Success! iOS 6 Beta Jailbreak Here, But Only for A4 iPhone and iPod Touch
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An official jailbreak for iOS 6 is finally here! However, it does have a few flaws, and still lacks Cydia[...]
Continue ReadingApp Store Data Provider Distimo Partners With Interarrows To Take On Japanese Market
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App store analytics firm�Distimo�is announcing a strategic partnership with Tokyo-based digital marketing and internet data provider�interarrows�in order to launch a version of�Distimo’s�service in Japan. The new service, live now at�Distimo.jp, aims to target what the company called a “hotbed of developer activity” in Japan. Citing several top Japanese players including�GREE,�DeNA,�NHN�(NAVER�Japan), SEGA and�Capcom, Distimo explains that Japanese companies are in need of more than just localized analytics – they are now competing on the world stage.
Japan is a crucial market for mobile app distribution and is the second largest country in the world in terms of app m[...]
Continue ReadingJapan is a crucial market for mobile app distribution and is the second largest country in the world in terms of app m[...]
Siri, what happened at Tiananmen Square in 1989?
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Siri is a smart little whippersnapper. Smart enough to know things she’s not supposed to know. And even smarter to hide what she’s not supposed to tell.
The China Real Time report at the Wall Street Journal�reports that Tiananmen Square is a curious black hole in Siri’s knowledge. Siri, of course, is Apple’s personal assistant, available on the iPhone 4S, which helps users in many countries get directions, find information, and get things done.
At Apple’s recent World Wide Developers Conference in San Francisco, the expansion of Siri’s language capabilities to Mandarin and Cantonese was one of the big items of news. So users in China have finally been able[...]
Continue ReadingThe China Real Time report at the Wall Street Journal�reports that Tiananmen Square is a curious black hole in Siri’s knowledge. Siri, of course, is Apple’s personal assistant, available on the iPhone 4S, which helps users in many countries get directions, find information, and get things done.
At Apple’s recent World Wide Developers Conference in San Francisco, the expansion of Siri’s language capabilities to Mandarin and Cantonese was one of the big items of news. So users in China have finally been able[...]
Red hot Codecademy gets $10m from Index and KPCB
Posted by Gigaom
Much-vaunted New York teaching startup Codecademy is taking on a new round of funding, adding Index Ventures and Kleiner Perkins as investors — and raising $10 million to help it expand globally.
It’s fair to say that the site, which provides game-like online courses to teach people how to code, has had a blockbuster year so far. It’s spent 2012 seeing enormous growth, adding new marketplace features, and gaining a legion of fans, including New York mayor Michael Bloomberg.
But even though the site has seen a breathless rise to prominence, the money isn’t just being used to keep the servers spinning while demand grows: it’s got ambitions too.
Ahead of an on-sta[...]
Continue ReadingIt’s fair to say that the site, which provides game-like online courses to teach people how to code, has had a blockbuster year so far. It’s spent 2012 seeing enormous growth, adding new marketplace features, and gaining a legion of fans, including New York mayor Michael Bloomberg.
But even though the site has seen a breathless rise to prominence, the money isn’t just being used to keep the servers spinning while demand grows: it’s got ambitions too.
Ahead of an on-sta[...]
Duolingo Translates the Web and Teaches You a Language
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Duolingo currently supports English, German, French, or Spanish, and there are plans to add Portuguese, Italian, and Chinese in the near future[...]
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