Your music is probably always with you in today’s streaming-focused world, but sharing that music with others can be tough. Whether it’s a party on the beach or camping with friends, you probably want something a little more powerful than your phone...
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Salesforce launches App Cloud Mobile, aiming to accelerate iOS and Android app development
Salesforce today released App Cloud Mobile, a no-cost addition to its software arsenal that the company says integrates previously separate elements for the first time so that both coders and non-techies can create apps...
Microsoft’s new venture fund joins in $23M investment for Helpshift mobile customer support company
Microsoft Ventures is among the investors in a $ 23 million Series B financing round announced this morning by Helpshift, a San Francisco-based company that offers technology for in-app customer support on mobile devices and...
GeekWire Deals: Kick your mobile photography up a step with this $10 lens kit
The best camera, as they say, is the one you have with you. But your smartphone has a fixed lens, making it hard to capture creative shots like you can with the interchangeable lens setup of a DSLR. With today’s GeekWire Deals offer, you can pack a few...
App of the Year: 5 mobile standouts compete in the GeekWire Awards
We’re living in a mobile world, and some of the top apps for smartphones and tablets are developed right here in the Pacific Northwest. This is your chance to help pick the best of the best. We’re opening up the public voting today for the App of...
GeekWire Deals: Take your workstation anywhere with the LapPad Mobile Desk
One of the beauties of working from home is that you don’t have to sit at a desk all day. In the morning, you can sit in bed while catching up on emails, then head to the desk to type up that memo, then take...
Starbucks mobile order-ahead usage doubles from last year, now up to 8M transactions per month
Starbucks said today that usage of its mobile order-ahead feature doubled year-over-year during the most recent quarter.
The company’s Mobile Order...
Craigslist rival OfferUp tests mobile payments in Seattle, letting buyers pay sellers inside its app
OfferUp is quietly testing mobile payments for users of its community marketplace in Seattle, giving buyers the option to pay sellers through its app without exchanging cash — and giving itself another potential selling point over Craigslist, the widely used but hopelessly outdated titan of local buying and selling.
Verizon’s mobile video won’t count against data caps—but Netflix does
Verizon CEO Lowell McAdam. (credit: Fortune Live Media)
Verizon Wireless is testing the limits of the Federal Communications Commission's net neutrality rules after announcing that it will exempt its own video service from mobile data caps—while counting data from competitors such as YouTube and Netflix against customers' caps.
The only way for companies to deliver data to Verizon...
Google brings mobile commenting to Docs, Slides and Sheets, beefing up Office 365 competitor
Google Drive’s productivity offerings have long stood as a free alternative to Microsoft’s Office suite. However, Microsoft has often offered more control and customization for Word, Excel and PowerPoint than Google offers for Docs, Sheets and Slide, especially when it comes...