Mobile & Apps: This Week’s Top Stories // November 22, 2015

Samsung Gear VR Sold Out Online At Amazon And Best Buy | Upthere’s Beta Users Have Uploaded More Than 3.5M Files | Facebook Debuts The Digital Breakup With New Tools For Former Flames | 10 Carpooling Apps To Take This Weekend In San Francisco That Aren’t Uber | Readbug Wants To Be Spotify For Indie Magazines | The Samsung Gear VR Is Your Window Into The Future | Facebook At Work Gets Its Own Version Of Messenger With Debut of “Work Chat” |

MOBILE AND APPS WEEK IN REVIEW SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 22 2015 THIS WEEK'S TOP STORIES: TOP HEADLINE | Drew Olanoff Samsung Gear VR Sold Out Online At Amazon And Best Buy If you didn’t pre-order the new consumer version of Samsung Gear VR, you might have some difficulty finding it on your favorite online shopping... Read More… Drew Olanoff Upthere’s Beta Users Have Uploaded More Than 3.5M Files Upthere launched their first apps into beta last week, and so far the beta period is off to a good start, the company tells me. No word on how many users have... Read More… SPONSORED CONTENT Announcing The 9th Annual Crunchies Awards This year, the Crunchies will be held at a new venue, the San Francisco War Memorial Opera House, at 8:00pm on February 8th, 2016. Head over to the show page and start nominating your favorite candidates for each category. Nominations will close on Wednesday, December 2, 2015. We'll see you at the Crunchies! Learn More… Sarah Perez Facebook Debuts The Digital Breakup With New Tools For Former Flames Breaking up is hard enough without having to see your ex’s newfound happiness flung in your face every time you log on to Facebook. But that... Read More… Sarah Buhr, Anna Escher 10 Carpooling Apps To Take This Weekend In San Francisco That Aren’t Uber Let’s all agree that public transportation in San Francisco is not the greatest, but there’s plenty more ways to get about town and not all of them... Read More… Natasha Lomas Readbug Wants To Be Spotify For Indie Magazines Readbug's pitch to its target indie magazine publishers is the chance to increase their digital reach without having to do any extra work or spend any extra... Read More… Drew Olanoff The Samsung Gear VR Is Your Window Into The Future Virtual reality is a reality...in the sense that the hardware, software and content stars are finally aligning to make the platform approachable by more than... Read More… Sarah Perez Facebook At Work Gets Its Own Version Of Messenger With Debut of “Work Chat” Facebook at Work, the version of Facebook designed for chatting with colleagues on a private social network, now has its own chat client as well. Somewhat like... Read More… Get more stories at techcrunch.com  If you do not want to receive this email or you would like to update your preferences click here. 410 Townsend Street, San Francisco, CA 94107 © 2015 AOL Inc. All rights reserved.   Privacy Policy   Terms of Service