Path has published an update to its user agreement and privacy policy to clarify the types of information the Facebook competitor collects from users’ mobile devices and how that information might be used. Here’s what you need to know.
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YouTube co-founders Are Working on a Magazine Publishing Service Called Zeen (Fusible)
It looks like you’ll soon be able to discover and create “beautiful” magazines online. YouTube co-founders Chad Hurley and Steve Chen, who now run AVOS, posted a “Coming Soon” page on the website Zeen (a take on the word zine, which commonly refers to a narrowly focused self-published magazine). The Next Web The Privacy Policy page indicates that multimedia sharing will be a core part of the service and suggests that there will be a browser bookmarklet available. VentureBeat For now, though, we have relatively few details about how Zeen will work and what ‘zines will look like. You can go to the app’s landing page now to reserve a username and connect the account to an email address, Facebook identity or Twitter account. Business Insider After registering, users get an email to confirm their address, but it becomes a waiting game after that to see how Zeen works and what it’s all about. Read more
If Grindr can’t help you meet Mr. Right, it can at least introduce you to Mr. Right Here. Since its launch in 2009, the location-based social application just for men has reached 3.5 million users in 192 countries. Who’s on Grindr and where are they located? The company recently surveyed 22,000 of its members to find out.
You know where the party is, but do you know how you’re getting home? The “Circle of 6″ iPhone app, winner of the White House “Apps Against Abuse” challenge, uses GPS technology and pre-programmed texts to quickly connect you to your friends, no matter how late it is or how much you’ve had to drink. C0-creator Nancy Schwartzman gave us the details.
Spotify‘s digital jukebox offers the most infectious listening experience since Pandora. In November, the music app that got its big break on Facebook launched a series of third-party apps of its own. Spotify’s director of platform, Sten Garmark, shared four that stood above the rest:
About a year ago, Tello debuted a Yelp-style forum for rating the customer service at local businesses. Now the SaaS and mobile application company has raised $2.7 million in Series A funding from True Ventures and Bullpen Capital.
Nokia has teamed up with Polar Mobile Inc, a Canadian Mobile developer, to produce more than 300 media applications for Nokia smartphones within one year time frame. The Apps will be launch on Nokia’s Symbian smartphones, the upcoming N9 and Nokia’s Windows Mobiles for more than 300 top tier global media brands including Wired UK, Kompas, Advertising Age, Globe and Mail, Shanghai Daily and 7DAYS.
Amazon has launched a free iPhone and iPad mobile shopping app for students before the back-to-school rush. The App allows the students to check and compare prices of textbooks and other stuff by simply scanning the barcode. Students will also have an option to sell their old stuff. The App also comes with a free Two-Day shipping for the first six months.
Starbucks, the coffee giant, is offering paid iPhone Apps for free to its customers. So next time you visit Starbucks make sure to grab the App on the menu for that week.
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