Category: Technology
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Web App WikiWand Raises $600,000 To Give Wikipedia A New Interface
By Catherine Shu WikiWand has raised $600,000 from angel investor Saar Wilf to give users of Wikipedia an attractive new interface for the popular site. Though Wikipedia is one of the ten most visited sites in the world and an important online repository of information, it still looks much the same as it did when…
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Peter Molyneux’s Godus Game Can Make You A Mobile Deity On iOS Right Now
By Darrell Etherington Wacky game creator Peter Molyneux took to Kickstarter to fund the development of Godus, a god sim and Populous spiritual successor designed for mobile back in 2012. Now, after an early access launch late last year, it’s finally available to all for free on the App Store. The iPhone and iPad-optimized game…
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Brazil’s Movile Raises $55 Million To Bring Universal Delivery Services To Latin America
By Jonathan Shieber The experiment with e-commerce and delivery services that’s taking hold in the U.S. actually may see more traction in emerging markets, where big retailers had struggled because of infrastructure and logistics issues. Latin American and Asian e-commerce players are angling to become the dominant players in retail with same-day delivery for goods…
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Remote Control Your Friends With Video App Sup
By Josh Constine “It makes what’s on Snapchat look old”. That’s the glowing review one teen gave Sup, a new app that let’s you video stream your life to a friend 10-seconds at a time. But the hook is that they tell you what direction to turn or walk, morphing you into a video game…
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This Guy Tracks Everything About Himself And Puts It Up Online For Everyone To See
By Sarah Buhr Software developer and designer Anand Sharma started tracking everything about himself in March, including how many steps he takes in a day, the distance traveled, how he traveled there (bike, walking, plane, etc) and even how many GitHub commits or Instagram uploads he’s made throughout the day. The idea seems to have…
