a couple of laughzillas on a blue diamond background

June in Latin America: All the tech news you shouldn’t miss

Jul03
by on July 3, 2014 at 3:18 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider, Latin America, Roundups

World Cup by Gabriel Smith (CC)
Unless you live in a cave, you’ll have noticed that Brazil is currently welcoming the FIFA World Cup 2014. For some reason I was expecting it would result in a news slowdown and well, I couldn’t have been more mistaken. Not only did this giant event bring its fair share of tech-related announcements, but startups also kept on working and closing new deals. Here are the news you can’t miss among all the noise: A tech-heavy World Cup Let’s start with some interesting news bits from the World Cup itself. As we reported, each game has resulted in a huge…

This story continues at The Next Web

└ Tags: 
a couple of laughzillas on a blue diamond background

Need to discover new business ideas? Leave work behind

Jul03
by on July 3, 2014 at 3:11 pm
Posted In: Analysis and Opinion, Around the Web, Entrepreneur, LifeHacks

silhouette people building
John Joseph is the president and co-founder of DataGravity. Technological advances have expanded work environments far beyond the confines of our office walls and into our personal lives. We now see people working in trains and planes and on their mobile phones and tablets. The truth is that with the mobile technology available to us today, office boundaries don’t really exist. But a few questions remain: is the traditional office still the only place real work gets done? How do we even define work? And with work ingraining itself into our personal lives, can we ever truly unplug? There is an…

This story continues at The Next Web

└ Tags: 
a couple of laughzillas on a blue diamond background

Indiegogo launches its first ever native mobile app, but only for iPhone users in Canada

Jul03
by on July 3, 2014 at 3:00 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Insider, Product Launches

cash money dollars
Crowdfunding platform Indiegogo has today announced the launch of its first native mobile app for iOS devices, but it’s currently only available for users in Canada. As you might expect, the app allows users to keep track of campaigns they’re watching or have backed (as well as the share them with friends via social media) but it also allows campaign owners to manage their projects too. For example, creators can receive notifications when a contribution is made, monitor comments, post updates and photos, and thank contributors. Although a global crowdfunding platform launching its first app only in Canada might seem…

This story continues at The Next Web

└ Tags: ,
a couple of laughzillas on a blue diamond background

The making of a viral video: OK Go takes us behind the ‘wall’

Jul03
by on July 3, 2014 at 2:00 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Profiles and Interviews

okgo_header
Doug Levy is a staff copywriter and editor for the Shutterstock blog. This post was originally published on the Shutterstock blog and has been reprinted with permission. OK Go band members are masters of the viral music video. Since releasing a clip for their 2005 second-album single A Million Ways, which featured them doing a wonderfully choreographed, synchronized dance in a single take, they’ve been consistently one-upping themselves by creating more and more elaborate concepts for their videos. Things really blew up with the release of the now-legendary “treadmill” video for Here It Goes Again—another single off of 2005′s Oh No—and since then, the band has continued…

This story continues at The Next Web

└ Tags: ,
a couple of laughzillas on a blue diamond background

TimeAway for Android lets you control when your kids can use their mobile devices and apps

Jul03
by on July 3, 2014 at 12:12 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web

Child using tablet
If you are getting frustrated over your children burying their noses in their mobile devices, a new Android app is out to place control back in the hands of parents instead. TimeAway first requires you to key in a five-digit password and state if you are signing up as a parent or a kid. Subsequently, the app will be uninstallable for any user without that password. And what does TimeAway do? Essentially, it allows you to monitor and control your kids’ use of mobile devices and app downloads. All you have to do is download the app on your child’s device, after…

This story continues at The Next Web

└ Tags: ,