The Wall Street Journal reported this morning that Apple is currently ordering larger screens for the next iPhone. With the usual nonsense, the WSJ cited people familiar with the matter and stated these screens measure at least 4-inches diagonally.

More:
It’s Time For A Larger iPhone

The folks over at Google just love their Google+ social network and more and more Google+ features have been creeping into Gmail lately as well.

Read this article:
More Google+ In Gmail: Improved Circle Integration, Circle Search and Quick Access To Contact Details

Is link shortener Bitly raising $20 million in new funding? The Verge says it is

Go here to see the original:
Bitly Kinda Says It’s Not Raising $20M, But Sorta Hints That It Is

Customers of Time Warner Cable have some reason to rejoice today, as the cable company has gotten the go-ahead to add channels like MTV, VH1, and Comedy Central to its live streaming iPad app . The addition comes after the channels’ owner Viacom has settled its differences and resolved litigation with Time Warner Cable. The legal fight erupted last year , after Time Warner Cable released its iPad app, which lets subscribers stream live shows to tablets inside their homes

Continue reading here:
Viacom Gives Up Fight Against Time Warner Cable, Adds Channels to TWC iPad App

It’s hard to underestimate how important ranking in Apple’s top 25 in the iTunes store is for mobile app developers. After all, the top 25 is probably the single most important app discovery mechanism for most iOS users

Read more from the original source:
How Many Daily Downloads Does It Take To Reach The Top Of The App Store? [Updated]

No one ever called a limit on the number pivots a company can do, right? So here’s the latest at a company we’ve been watching for a while now.  RAVN , an event planning and sharing app that itself was the product of a pivot from the developers behind “experiences marketplace” Skyara , has sent a letter out to its users telling them that the app is getting shut down at the end of this month

Excerpt from:
Third Pivot’s The Charm? Events Site Ravn Becomes Flash Sales Site Touch Of Modern

For some inexplicable reason, Nintendo and Toyota have teamed up to turn the Nintendo DS into a navigational remote control, thereby allowing drivers (although I hope passengers do most of the fiddling) to set their routes using their game consoles. The service, called Kuruma de DS lets you see map and destination info as well as tour information as you drive through town. The service slightly gamifies the experience by adding a POI saving option.

More:
This Won’t End Well: Toyota Connects With Nintendo DS For In-Car Navigation Interface

Almost 115 million households in the U.S. currently own at least one TV set and 36 million own four or more.

Here is the original post:
Forrester: 32.1 Million U.S. Households Now Access Online Video On Their TVs

Verizon Wireless has been working on bringing shared data plans to market for months now , but it turns out not everyone may enjoy making that transition.

More here:
Verizon To Axe Unlimited Data Once Their New Data Share Plans Go Live

Independent online video company Funny Or Die is about to get a lot of help from a traditional TV company, as it’s struck a strategic partnership with Turner Broadcasting to collaborate on multiplatform video content. As part of the deal, Turner is taking a small minority stake in Funny Or Die — terms of which have not been disclosed. “We’re at an inflection point with digitally distributed video,” Funny Or Die CEO Dick Glover told me by phone.

More:
Funny Or Die Gets Strategic Investment From Turner, Looks To Accelerate Growth