According to Silicon Valley Insider, Yahoo wants to tap into the thriving community of independent developers by giving them selective access to Yahoo’s still-mighty user base:
Yahoo (YHOO) wants to build a similar symbiotic relationship with its own set of developers and startups. [...]
In a move taking us one step closer to Japan, Starbucks’ new iPhone app lets you pay for your purchase at the register by displaying a scannable barcode linked to your account:
It is only live in the Bay Area and Seattle for now, but I can see this taking off as users flock [...]
In an astounding announcement, Facebook reveals that 65 million users now interact with the site through mobile applications:
Facebook Mobile first started as a simple mobile site in English with a few of the core site features built in, such as status updates and photo uploads. Since then, we’ve grown far beyond what was [...]
MySpace is in talks to acquire music app producer iLike for $20 million, according to PaidContent. This would be the latest in a long history of acquisitions that began shortly after the christening of Fox Interactive Media, and will likely follow the time-worn pattern of FIM acquisitions:
Buy.
Neglect.
Rinse & repeat.
Actually, the interesting thing here [...]
Google announced some major changes yesterday to its iGoogle site. Social gadgets are embedded widgets which connect you to other iGoogle users in social settings:
Social gadgets let you share, collaborate and play games with your friends on top of all the things you can already do on your homepage. The 19 social gadgets we’re debuting [...]
