Unlike the other app builders we have previously written about, Jan Koum lives a life that is much more low-profile. This is all the more incongruous given the fact that he created the second most used app in the world: WhatsApp. But as you learn more about Koum, you discover that it is perfectly in…
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If you didn’t already know, people are using their phones a lot. Smartphone technology has permeated almost every aspect of people’s day-to-day lives, from socialising to shopping. The way we eat hasn’t been left untouched, either. Whether you’re browsing through Pinterest for recipes or sharing your culinary creations on Instagram – your smartphone has had…
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This story will only be available for 24-hours. Or it would be if it appeared as a Story on Snap Inc.’s iconic Snapchat app. Unless deleted by you, other social networks keep everything you post, but with Snapchat, there is no history. Everything is temporary: opened Snaps disappear within seconds, Stories are only available for…
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Uber Technologies Inc. was founded as UberCabs in March 2009 and is now more commonly known simply as Uber. Of the three original co-founders, only Garrett Camp and Travis Kalanick remain, with Oscar Salazar having amicably left in 2011, soon after Uber’s services and mobile app officially launched in San Francisco. Following an initial seed…
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10 years ago today Steve Jobs unveiled to the world the first iPhone product from Apple at Macword 2007 in San Francisco. In this famous keynote he described the new iPhone revolution as three things – “An iPod, a phone and an internet communicator. An iPod, a phone… are you getting it? These are…
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Black Friday is the biggest shopping day of the year in the United States. The day after Thanksgiving has long been declared the official start to the holiday season. Many people have the day off, products start going on sale, people flood malls and shops across the country, and an insane amount of money is…
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