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An in-depth analysis of anti-social app Cloak

The world has seen enough of social networking websites and apps like Facebook , Twitter , Google Plus , Instagram, Whatsapp, Foursquare and a lot of others. Basically, all these apps, what they do is connect people living around the globe, forming their virtual network online.  In some ways, these services have been of great help to mankind while in some cases, we wish they’d rather not be present at all . There are many cases in our life when we’re trying get work done, but end up wasting all the valuable time on things like Facebook and Twitter. This is probably the downside of these platforms, about which even the most avid users agree. All the apps we’ve known till now basically promote social interaction. But have there been any service which can be dubbed as ‘anti-social’? Well, it’s just about the case with a new service called ‘Cloak’. It’s a new direction social media is heading to and we bet, we’ll have plenty of such anti-social apps in the future. Being anti-social me...

Aviate acquired by Yahoo to Improve Android-based experiences

Backing up her strategy of focusing on personalized mobile software and acquiring startups, Marissa Mayer has announced acquisition of Aviate , an app looking to build simple and intelligent home screen for phone. The internet giant Yahoo’s CEO made the announcement today in her keynote speech at the ongoing CES 2014 . The amount of acquisition however hasn’t been revealed yet. Aviate ; an android-based application available in its invite only beta phase wants to make our phones smarter and self-organized. The app was launched in its beta phase in last October and has received a good feedback from thousands of its users. The app has reportedly raised more than £2 million in financing. Including Aviate, Yahoo has acquired 31 startups till date under the leadership of Marissa Mayer. Soon after the announcement at CES, Yahoo shared the acquisition news on its tumblr blog. According to the blog, Aviate shares Yahoo’s vision for simple and intelligent mobile experiences. “We hope to make A...