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- June in Eastern Europe: All the tech news you shouldn’t miss from the past month
- Facebook posts, comments and likes related to the World Cup have already topped 1 billion
- Blackphone, the privacy-focused Android smartphone, begins shipping to pre-order customers
- 16 of the best new Android apps from June
- Over 8 million PC gamers were logged into Steam at the same time during the Summer Sale
- Offline over the weekend? Read all the tech news you missed right here
- Travel planner TripHobo secures funding upward of $1m to become the ‘TripAdvisor of itineraries’
- Why is Japanese e-commerce firm Rakuten going global with a new $100m fund?
- California legalizes the use of Bitcoin and other digital currencies
- LG joins Google’s automotive alliance to help speed up the introduction of Android into cars
| June in Eastern Europe: All the tech news you shouldn’t miss from the past month Posted: 30 Jun 2014 04:56 AM PDT  The first month of summer has shown clearly that entrepreneurs and tech industry players are not attracted by blue seas and white sands but prefer to work hard, bringing more and more news from Eastern Europe for this round-up. Check the headlines and make sure that you've not missed anything of importance. If you think that something is missing, or would like to draw our attention to an important story, feel free to ping the author in Twitter (@shlema) or by e-mail at shlema@gmail.com. Startups, funds and accelerators Startup Wise Guys has partnered with UK-based Notion Capital for its fall '14... This story continues at The Next Web This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Facebook posts, comments and likes related to the World Cup have already topped 1 billion Posted: 30 Jun 2014 04:22 AM PDT  The FIFA World Cup is a sure-fire way to get people talking. Goals, dives, injuries and unexpected results; all of this has people shouting at their TV and, increasingly, using social media such as Facebook and Twitter to express their volatile emotions. Today, Facebook announced that total interactions related to the tournament have passed the 1 billion mark. The mammoth figure includes World Cup-related posts, comments and likes between June 12 and 29. "Facebook generally sees a large amount of conversation around sporting events, but the World Cup has proven to be a unique moment," the company said. "Facebook's data... This story continues at The Next Web This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Blackphone, the privacy-focused Android smartphone, begins shipping to pre-order customers Posted: 30 Jun 2014 03:58 AM PDT  Blackphone, the privacy-focused Android smartphone unveiled back in January, is finally a real product. Collaborators Silent Circle, an encrypted communications firm and Geeksphone, a Spanish smartphone maker today announced that the first handsets have begun shopping to pre-orders customers. It's been a long time coming. Pre-orders opened in February, during Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, and the first handsets were expected to ship in April. The handset itself sports a quad-core 2 GHz processor, 2GB of RAM, 16GB of onboard storage and support for LTE networks. The components aren't bleeding-edge, but bundled with the $629 asking price is a suite... This story continues at The Next Web This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| 16 of the best new Android apps from June Posted: 30 Jun 2014 03:39 AM PDT  From ephemeral Facebook messaging apps, to ones that simply let you say 'Yo!' to your buddies, we covered a lot of ground with new Android apps in June. So by way of a quick recap and to help you filter through the debris, here's our pick of the newbies from the past month. MailWise There's already no shortage of email clients for Android, but MailWise is a nice addition to the party. MailWise covers a lot of ground in terms of the range of accounts it supports, including Gmail and Exchange, but its core selling-point lies in clutter-free conversations.... This story continues at The Next Web This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Over 8 million PC gamers were logged into Steam at the same time during the Summer Sale Posted: 30 Jun 2014 03:08 AM PDT PC gaming is far from dead. The latest figures from Steam, the digital storefront and gaming platform run by Valve, the prolific developer behind titles such as Half-Life 2, Portal and Left for Dead, soared past 8 million concurrent users over the weekend. To emphasize, that means over 8 million people – the same as Israel's population – were logged in and using the service at the same time. The previous high recorded on Steam was 7.5 million concurrent users back in December. In short, an awful lot of people are playing games on their Windows, Mac or Linux PC.... This story continues at The Next Web This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Offline over the weekend? Read all the tech news you missed right here Posted: 30 Jun 2014 02:13 AM PDT  The weekend. 48 hours without the obligation to respond to email, pass along documents or cater to your boss's every whimsy, but if you're busy being careful to stay away from work, it can also be pretty easy to miss all the latest news from the world of tech. Never fear, TNW's here. And we were paying attention. So sit back, ignore the ringing phone for 10 minutes and catch up on all the news and features from The Next Web and beyond over the weekend. News from The Next Web over the weekend Facebook Reveals Huge Psychology Experiment on Users... This story continues at The Next Web This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Travel planner TripHobo secures funding upward of $1m to become the ‘TripAdvisor of itineraries’ Posted: 30 Jun 2014 12:17 AM PDT  We wrote about a travel planner late last year that had a really nifty feature: it helped to optimize your itinerary so you could just pick what attractions you wanted to visit, and it would plan your route for you. Now, Indian startup JoGuru has rebranded itself as TripHobo. CEO and co-founder Praveen Kumar told TNW that the reason for the name change was because many people in the Western world still don't know the meaning of 'guru' — a Sanskrit term for 'teacher' or 'master' most commonly used in Indian religions. "Once we started to grow, what we saw... This story continues at The Next Web This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Why is Japanese e-commerce firm Rakuten going global with a new $100m fund? Posted: 30 Jun 2014 12:00 AM PDT  Rakuten Ventures, the VC fund belonging to Japan's top e-commerce company, is going global after it announced a new $100 million fund. The fund is Rakuten Ventures' second, it is the follow-up to an initial $10 million fund focused solely on Asia. This time around, Rakuten Ventures is expanding its scope to the US and Israel as it seeks to identify companies and technologies that provide benefits and synergies to the mothership. The fund is again led by Singapore-based "one-man team" Saemin Ahn, who tells TNW that he plans to bring on hires to help cover the new geographies. Ahn is prioritizing new hires to cover... This story continues at The Next Web This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| California legalizes the use of Bitcoin and other digital currencies Posted: 29 Jun 2014 11:09 PM PDT There's more good news for Bitcoin after California Governor Jerry Brown signed into law a bill known as AB 129 under 'Lawful Money' that basically legalizes the use of Bitcoin and other digital currencies in the state. The bill makes changes to current law to "ensure that various forms of alternative currency such as digital currency, points, coupons or other objects of monetary value do not violate the law when those methods are used for the purchase of goods and services or the transmission of payments." However, as Coindesk notes, the bill does not introduce regulations for Bitcoin, which may fall... This story continues at The Next Web This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| LG joins Google’s automotive alliance to help speed up the introduction of Android into cars Posted: 29 Jun 2014 08:14 PM PDT As Google is stepping up its efforts to bring Android into cars, recently unveiling Android Auto at its Google I/O conference, LG is the latest to join the company's Open Automotive Alliance. The OAA was announced earlier this year as a team effort between Google and automotive behemoths Audi, GM, Honda, Hyundai and Nvidia to "accelerate" innovation in the car industry. LG showcased its audio, visual and navigation system for connected cars at Google I/O, and has revealed today that it is expected to be available next year. The system lets drivers connect their Android device (in this case, presumably... This story continues at The Next Web This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
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