Microsoft Research New York City successfully predicted 21 out of the 24 Oscar winners which is a great improvement over last years predictions as David Rothschild an economist working for Microsoft Research then predicted 19 out of the 24 successfully.The categories they predicted wrong were Best Animated Short Film which was won by Mr. Hublot Best…
The cloud service founded by internet entrepreneur Kim Dotcom called MEGA will file for IPO in 2014 Kim confirms in a tweet.The company Mega was founded after its predecessor Megaupload was shut down by the government which accused the company of harboring millions of copyrighted files. The company officially shut down January 19, 2012 but a year later 19 January 2013 Kim…
New data from Flurry shows that between 2013 and 2014 there has been a huge shift in the way the average US consumer uses its smartphone, as mobile devices start to become more popular, the average American has spend 9.5% more time on its smartphone then it did last year (2 hours and 42 minutes per day). Since…
According to new data from App Annie the Google Play store has exceeded the iOS App Store with over 60% more downloads in Q3 2014, mainly due to emerging markets that helped grow the Android platform and with it the download of apps. In previous quarters Google only managed to exceed Apple's downloads by 25% but…
Today, a blog is far more than "only" an online diary for travelers and foodies, for example. For many online companies, the chronological website also offers an efficient tool to increase the number of visitors to the site, to gain a good spot in Google rankings, and, last but not least, to earn money on…
Apple has been one of worlds fastest growing companies, has been named "Worlds Best Brand" of 2013 and has had the worlds highest costumer satisfaction rate for years on a row, but this all has been accomplished with hard work and making smart decisions however all companies make mistakes and Apple is no different.
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A new website called Pock.io now allows you to purchase Gift e-cards using Bitcoins as currency, these e-cards can then be used to purchase online items in the different stores the card is valid. Currently the website offers several of the most popular e-cards among these are the Amazon gift card, iTunes gift card, PSN and…
Those who’ve searched for ways to make money online have probably come across hundreds of websites and articles online that promise to make you a millionaire in just a few clicks, only to turn out to be some clickbait scam that just wants you to pay a monthly subscription. However, don’t be disheartened – there…
These days the word "message" has been replaced by "Whatsapp" with more then 600 million active users, it is the most used Instant messaging service available. Acquired by Facebook for a mind boggling $19 billion dollars many users don't know that while the App is free on the Play Store, App Store and Windows Phone store…
We usually don't post movie related news on AmongTech but this one was so amazing, we just couldn't resist. Chrome Experiments has just launched a new project called A Journey Through Middle Earth in which together with Warner Bros it has made a interactive map with the power of Google Maps of the world where the…
Scientist have developed a new system that can identify if a 140 character long tweet send by a user is telling the truth or not. The creators called Pheme believe that this system could be very useful to the police to prevent the spread of false reports like it happened during the London Riots of 2011 where…
Several days ago hackers claimed that over 200.000 videos and images that were shared via SnapChat were hacked using SnapSaved a website that allows you to store your Snapchat videos and images.In a recent Facebook post the SnapChat founder calls the Snappening a Hoax. According to him the servers were indeed hacked but that absolutely…