Pullstring, a voice app design and publishing startup, has been acquired by Apple, according to Axios’ Ina Friedt and Dan Primack. Back in 2011, the San Francisco startup was founded by former Pixar executives to create voice experience design tools for toy products. Notably, their technology...
Orai, an AI-powered communication coaching app, has raised $2.3 million in seed capital. The recent funding round was led by the San Francisco-based VC firm Comcast Ventures. In a recent TechCrunch article, Orai’s CEO, Danish Dhamani, said he founded the Philadelphia startup with Paritosh Gupta and...
iPhone users are spending more than ever on apps. According to a recent analysis by Sensor Tower, U.S. iPhone users spent an average of $79 in apps during 2018, which was a 36 percent increase from 2017. This only includes purchases processed through the App...
Since the start of January, the Cyberspace Administration of China, the country’s chief internet regulator, has shut down over 9,300 mobile apps and 700 websites. Among apps shuttered includes the popular news app Tencent, which the agency claims was responsible for spreading “vulgar and low-brow content...
Effective customer engagement is the driving force behind drawing people in the first time, keeping them coming back in the future and holding their loyalty to your brand. Recently, video has emerged as one of the leading ways to reach and engage an audience—especially online....
With the cord-cutting trend growing in recent years, subscription video streaming apps have served to benefit significantly from it. According to a recent report from Sensor Tower, the top 10 subscription video on demand (SVOD) apps increased their annual revenue by 62% in 2018, jumping...
In the midst of public concerns over data security, tech companies have begun to turn their actions toward ensuring the safety of user data. According to TechCrunch, Google is in the process of removing apps from Google Play that request permission to access call logs and...
It’s undeniable that Google Analytics (GA) has become a large factor in current marketing strategy development. As such, it’s no surprise that most successful marketers are familiar with the program. Yet, that doesn’t necessarily mean that marketers truly know how to fully optimize the data...
On the first day of CES 2019 in Las Vegas, Google made several exciting announcements concerning its AI-powered virtual assistant, Google Assistant. Let’s take a look at a few of the new capabilities and integrations that were revealed. #1 Flights & Hotel Booking Over the next week...
Apple is sliding down the list of the biggest smartphone suppliers in the world after announcing its plans to cut iPhone production by 10% in the first quarter of 2019. Apple is now the third biggest supplier after conceding the second spot to Huawei, with Samsung currently...
