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Google leads $145 million investment in InMobi’s Glance and Roposo social platforms

Venture Beast

Google led an investment of $145 million in InMobi‘s social media startups Glance and Roposo, which are division’s InMobi’s mobile app marketing business.

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Google Plus is officially gone after its mobile apps are rebranded as Google Currents

The Verge

Google Plus, the company’s failed social network, is officially gone as of today. After Google Plus personal accounts were shut down last year , Google announced that it would be replacing the social network for enterprise users with Google Currents. Illustration: Alex Castro / The Verge.

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Europe’s Digital Renaissance Starts Now

Forrester IT

We, European consumers, discover the Web via Google and use Chrome or web browsers from US firms. We, European consumers, access mobile and apps through Google and Apple on our Asian smartphones or on iPhones. We, European consumers, spend a massive amount of time interacting socially […].

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Carry1st raises $20M from A16z and Google for mobile games in Africa

Venture Beast

Africa-based Carry1st raises $20M from Andreesen Horowitz and Google for casual mobile games in on one of gaming's last frontiers. Read More.

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AppsFlyer: Facebook, Google, and Unity Ads dominate mobile advertising

Venture Beast

Mobile measurement firm AppsFlyer found that Facebook led mobile advertising in the first half of 2020, followed by Google and Unity Ads. Read More.

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Google's Sodar tool uses mobile AR for social distancing

TechSpot

Sodar, which likely stands for social distancing radar, is a web app rather than a standalone application. As with other AR tools, it uses a phone’s camera to superimpose images onto your surroundings via the screen. In this case, it’s a two-meter wide circle that illustrates whether you’re too close.

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Rogue Games adds 5 mobile games to Google Play Pass

Venture Beast

Rogue Games is launching five new games soon as timed exclusives for the Google Play Pass mobile game subscription service. Read More.

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