Topic - apps

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General news, Magazine, Media, Internet

FamilyLink Connects With $2.85M

Social-networking site that targets family connections gets second round of funding despite surplus of rivals.
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Computers, General news, Communications, Internet, Finance

Facebook App Maker Appirio Draws $10M

Startup snags third-round funding from GGV Capital and Sequoia Capital for its promise to help companies tap into customers using Facebook applications, among others.
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Computers, General news, Magazine, Media, Internet, Finance

iPhone App Startup Dials Up $750k

New York upstart Instinctiv attracts funding for its mobile music application targeted at the popular phone.
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iPhone Apps: Geeks Gone Wild

Apple says downloads of the software development kit for its iPhone have topped 100,000. It could be Apple fanaticism, or it could be the lure of a chunk of Kleiner Perkins’ $100 million.
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Computers, General news, Communications, Internet

Google Apps Adds Features

Search king expands its free software suite for the enterprise market, allowing co-workers or students to collaborate on documents, calendars, or presentations.
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General news, Media, Communications, Internet

Startup Ribbit Intros Amphibian Web Phone Apps

The Silicon Valley upstart that lets software programmers embed phone-like voice features in everything from web sites to computers, to phones themselves, unveils its first product for consumers.
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General news, Media, Internet, Finance

Facebook Widget Slide Snags $50M

The maker of popular software applications, or widgets, propagating across social network Facebook pulls in $50 million in funding.
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Computers, Media, Internet

MySpace's Facebook Envy Brings Open Apps

Under pressure to snag the spotlight back from Facebook, social-networking behemoth MySpace steals a page from its rival's playbook with plans to open up to applications from outside developers.
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General news, Media, Internet

Google Upgrades Business E-mail

Search king is hoping to attract business customers to Google Apps by offering stepped up e-mail management services at no additional cost to paying users.
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Computers

Microsoft: Battle of the Bulge

Microsoft recently discovered that the mid-market is where it’s at for biz apps. The problem is, SAP and Oracle know that too.
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Internet

Q&A: Oracle’s John Wookey

Oracle’s applications business head John Wookey says the company is succeeding in fusing recent acquisitions.
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General news

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Computers, General news, Media, Communications

Mobile apps ring up dollars

Personalized ring tones are in the first wave of wireless apps – and Cellmania could ride high.
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Archives, Magazine

Jamcracker: The dominatrix for Web apps

Jamcracker: The dominatrix for Web apps
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Archives, Magazine

Renting out apps

ASP aggregators bring a new spin to the small-business market.
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Archives

Microsoft/Nextel deal boosts wireless Net apps

Microsoft/Nextel deal boosts wireless Net apps