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Box Adds the File-Management Technology of Folders
Cloud services outfit Box announced today that it had acquired the technology behind the Folders iOS app and brought aboard its developer, Martin Destagnol, to help integrate its features into Box’s app. The IPO-bound Box also recently picked up document-sharing service Crocodoc, and you can expect to hear more about the company’s strategy from CEO Aaron Levie on the D11 stage next week.
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Accel Leads $9.4 Million Round for Affiliate, App Marketing Tracker HasOffers
HasOffers, a four-year-old company that helps companies track their affiliate marketing programs, has raised its first outside funding, a $9.4 million round led by Accel Partners, along with angels including RealNetworks founder Rob Glaser. The company also offers a service that lets app developers track installs and other engagement metrics they can attribute to advertisers.
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Wanted: Apps for Galaxy Smartphones
As part of its efforts to strengthen its software capabilities Samsung Electronics Co. said Monday it will be hosting a global competition to lure developers to create apps for its Galaxy smartphones.News Byte
Apple’s iTunes App Store Passes 50 Billion Downloads
Apple couldn’t have timed its countdown to 50 billion app downloads more perfectly. Just hours after Google revealed during its I/O conference keynote that app installs from its Google Play store had hit 48 billion, the iTunes App Store countdown clock rolled over to 50 billion, passing another major milestone and surpassing the achievement its rival had announced earlier in the day. The 50-billionth app? Say the Same Thing. Brandon Ashmore from Mentor, Ohio, will receive a $10,000 App Store gift card for downloading it.Apps Raise the iPad’s Aptitude for Real Work
iPads and other tablets are being used every day for productivity tasks once reserved for laptops. Walt Mossberg looks at apps that attempt to emulate the features of Office.
Breathe, Relax, Repeat: Devices for Inner Peace
Katherine Boehret looks at two sensors that aim to help users get to a calmer zone.
Three Battery-Boosting Cases for iPhone 5
Three iPhones walk into a bar. Which one leaves with the most juice?
Ben Lerer’s JackThreads Starts Selling Duds to Dudes Overseas, on Their Phones — And They’re Buying
iOS apps help a lot, said the Thrillist Media Group founder. So do Facebook app ads.
To Avoid a Revamp Backlash, Hipstamatic Clones Itself Into an Entirely New App, Oggl
Creating an entirely new app for a Hipstamatic community is kind of a drastic move, and one that reflects the ongoing trade-off between change and users’ resistance to change.
Can These iPad Apps Teach Your Kid to Code?
Hopscotch and Kodable aim to teach kids the programming basics.