Here's the real reason Flappy Bird was removed
In an exclusive interview with Forbes, Flappy Bird developer Dong Nguyen has revealed the real reason he removed the extremely popular app from the App Store and the Google Play Store. According to Nguyen, the game's addictiveness is what convinced him to remove it, and the app is not coming back.…
Depop Takes Its Social Shopping App To Android After 200K Downloads On iOS
Social mobile shopping app and U.K. startup Depop has extended the reach of its marketplace by launching on Android. Depop launched its pocket m-commerce offering on iOS in April last year, and says it's racked up 200,000 downloads since then (it's not breaking out active users at this…
Flappy Bird taken down to save us from ourselves, apparently
Game designed to be played while relaxed became anything but says developer The world's brief love affair with Flappy Bird may now be coming to an end thanks to its removal from Google Play and the iOS App Store, but the developer has now come clean about his reasons for doing so. Despite an…
Google and Foxconn collaborating on a new 'vision' of roboticized factories
Foxconn produces some of the world's best known devices for most of its beloved brands, though the way it goes about that business may soon radically change with the help of Google. As The Wall Street Journal reveals, Google's head of robotics Andy Rubin and Foxconn CEO Terry Gou recently…
$130 Xiaomi Redmi could pack more value than any Android Phone to date
When Android faithful Hugo Barra left Google, we knew it had to be for good reason, and it was: he joined Xaiomi, a Chinese mobile phone manufacturer growing at an outrageous clip. The company has just announced a new brand, called "Redmi" which essentially stands for "mobile internet…
Flappy Bird's creator says he pulled the app for your own good
If you were hoping Flappy Bird would find its wings and fly back onto the App Store or Google Play, its creator has some tough news for you. Less than 48 hours after he pulled the explosively popular game, developer Dong Nguyen briefly emerged from...
Is Samsung giving the Galaxy S5 circular icons in revamped TouchWiz UI?
Samsung just released another teaser for their Galaxy S5 Unpacked 5 event at Mobile World Congress. According to the flyer it looks like the new TouchWiz might have circular icons.
Samsung teases Galaxy S5 event with new app icons
New Unpacked image showcases the power of five We're just under two weeks away from seeing what Samsung's been cooking up for its Feb. 24 "Unpacked 5" event in Barcelona , Spain, and the manufacturer's dropping even more hints in a post published this morning on its official…
Chromecast can now play embedded YouTube videos on your TV--no need to mirror entire browser tabs an
Chromecast can now play embedded YouTube videos on your TV —no need to mirror entire browser tabs any longer. Which is neat. Read more...
Samsung teases the power of 5 in new TouchWiz icons
A week ago, Samsung sent out invitations to its first big Unpacked event of 2014 — taking place on February 24th — with the prominent inclusion of the number 5 in the title. Today, the company's buildup steps up with the revelation of a new icon set, hinting at a redesigned TouchWiz…
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