprupt, which operates a performance network for mobile in-content ads, this morning announced that it has raised more funding from existing backers T-Venture (a subsidiary of Deutsche Telekom), Neuhaus Partners and KfW. The size of the financing round was not disclosed, although the company says it involves a "seven-digit Euro investment". The new funding will be used to increase the startup's headcount in sales, international expansion and to invest in its mobile advertising technology.
Latest Hilarious Picks [MakeUseOf Geeky Fun]
Check out the top picks from MakeUseOf Geeky Fun during the last couple of days. How Apple & Microsoft Fans See Each Others? Tech Support (Pic) The Likability of Angry Birds (Pic) What To Wear On Your Graduation Day(Pic) Internet Argument Tip (Pic) The Ladies Of Your Life(Pic) PhotoshopTroll (Pic) Obvious Similarities (Pic) Movie Watch...
Android Tablet Firefox betas ready for trial fondling
Grab a slab, stroke a Fennec - at your own risk
Android tablets can now play with a beta version of mobile Firefox, complete with desktop synchronisation, proper tabbed browsing and all the other UI goodies promised.?
Thursday, 15 September 2011
Ca-Fi is an aftermarket Android car stereo that won't fit in your dashboard
Continue reading Ca-Fi is an aftermarket Android car stereo that won't fit in your dashboard
Ca-Fi is an aftermarket Android car stereo that won't fit in your dashboard originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 15 Sep 2011 21:27:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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The speed demon: hands-on with the Samsung Galaxy S II
Our patience has finally paid off: within the next few days, the Samsung Galaxy S II will finally land in the US on AT&T and Sprint. Since the phone landed in our hands, we’ve enjoyed nearly every minute with it—it’s fast, it’s thin, it’s light, and the screen is enormous. We wouldn’t call it flawless, but we haven’t been this impressed by a phone in a long time.
The Galaxy S II AT&T and Sprint versions are physically different: AT&T’s is slightly thinner and has a 4.3-inch screen, while Sprint’s has a 4.5-inch screen. We received the Sprint version to review, which has “Epic 4G Touch” appended to its name, but we will refer to it as Galaxy S II throughout.
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Facebook: How to Enable Profile Review and Tag Review
Facebook now gives you the ability to review tags that friends add to your content before they appear on Facebook and also review posts that you are tagged in before they appear on your profile.
1. Go to Facebook and login to your account.
2. Go to the upper-right corner and click Account.
3. Select Privacy Settings.
4. [...] 
1. Go to Facebook and login to your account.
2. Go to the upper-right corner and click Account.
3. Select Privacy Settings.
4. [...]
Product Of The Week: Armed Notebook, Judge The Creativity By Its 3D Weaponry Covers
Armed Notebook is the new sensation in the world of cool products. Besides the stylish cover, what make it more cool is the message it conveys:
"Here, weapons which may typically be viewed as symbols of violence are converted to tools for peace. Our creativity and knowledge expressed through words...
To read the entire article, please visit our website E-junkie.info.
"Here, weapons which may typically be viewed as symbols of violence are converted to tools for peace. Our creativity and knowledge expressed through words...
To read the entire article, please visit our website E-junkie.info.
Intel Chases a More Power-Efficient Future
An improved microprocessor and a deal with Google could lead to more Intel chips in mobile devices.
Intel has announced a line of more power-efficient microprocessors for smart phones and tablets that could help recapture some of this increasingly valuable market segment. At the Intel Developers Forum (IDF) in San Francisco this week, the company also announced that it's forming an alliance with Google to get the Android operating system released more quickly for Intel hardware.
Intel now finds itself in an unfamiliar, and uncomfortable, position. Having dominated the computer landscape for years by churning out faster and faster chips, it now lags behind in the race to create more energy-efficient microchips for smart phones and tablets—two rapidly growing hardware categories that are eating into sales of desktop and laptop computers.
The majority of smart phones and tablets on the market today, including the iPhone and iPad, use chips designed by ARM, a U.K. company that licenses microchip designs. Nvidia, Freescale, Texas Instruments, Samsung, and other companies manufacture ARM chips. The first Intel microchip aimed at the mobile market—the Atom—was released in 2008, but it proved less power-efficient than comparable ARM chips. Because battery life is prized in mobile devices, no major manufacturer is using Atom chips in its devices.
From No Doctor to E-Doctors in Rural India
A telemedicine company is bringing $1 virtual checkups to poor countries.
There aren't too many doctors in the village of Hari Ke Kalan, in the Punjab region of northern India. But for $1, residents who bicycle to a new health clinic in town can get an appointment with a physician who appears on a large-screen television, beamed in over broadband Internet.
Money Origami
Won Park transforms euro and dollar bills into amazing origami creations.
Detailed money sculptures look like animals, famous landmarks, apples, construction vehicles, clothing, and Formula 1 cars. The artist creates origami for himself, his friends, and clients like Payment System Group.
For more creative origami sculptures, check out: Dollar Bill Origami
Detailed money sculptures look like animals, famous landmarks, apples, construction vehicles, clothing, and Formula 1 cars. The artist creates origami for himself, his friends, and clients like Payment System Group.
For more creative origami sculptures, check out: Dollar Bill Origami
Portlandia: We Satirize Portland, But If You Satirize Us, We'll Go Legal On You [Updated]
Make sure you see the update at the end...
A few months back, a friend of mine pointed me to some YouTube clips of the TV show Portlandia, the Fred Armisen/Carrie Brownstein show satirizing the city of Portland. The show is mildly amusing. However, it appears that someone involved in the show doesn't like it when anyone satirizes them. Ryan points us to the news that blogger/writer Jenny Lawson, a fan of the show, decided to use the create-your-own-products store Zazzle to make a parody of a Portlandia skit known as Put A Bird On It!. She created a tote bag, and put a dead dodo bird on it, with the phrase "Put a bird on it!" as well. She also linked to Portlandia, and figured that people would recognize that a dead dodo bird was clearly parodying the Portlandia episode. Apparently, the Portlandia people didn't get this and issued a takedown.
That's not where the story ends.
In response, Lawson decided to then mock the takedown itself, with this lovely design: 
With it, she included the following text: 
And... it took all of a day for Portlandia people to issue a takedown on that as well. This is both lame and idiotic.
It also turns out that Lawson is not one to give up easily, especially when being bullied in a ridiculous manner. She's now created three new designs -- one, two and three, testing just how far Portlandia lawyers want to go in this little dance. Designs below: 
Put a herd on it, indeed. Honestly, it makes you wonder what the legal folks involved with Portlandia are thinking. I know it's made me not particularly interested in watching any more of the show.
Update: Looks like the Portlandia crew themselves didn't know this was happening. There's now an update on the post:
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A few months back, a friend of mine pointed me to some YouTube clips of the TV show Portlandia, the Fred Armisen/Carrie Brownstein show satirizing the city of Portland. The show is mildly amusing. However, it appears that someone involved in the show doesn't like it when anyone satirizes them. Ryan points us to the news that blogger/writer Jenny Lawson, a fan of the show, decided to use the create-your-own-products store Zazzle to make a parody of a Portlandia skit known as Put A Bird On It!.
That's not where the story ends.
In response, Lawson decided to then mock the takedown itself, with this lovely design:
It also turns out that Lawson is not one to give up easily, especially when being bullied in a ridiculous manner. She's now created three new designs -- one, two and three, testing just how far Portlandia lawyers want to go in this little dance. Designs below:
Update: Looks like the Portlandia crew themselves didn't know this was happening. There's now an update on the post:
Holy crap, y’all. I just got an email from Fred Armisen (co-creater and co-star of Portlandia), telling me that he and Carrie have no clue why those bags were banned, and that they think they’re fabulous. Then he asked how they could help, and he and Carrie offered to sign some of the bags personally. Which explains exactly why I love Portlandia, social media, and birds. I considered making one saying “Carrie and Fred personally approve of the birds on this bag” (and then have them sign it, along with a notary public), but instead I just suggested that they sign one and auction it off to a charity that rescues birds from crack houses. And we’d call it The GET-A-BIRD-OUT-OF-THERE Auction. No word yet from Fred. It’s possible I may have frightened him.Cool response to a bad situation that never should have happened in the first place...
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Wednesday, 14 September 2011
MOG FreePlay brings 11 million songs to the web gratis, makes you work for free tunes
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Google is developing a new scripting language for the Web that the company hopes will eventually supplant JavaScript. The language, which is called Dart, will be presented next month during an opening keynote at the GOTO conference.
Few technical details about the programming language are available at this time, but an internal Google memo that was authored last year and subsequently leaked offers some insight into the company's strategic goals for the project.
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