Google Music reportedly not a fan of explicit tracks
According to Droid Life, some users say Google Music’s “scan-and-match” feature is replacing explicit albums they’ve uploaded to the service with the clean versions. [Source: Droid Life]
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Google Hangouts update can’t make outbound call
The latest update to Google Hangouts has removed the ability to make outbound calls. Users, however, are able to receive inbound calls. [Source: CNET]
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AT&T will support any video chatting app by the end of 2013
After Google Hangout’s mobile launch, AT&T Android customers were unable to use its video chatting capabilities. Now AT&T has issued a statement saying it will be able to support any video chatting app by the end of the year. [Source: The Verge]
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Doximity to offer continuing online education for physicians
Doximity, the “Facebook for doctors”, is introducing a new model into the mix. In a collaboration with The Cleveland Clinic, the site will now offer online medical education. [Source: VentureBeat]
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Don't confuse Google's ubiquity for openness
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“Compared to other products, we’re much more long-term. Most of the stuff that people look at on Quora today was not written in the last month. You write something really good, and maybe it’s the definitive answer on the Internet for the next 10 years. Maybe it’s only a year, but not like a tweet, where it’s only relevant for a day or a week”
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Dell to no longer use OpenStack as its public cloud basis
Dell is changing its public cloud strategy, and no longer plans to use OpenStack as its basis. Instead, it has decided to rely on third parties, making its recent acquisition Enstratius a new spotlight of the company’s cloud strategy. [Source: GigaOm]
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Newsle raises $1.65M Series A
News discover startup Newsle has raised $1.65 million in its first round of funding. Funding was led by American City Business Journals. [Source: AllThingsD]
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Shares of Tableau continuing to skyrocket
After a successful IPO last week, Tableau’s shares continue to grow. Right now, Monday morning’s trading shows the shares are up more than 13%. [Source: GeekWire]
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X Phone may be available to Verizon and Sprint
Google and Motorola’s upcoming unit the “X” Phone is slated to support AT&T’s LTE and HSPA+ networks. Now a leak makes reference to a possible CDMA model in the works, making it available to both Sprint and Verizon. [Source: BGR]
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Tumblr updates iOS app
Haven’t heard enough news about Tumblr today? Today it unveiled an updated iOS app, with a brand new “path-like” interface. [Source: TechCrunch]
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11.4% of Tumblr’s top 200,000 domains contain “adult content”
How many Tumblr pages contain porn? According to an analysis by web measurement firm Similar Group, out of the 200,000 most-visited domains on Tumblr 22,775 of them are considered “adult”. So now you know. [Source: TechCrunch]
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NextGuide Web launches. Can it possibly be a discovery powerhouse?
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Here’s the first recorded case of someone losing a Google Glass
Luke Wroblewski is the first recorded case of person losing his/her Google Glass. To make matters worse, Wroblewski was using it to develop Glassware and had many accounts synced to the piece of hardware. [Source: VentureBeat]
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Not Another Bill: Another subscription e-commerce play
Fast Company reports that Not Another Bill, a subscription e-commerce service that, like so many others, promises to “bring a bit of magic back to the postal service,” has launched. So if you have yet to find joy in getting the mail from Dollar Shave Club, or Birchbox, or any other “you subscribe, we ship” service, well, your options have just expanded.
[Source: Fast Company]
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Samsung announces new display technologies
Samsung has announced new display technologies that it promises will offer better color reproduction and pixel density than displays currently available. In addition to offering a better picture, Samsung claims that the displays are more power-efficient than other tech.
[Source: Samsung]
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Google Voice features are coming to Hangouts
Features from Google Voice, the telephony service from Google, will be making their way to the company’s new messaging platform, Hangouts. Users will soon be able to make calls from their Web browser via the Hangouts application.
[Source: Google]
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Minbox: The way file-sharing should work
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“After 3 and a half years of fusing my self-worth with the success of the company in the crucible of startup survival, it was impossible to tear them apart without pain. But while my first reaction was disappointment and failure, it was almost immediately washed away by a wave of relief. I knew change was inevitable, but I had no idea how stressful and exhausting maintaining my internal reality distortion field had been until they gave me permission to turn it off.”
— Awe.Sm founder Jonathan Strauss on replacing yourself as CEO
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Jolla begins pre-orders for first Sailfish OS smartphone
Nokia descendent Jolla is accepting pre-orders its first smartphone running the Sailfish OS today. The €399 smartphone has 4.5-inch “Estrade” display, an unspecified dual-core processor, 16GB of internal storage plus a microSD slot, an 8-megapixel rear camera, and can run Android apps. Orders will be fulfilled at the end of 2013. [Source: Jolla]
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Neverware raises $1M to keep old school computers working longer
Educational market focused computer maintenance startup Neverware has raised $1 million from Thrive Capital, Khosla Ventures, General Catalyst, Collaborative Fund, and Nihal Mehta. The company charges schools a monthly fee to maintain the performance of aging computers with the goal of extending their usefulness and saving costs. [Source: TechCrunch]
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Seamless and GrubHub merge to pursue mobile food ordering domination
The two largest forces in mobile food ordering, Seamless and GrubHub, have announced their merger. The combined companies cover 20,000 restaurants in more than 500 cities, and collectively processed $875 million in food sales last year. The deal is still subject to regulator approval. GrubHub CEO Matt Maloney will lead the combined company, which could see a dramatic reduction in its customer and merchant acquisition costs. [Source: GrubHub]
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payvia acquires Mogreet to combine carrier billing with mobile marketing
Carrier billing platform-maker payvia has acquired Los Angeles-based mobile marketing startup Mogreet. Payvia has 120 million clients and processed more than $2 billion in payments in its lifetime. Mogreet had raised $14 million in three rounds of venture financing. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. [Source: payvia]
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How a MySpace and NASA vet is fixing Web security
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“Tumblr may not drive revenue (today), but it’ll increase Yahoo’s traffic by an enormous multiplier. Tumblr may not be directly rebranded as a Yahoo property, but it’ll increase the brand-value and mindshare of Yahoo exponentially. And Tumblr may not be the blogging platform of choice for professionals, but it’s veritably filled with young, taste-making people.”
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DirecTV mulling bid for Hulu
Hulu, which had been talked about as an acquisition target for Yahoo, has received acquisition interest from DirecTV as well, reports the Wall Street Journal. [Source: WSJ]
