Smaato Ad Report Shows Big Growth On The Mobile Web

 Ad spending on the mobile web doubled in the first half of 2015 (compared to the same period last year), according to a new report from Smaato. Specifically, Smaato saw its total ad spend split...

Tep Is An Adorable Fitness Tracking App That Works Like A Tamagotchi

 Remember the Tamagotchi? Those little monsters were great. A new iOS app called Tep created a Tamagotchi-like app for your phone to help you stay motivated when it comes to working out. Move around...

With Recently, Receive A Monthly Printed Magazine With Your Camera Roll

 Many, many startups let you send postcards and print photo albums from your phone, but this startup is different. Recently is a subscription service to receive a monthly magazine with your best...

Cheap Airfare Finder Hopper Hits Android, Now Books Tickets With Just A Few Taps

 Hopper, a travel application launched earlier this year with the goal of helping you pay less for airfare by telling you the best time to buy tickets, is out today with a new version that will...

Giffiti Jazzes Up Photos With GIFs

 In the ever-escalating social media arms race, GIFs are the best way to get attention. Static photos are so 2013. But a new app called Giffiti (like graffiti with GIFs) lets you enhance your...

Designing New Mobile Experiences For The Music-Loving Generation

 As music fans go mobile, music festivals are following suit. The kids in America are rocking out to T-Swift with a Natty Lite in one hand and a mobile phone open to native festival apps in the...

SocialBattles Is A Photo App For People Who Think Instagram Isn’t Competitive Enough

 Andre and Sandro De Moraes must really like to see people compete. The brothers previously created GoldMic, a now-defunct social network for hip hop battles. Now they’ve launched a new iOS app...

Uber Hires Security Researchers Behind That Crazy Jeep Hack

 Uber has hired the duo behind a spectacular hack earlier this year that involved taking remote control of a Jeep Cherokee. Wired writer Andy Greenberg experienced this firsthand — he wrote that...

Mobile Gaming Livestreaming Service Mobcrush Has Raised Around $10M

 We’ve heard from sources that Mobcrush, which streams mobile games much in the same way Twitch is known for streaming popular eSports desktop games, has raised around $10 million in new financing,...

ReBoard Is An iOS Keyboard With Third Party App Shortcuts

 ReBoard is a just launched iOS keyboard app from an indie dev team in India that’s targeting productivity-focused folk, by adding the ability to reach out to other apps right from the keyboard....

iZettle Gets $67M To Expand From Mobile Payments To Small Business Financing

 European mobile payments player, iZettle, is expanding into what amounts to small business loans — announcing a capital advance product, called iZettle Advance, which will be available to select...

Former Facebook And Instagram Marketer Eric Edge Joins Photo Startup PicsArt

 PicsArt is announcing that it has hired Eric Edge as its vice president of marketing. Edge spent the past last four-plus years at Facebook (where he led the company’s marketing efforts in Europe,...

OpenFeint Founder Jason Citron Returns To A Familiar Place With Discord App For Gamers

 Some founders keep returning to the same ideas over and over in new form. Jason Citron, a lifelong gamer, was the creator of OpenFeint, an early mobile social gaming network that he sold to Japan’s...