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Google’s Alternate-Reality Game Ingress Opens to All Android Devices
Google’s Niantic Labs plans to take its year-old mobile alternate-reality game Ingress out of beta on Dec. 14, the company announced today. The game will no longer require an invite code, and is now open to all Android device owners through the Google Play store. Ingress is structured around narrative seasons, and the December date coincides with the end of the current season, #13Magnus. An iOS version of the game is planned for 2014.
“Luminary” Access Site IfOnly Officially Launches With $3M in Funding From Tech Luminaries
Delivering the A-List to the masses?Facebook’s New Android Beta Program Could Help Spruce Up Home
Beta, come Home!Former Homestead Founder Returns to SV Curious — And With $7.5 Million in Funding
Justin Kitch is back with Curious, a lifelong learning startup aimed at connecting teachers and students on “subjects as varied as salsa dancing, integral solving, pipe soldering … and knife sharpening.”Facebook Timeline Makes Its Way to Windows Phone, at Least in Beta
The Windows Phone 8 app is still in beta, but adds some long-requested features, including support for high-resolution photos.Yahoo Updates Mail, Adding Native iPhone and Windows 8 Apps (Like We Said)
A new look for a flagship property.Desti, a Virtual Personal Assistant for Travel, Launches on iPad
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A fresh look for an old brand.Goko’s HTML5 Game Portal Goes Back to Beta After Failed Launch
The Redwood City, Calif.-based company has issued an apology, after the first few days of the service didn’t go so well.News Byte