In this month’s report, app store analytics firm Distimo examined how the top 100 global brands approach the Apple App Store and how well they perform. Not surprisingly, most now have a presence there – in fact, only 12 do not. The most successful brands in terms of downloads are also not a huge shocker: Apple, Disney, Facebook, Google and eBay. Distimo cited the Interbrand 2012 Best Global Brands

In the months and weeks leading up to Facebook's IPO, investors and analysts questioned the strength of Facebook's ad-based business model -- in particular, how the company would continue to grow ad revenues as its users spent more time accessing the social network via their mobile devices, where there was less space to run the kind of display advertising upon which Facebook built its business. Fa

Startups SmartAsset Raises $1.5M To Help You With The Big Financial Decisions SmartAsset, a Y Combinator-backed startup offering interactive tools to help homebuyers understand the financial ramifications of their decisions, has raised $1.5 million in new funding. The round was led by Javelin Venture Partners and North Bridge Venture Partners, with participation from YC, Peterson Ventures, Quotidi

Hurricane Sandy Attacks The Web: Gawker, BuzzFeed and Huffington Post Are Down (UPDATED) UPDATE: The sites are back up, here’s a statement from BuzzFeed explaining the situation: Major Media ISP Goes Down Datagram, the ISP whose Manhattan servers host BuzzFeed, Huffington Post, Gawker, and other sites, has lost power, an official there told us via text this evening. “Basement flooded, fuel pump of

YouTube Is Testing Out A New Design For Pages With More Navigation Options Most companies tend to test new features and product designs in the wild with a small subset of people. The great thing about that is that on the Internet, the world is a tiny place. A few tipsters have sent in some screenshots and a video of a new design that YouTube is testing out, and we’ve confirmed that it’s legitimate

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Why Android Jelly Bean 4.2’s Multiple User Account Switching Is Tablet-Only? (Hint: Nokia Patented It For Phones) One of the coolest (and most useful) features of Google’s Android Jelly Been 4.2 update is multiple user account switching, offering up the option to have several users share access to a device, while keeping their settings and content walled off from each other. It’s something we’ve b