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LivingSocial exits Asia after selling its business to iBuy Group for $18.5 million

Apr02
by on April 2, 2014 at 8:34 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Asia

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Daily deals startup LivingSocial, which competes with Groupon, has called it quits in Asia. The company announced today (as spotted by Tech in Asia) that it has sold its business in Southeast Asia — the only region in Asia where it still operated in — to e-commerce firm iBuy Group for $18.5 million in cash. LivingSocial’s business in the region spans Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines. John Bax, the chief financial officer of LivingSocial, says that the cash will help it go further in product development and marketing in the US and other regions which it still operates in. LivingSocial has had…

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Android KitKat picks up pace to hit 5.3% adoption, while Jelly Bean declines slightly to 61.4%

Apr02
by on April 2, 2014 at 7:19 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Google, Product Updates

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The latest data from Google shows that the adoption of Android KitKat is steadily increasing, as it has been installed on 5.3 percent of all Android phones or tablets that log in to the Google Play store. This is more than double the last recorded figure of 2.5 percent. For a more specific breakdown of the data, 61.4 percent of Android users are on Jelly Bean, 14.3 percent own devices that run on Ice Cream Sandwish (ICS), while 0.1 percent are on Honeycomb, 17.8 percent have Gingerbread, and 1.1 percent are still stuck on Froyo. Here’s how the current Android landscape…

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Android KitKat picks up pace to hit 5.3% adoption, while Jelly Bean declines slightly to 61.4%

Apr02
by on April 2, 2014 at 7:19 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Google, Product Updates

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The latest data from Google shows that the adoption of Android KitKat is steadily increasing, as it has been installed on 5.3 percent of all Android phones or tablets that log in to the Google Play store. This is more than double the last recorded figure of 2.5 percent. For a more specific breakdown of the data, 61.4 percent of Android users are on Jelly Bean, 14.3 percent own devices that run on Ice Cream Sandwish (ICS), while 0.1 percent are on Honeycomb, 17.8 percent have Gingerbread, and 1.1 percent are still stuck on Froyo. Here’s how the current Android landscape…

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Nest’s smart Thermostat is now available to buy in the UK, priced from £179

Apr02
by on April 2, 2014 at 7:01 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Gadgets, Product Launches, UK

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Nest, the company looking to reinvent dull-but-worthy household items such as the smoke detector, has announced that its Nest Thermostat is now finally available to buy in the UK. Tony Fadell, ‘father of the iPod’ and founder/CEO of Nest, actually hates the word ‘smart’, which is why Nest describes its unit as a ‘learning’ thermostat instead. In reality, what that means is that there’s very little for you to actually do with it once you’ve got it installed and set up, which is a good thing. The device has been available in the US since back in 2012, but due…

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