Audio Magazine Shuffler.fm Gets Big Update, Gives Us Sneak Peek at iPad App

Shuffler.fm , an online Web application for music discovery, received a major update today. Now users can play mixes of their favorite blogs, browse the Web’s most popular songs and artists, create personalized channels and more. But what has us even more excited is the upcoming Shuffler.fm iPad application, which provides a visual way to explore new music, optimized for the touchscreen interface. For those unaware, Shuffler.fm is an Amsterdam-based startup founded by Tim Heineke of Twones and Tone.fm . The service’s goal is to aggregate music from ...
Google / Motorola Deal Doesn’t Guarantee a “Nexus Droid”

One of the burning questions we all have after hearing this morning’s news of Google’s $12.5 billion bid for Motorola Mobility is: what does this mean for the next Nexus device ? Will Google leverage its acquisition to build Android phones that look and function exactly how Google wants them to, a move that would postion the company to compete more directly with Apple? Or will it continue to anoint one handset maker as the temporary “king” of Android devices through the same process it uses now? According to ...
Google’s U.S. Mobile Head Talks Local Intent, M-Commerce, Geo-Targeting And More

Mobile advertising is a booming business, and Google, armed with its $750 million purchase of AdMob, clearly wants a piece of that pie. One angle Google has been pushing late is the combination of local and mobile, whether that be through Places, Offers, Sites, and soon, Google Wallet . Jason Spero , Google’s head of mobile for the Americas sat down with us to give us a little more insight to how the search giant is looking to capitalize on advertising, local and mobile. One of the ...
Just In Time For The New NFL Season, Taptu Brings Fantasy Football To Mobile Readers

From its founding in 2007, Taptu was a startup that specialized in search and touch-based interfaces for mobile, launching a realtime mobile search engine in conjunction with OneRiot back in 2009, for example. In November of last year, however, the startup made the smart decision to bring its mobile search proficiency into the news reader market, launching Flipboard-like Android and iPhone apps that brought an interesting value proposition to bear on the burgeoning mobile reader market: Users could aggregate more than 5,000 mixed streams — no paltry ...
ASUS Padfone delayed because of Ice Cream Sandwich

Remember the ASUS Padfone that was officially announced in May? Since then, there hasn’t been any sign or news of the device – until now. Alex Sun, head of ASUS’ Personal Mobile Device department, has stated that the hybrid ASUS Padfone will be arriving with Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich hence the delay of the phone/tablet. Ice Cream Sandwich is said the version of Android that is said to solve fragmentation issues and will also be ...
Is This What Android 4: Ice Cream Sandwich Looks Like?

Google has been awfully protective of their latest version of Android, but thanks to the folks over at RootzWiki and Android Police , we may have our first ever glimpse at Ice Cream Sandwich. As always, keep those grains of salt handy — they claim their source is solid, but there’s no guarantee this isn’t just a smartly skinned Nexus S. We reported a few months ago that Ice Cream Sandwich would have a revamped UI , and these images seem to confirm that statement. One thing ...