A cool app just got some major support. Pocket Casts, considered to be one of the best mobile apps for podcast listening, has been acquired by a collective group that includes NPR, WNYC Studios, WBEZ Chicago, and This American Life. Moving forward, Pocket Casts will operate as a joint venture between the new owners. Philip […]
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With Spotify gradually moving towards a public offering, it seems that Apple is looking to acquire yet another music property. Sources close to the story have stated that Apple is close to acquiring Shazam, the popular app that lets people identify any song, TV show, film or advertisement in seconds, by listening to an audio […]
Apple has reportedly snagged yet another image technology company, or at least hired some of its core staff away. Per Image Sensors World, two anonymous sources claimed that Apple may have acquired InVisage. The blog highlighted that InVisage is no longer listed as a current investment in the portfolios of venture capital firms Nokia Growth […]
Apple has apparently acquired/hired the staff of Init.ai, a small, six person startup known for its customer service automation software. Init.ai’s product is described as the following: …a smart assistant for customer representatives to parse and get better insights from their interactions with users, as well as automate some of the interactions…
If you had a Yahoo account in 2013, there’s a 100 percent chance that you were hacked. Yahoo’s parent company has revealed that the massive data breach that occurred in August of 2013 affective all three billion Yahoo accounts that existed at the time. Previously, Yahoo said the hack affected 1 billion accounts, or a […]