Kif is a staff writer at Gigaom based in New York covering mobile technology. Previously, he was an editorial fellow for Wired and blogged at Gizmodo. He graduated from Oberlin College in 2012, where he also played NCAA Division III lacrosse for the perennially winless Yeomen. He changed his own legal name to Kif when he was a child for better search engine optimization.
App Annie has been building a proprietary database of app performance data, and now you can see what search terms are driving installations, as well as which app search queries are… Read more »
John McAfee, antivirus pioneer and former international fugitive, has launched his very own secure messaging service, or at least slapped his name on one. Read more »
Microsoft has patched a major Internet Explorer browser security flaw. The security update was issued for all Windows devices running IE 6 to IE 11. Read more »
LG will be holding a launch event for its new flagship smartphone, the LG G3, on May 27. The phone will reportedly be the first with a 2560 x 1440 resolution screen. Read more »
According to Teardown.com, Glass components cost an estimated $79.78, or a little more than 5% of its retail price. Google claims the estimate is “absolutely wrong.” Read more »