Eugene O'Rourke

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Eugene O’Rourke is recognized as one of the top 40 executives under the age of 40 by the Jacksonville Business Journal, marketing executive of the year by the Best in Biz awards, recipient of the BizTech Innovation award, and several Horizon Interactive Media awards.

Mergers & Acquisitions

Yahoo Acquires Qwiki

Eugene O'Rourke
July 10, 2013

Yahoo confirmed the acquisition of Qwiki, a startup that makes an iPhone application that allows users to automatically turn photos, music, and videos into short movies.

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Mobile

Skype 4.0 for Android

Eugene O'Rourke
July 9, 2013

Skype for Android got a major overhaul earlier this month, complete with a major redesign that makes the Android app more consistent with other platform versions.

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Mergers & Acquisitions

Intuit Sells Financial Services Unit to Thoma Bravo

Eugene O'Rourke
July 7, 2013

Intuit is selling their financial services unit to Thoma Bravo for reportedly $1.03 billion in cash

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The Google Graveyard

Eugene O'Rourke
July 4, 2013

WordStream has created an interesting infographic to help “celebrate the end of Google Reader,” which showcases a history of products that Google has terminated over the years.

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Mobile

Android Google Play Edition Camera Now Available for Download

Eugene O'Rourke
July 3, 2013

The stock camera from the new Google Play Edition phones has been made available for download / install by the team over at XDA.

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Facebook Beta Program For Google Android

Facebook Announces Android App Beta Program

Eugene O'Rourke
July 2, 2013

To aid in their Android app development, Facebook has started a new beta testing program for their Android Facebook app to help identify bugs and get user feedback before each monthly release.

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