Match.com and Tinder parent company IAC has acquired most of dating startup HowAboutWe, The New York Times reports. With the deal, IAC further consolidates its position as the leader in online romance. Along with HowAboutWe’s dating business, the startup’s fledgling media network will join IAC. However, HowAboutWe for Couples will remain independent, according to The Times. ➤ Digital Love, Consolidated: IAC Buys HowAboutWe Dating Site
Shazam for iOS gets full song playback powered by Rdio, coming to Android ‘in the next few days’
Shazam today updated its iOS app with full song playback, powered by Rdio. You can download the new version now directly from Apple’s App Store. Unfortunately, the new option is only available to Rdio users: subscribers will now see a redesigned play button that allows them to listen to the full track after Shazaming a song. If you aren’t an Rdio subscriber, you’ll be prompted to install the Rdio app. Shazam says this further establishes it as “a hub for effortless music exploration” by allowing users to find and play content without leaving the app. We contacted Shazam to find…
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LinkedIn behind the scenes: How multiple apps evolved into a mobile platform for your work life

When LinkedIn decided to prioritize mobile development, it didn’t just double down on apps, it went all-in. The company-wide initiative, dubbed Mobilize, included a new multi-app strategy, the creation of platform-ready infrastructure and mobile product training for both engineers and non-engineers. After years of laying the groundwork, those efforts are beginning to pay off. LinkedIn now sees over 40 percent of traffic come from mobile devices, and the company expects to pass the 50 percent mark sometime this year. For part two of our behind the scenes series, we sat down with Kiran Prasad, Senior Director of Engineering – Mobile, to discuss how LinkedIn approaches each of its…
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Vik Singh is CEO and co-founder of Infer, a provider of data-powered business applications. It’s totally unbearable and massively inefficient to process countless emails every day. And yet, to have any chance of success in today’s information world, you must communicate via email. As you succeed, you become more networked, and more dependent on others to achieve even bigger milestones. As a result, your email volume just increases, while higher expectations require even faster responses and decision making. It’s a seemingly impossible cycle. This is especially true for C-level and executive leaders. I was chatting recently with Suresh Khanna, Chief Revenue…
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Anonymous sharing app Secret today announced the ability to login via Facebook on its Android and iOS apps. The new feature should be rolling out this week. Facebook support has been Secret’s biggest feature request from users. Previously, the app relied on your phone’s address book. Secret claims you’ll still be fully anonymous because it doesn’t store your public name when you sign in through Facebook. Also new to Secret is a collections feature that shows popular posts for different categories, such as dating, reflections, funny, work and loss. You can browse the collections on the Web or login and…
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