Christopher Fry, Twitter’s Senior Vice President of Engineering (read: the man responsible for fighting off the fail whale), has stepped down from his position. The news comes by way of documents filed with the SEC.
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Twitter’s ‘Zero’ Service Lets Emerging Markets Tweet For Free
Mobile carriers around the world are touting their involvement in a program called “Twitter Zero,” but that’s not its real name.
In 2010, Facebook revealed an initiative designed to give it a foothold in emerging marke
CEO Tony Fadell Hates When Nest Is Called An ‘Internet-Of-Things’ Company
We here in the tech press have gotten used to categorizing new, interesting products that are getting smart and connected under the umbrella term “Internet of Things.” But today at CODE Conference in Southern Californi
Microsoft And Salesforce Announce Broad Product-Integration Partnership
This afternoon, Microsoft and Salesforce announced a broad partnership that will bring their respective software and service products closer together.
Salesforce will support Windows, Windows 8.1, build “interoperabilit
Google Admits It Hires Too Many White Dudes
Today, one of the valley’s biggest employers, Google, is finally opening up about workplace diversity and how it goes about hiring women and minorities.The gist is that Google knows it has a problem and it’s sorry, but
Microsoft Plans To Bring HTTP/2, Web Audio And JavaScript Promises To The Next Version Of IE
At its Build developer conference earlier this year, Microsoft promised that it would become more transparent about which new features the Internet Explorer team is considering for upcoming versions. To do this, Microso
With Polagram, Print Photos From Your Phone In Just A Few Taps
French startup Polagram just released a couple of new features and raised a round of funding. You can use the iPhone or Android app to print your photos directly from your phone and receive your prints a few days after
Quick Key, The Quiz Scanning App For Teachers, Raises Over $250,000
When we last saw Quick Key, founder Walter Duncan was working to get his quiz grading app into schools across the country. Now they’ve announced a $250,000 raise to help expand their reach and improve the product.
The a
Indie E-Book Printer Blurb Buys Graphicly; Will Shut Down Comic E-Publishing Platform
As the ongoing dispute between Amazon and Hachette sees the huge online retailer continue to block and/or delay sales of some of the publisher’s books, two smaller startups in the industry are merging forces. Blurb, whi
AppInTop Enables App Developers To Market Their Mobile Wares On A Budget
AppInTop, a new automated mobile marketing platform that opens in public Beta today, is perhaps noteworthy on two counts.
Firstly, the startup wants to significantly lower the barriers for mobile app developers to marke
Revel Adds A Drive-Through Option To Its iPad-Based Retail And Restaurant Sales Systems
California-based iPad point-of-sale maker Revel Systems has added a drive-through option to its lineup of software and hardware accessories, making it possible for business owners to get set up with a way to cater to th
Google Looking At Dropcam And The Home Security Market, Says The Information
Google has reportedly ben interested in Dropcam as an acquisition target, according to a new report by The Information today. The supposed purchase would help Google with its aim of getting into the home security market
Apple Patents LiquidMetal And Sapphire Mobile Device Construction Method
Apple has just renewed its exclusive licensing deal with LiquidMetal, a fairly exotic metal alloy that behaves like plastic, and today it was granted a patent by the USPTO (via AppleInsider) for use of that material com
The Prodigal Sony Returns To China
The PS4 is headed to China.
After China dropped a decade-long ban on gaming consoles, Sony is making plans to bring its latest gaming console to the massive Chinese market. The last time a Sony gaming system was availa
If You Love IFTTT Then This Connected Hardware bttn May Push Your Buttons
Internet connection and automation service IFTTT, which joins the dots between different Internet services and mobile OS components to create recipes to do things automatically for you, is awesome-sauce for the tech sav
Twitter User Growth Will Come From Asia-Pacific – Region Accounting For 40% Of Users By 2018
Figures out this morning from eMarketer estimate Twitter’s growth to continue in the double-digits through 2018, with the Asia-Pacific region playing a large part in that growth trend. Today, Twitter users in Asia-Pacif
Ku Is A Social Network For Composing Creative Status Updates
The plain social network ‘status update’ has been superseded by the rush to share photos. Quicker, easier and less likely to get lost in translation, the selfie and its subsidiaries (otheries) are the digital social cur
The iPhone Is Still The Best Smartphone
I see a lot of phones in my work here at GNNTECH, and I’m genuinely impressed with where the average level of quality is at compared to where it was even just five years ago. I’ve seen Android mature so much in that tim
The ROI Of iCloud Photo Storage
“When we work on making our devices accessible by the blind, I don’t consider the bloody ROI.”
That’s Apple CEO Tim Cook, speaking at the company’s annual shareholder meeting in February, after a representative of conse
Twitter Closed At $30.50 Today, Its Lowest Conclusion So Far As A Public Company
Twitter closed out regular trading this afternoon at $30.50 per share. That’s its lowest end-of-day tally yet in its history as a public company. The company traded below the $30 mark earlier this month, but managed to
