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In developing and evolving Fetchnotes, a note-taking app for Android and iOS, the team began to realize that it was time for a change. "We attracted over 80,000 people, but we noticed two things," Alex Schiff, Fetchnotes' co-founder and CEO, told Benzinga. "One was that it was really hard to get...

After launching balloons 12 miles above the Earth's atmosphere, many thought that Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) could -- or would -- do anything. That mindset also led to mass speculation that the company's mysterious barges, currently located off San Francisco and Portland, Maine, would serve as...

Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) wants to know where you are and what you are doing – specifically, what you are buying – at all times. According to Digiday, the company is beta testing a program that registers your visits to bricks-and-mortar stores via your smartphone, provided certain conditions are...

Google's (NASDAQ: GOOG) much-anticipated smartwatch is about to go into mass production, following some last minute tinkering with features and battery life, according to The Wall Street Journal. The new wearable computing device, which the newspaper said would be available within “months,”...

This could be a game changer. Literally. CNET reported Monday that Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) opened its Shield gaming device up to the universe of Android games on the Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) Play store. This move changes the number of games available for Shield from hundreds to thousands...

If Twitter’s S-1 is any indication, is should hit Wall Street sometime in the middle of the next month. The stated valuation may be around $12.8 billion but it’s expected rocket up to about $20 billion once it reaches the market. Just like Facebook (NASDAQ: FB), the hype-machine will be full-on...

When you own business adoption in tablets, apps, and mobile devices, you must be doing something right. According to Good Technology, Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) was the clear winner in Q2 and Q3 over Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) Android and Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) Windows, when it comes to enterprise...

In a new report out Wednesday, Consumer Reports said Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL)’s new iPhone 5S “Tops the already great iPhone 5 with a surprisingly reliable fingerprint reader, a faster processor, and better-than-ever camera.” So far, so good. In addition, the not-for-profit ratings organization...

When it comes to app revenue, Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) Play continues to trail the Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) App Store. This, despite the fact Google Play increased its take a full 10 percent in the six-month period from April to September. During that period, Apple dropped from 75 to 65 percent...

Nokia (NYSE: NOK) has put together one whopper of a holiday season deal designed to move as many of its new Lumia 1020 Windows phones as possible. It’s offering a full year of Netflix free through some vendors in the UK according to the Financial Times. Nokia, which is in the process of...

If your stock is down 87 percent since 2009, you announce that you’re cutting expenses by 50 percent, laying off 4,500 employees, and are committed to being bought out, how do you retain (or regain) customer confidence? You write a letter to them asking them not to give up. In response to all...

Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPad is the tablet of choice among ShareBuilder users. Traditional devices (laptops and desktop PCs) still reign supreme, but roughly 25 percent of ShareBuilder's daily activity comes from a mobile device. While this is a good sign for mobile device makers, Dan Greenshields...

At the Gartner (NYSE: IT) ITxpo Symposium Monday, Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) Executive Chairman, Eric Schmidt said Android was a more secure OS than that of Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone. The resulting laughter was palpable. Schmidt apparently was serious. This despite the fact that 79 percent of...

Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) could be forced to build lower-cost phones if Huawei and other Chinese manufacturers continue to build cheaper (but comparable) devices. "I wouldn't be so sure [that] Apple will be a huge force in the mid-term," said Andrew Henderson, Editor-at-Large of Nomad Capitalist. "I...

Microsoft's (NASDAQ: MSFT) Windows Phone sales share in Europe approached double digits in August, according to Kantar Worldpanel ComTech. Although Google's (NASDAQ: GOOG) Android platform was still king of the hill at 70.1 percent market share, Windows Phone’s 9.2 percent number across the...