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In First Report As A Public Company: Millennial Media’s Net Loss Widens To $4M, Revenues Up 53%

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In its first-ever earnings report as a publicly traded company, mobile advertising network Millennial Media said its net loss for the first quarter widened to $4 million  on increased costs. Revenues were up 53 percent year-over-year to $32.9 million. Millennial’s shares fell by 7.7 percent in after-hours trading, as the company’s annual forecast missed estimates.  For the year, Millennial is looking at $173 million and 176 million in annual revenues, which would be up by 68 percent from the year before. . . . → Read More: In First Report As A Public Company: Millennial Media’s Net Loss Widens To $4M, Revenues Up 53%

With 12M+ Downloads, Scan Launches Scan-to-gram, A New Way To Follow People On Instagram

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Three guys from Provo, Utah set out on a mission to make QR codes, those boring pixellated, black-and-white squares come alive — in other words, to extend their functionality by turning them into realworld “like,” “follow,” and “buy” buttons. And it’s been working. . . . → Read More: With 12M+ Downloads, Scan Launches Scan-to-gram, A New Way To Follow People On Instagram

Samsung AllShare Cast Hub hits the FCC, maintains an air of mystery

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Details remain decidedly light on this one, but it looks like Samsung could be about to expand its AllShare media streaming / sharing service with a new piece of hardware. A device dubbed the AllShare Cast Hub has now turned up in some FCC filings, apparently packing some HDMI connectivity and dual-band WiFi capabilities . . . → Read More: Samsung AllShare Cast Hub hits the FCC, maintains an air of mystery

Comcast’s Xfinity TV app updated with Android 4.0 support

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Good news for those saddled with still using Comcast: its Xfinity TV app was just updated to support Android 4.0 . The new build brings compatibility to all existing Ice Cream Sandwich devices (tablets and phones), while also patching up a smattering of undistinguished bug fixes. Eager to grab your own copy . . . → Read More: Comcast’s Xfinity TV app updated with Android 4.0 support

Hearst Hits 100k Cosmo App Subscribers En Route To 1 Million Paying Digital Readers

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Another milestone for old-school print magazines moving into a digital future: Cosmopolitan says that it now has 100,000 people paying to read the digital edition of its monthly fashion/beauty/lifestyle magazine. That puts publisher, Hearst , one step closer to a target set by president David Carey last November to rack up one million paying subscribers across all of its non-print editions this year. The 100,000 readers, Hearst says, come from its presence on a number of newsstands, including Apple , Zinio, Barnes & Noble and Amazon Kindle, where prices go from $1.99 for a one-month subscription to $19.99 for a full year of the magazine. . . . → Read More: Hearst Hits 100k Cosmo App Subscribers En Route To 1 Million Paying Digital Readers

Samsung Galaxy S Wifi 4.2 hands-on

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On paper, the Samsung Galaxy S Wifi looks to be a pretty basic PMP with Android and Samsung's TouchWiz user interface. . . . → Read More: Samsung Galaxy S Wifi 4.2 hands-on

Samsung Galaxy S Wifi 4.2 hands-on

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On paper, the Samsung Galaxy S Wifi looks to be a pretty basic PMP with Android and Samsung's TouchWiz user interface. In person, that's exactly what it turns out to be. You've got a 4.2-inch TFT IPS display at HVGA resolution . . . → Read More: Samsung Galaxy S Wifi 4.2 hands-on

Late night poll: Do you stream music?

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There's a lot of choice for playing your music on Android. . . . → Read More: Late night poll: Do you stream music?

SugarSync updates Android and iOS apps, brings auto sync technology to videos

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If you’re jonesing to get your photos and movies from your smartphone back to the home computer without futzing around with cables, the folks at SugarSync have a new spoonful of sweetness for Android and iOS devices — and with its free price, it should be easy to swallow. In the latest version, the company has applied its AutoSync technology to videos, which means that all media files can now be synced to the cloud and pushed to linked computers without user intervention . . . → Read More: SugarSync updates Android and iOS apps, brings auto sync technology to videos

Samsung outs new Blu-ray and media hub drives, dammit, the ODD still lives

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You’ve seen our musings on the continued relevance of optical drives and it seems Samsung agrees entirely: it’s just announced two external spinners to keep pace with our “evolving mobile entertainment demands.” Er, great Sammy, but how? First off, there’s the USB-powered SE-506AB Blu-ray writer depicted above, which will give that awful Pacific boxset one last chance on your ODD-neutered Mac or netbook. . . . → Read More: Samsung outs new Blu-ray and media hub drives, dammit, the ODD still lives

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