Hypebot reports that SoundCloud has appointed Dan Gerber, formerly the National Director of Strategic Partnerships at Pandora, to lead brand sales. Gerber will begin in June, and SoundCloud will open it’s New York City office later this summer. Read More

TechCrunch reports that UK-based startup VirtualMob has officially launched its own Augmented Reality self-service Point-at-Me (PAM), which combines drag ‘n’ drop content creation, e-commerce, and analytics. PAM has been running in private beta for over a month, and is designed to remove the barriers for brands who wish to develop Augmented Reality-enabled mobile apps and campaigns. Read More

VentureBeat reports that Google has seemingly shut down its SMS search service. The service let users send text message queries to “466453? (GOOGLE), which would send results to your phone. Read More

Mashable reports that Sony's new Android smartphone, the Sony Xperia ZR, can be immersed 5 feet deep under water, which is a feature not seen in today's smartphones. Its level of water resistance is IP55 and IP58, which is marginally higher than Sony's current Android flagship, Sony Xperia Z that is IP55 and IP57 compliant. Read More

PCWorld reports that Yahoo has acquired Loki Studios, a mobile gaming company, bringing its total acquisitions this month to four: Loki, Astrid, GoPollGo and MileWise. Yahoo said in a Tweet: "We recently added 22 entrepreneurs to our growing mobile team." The Loki team, on their website said, "We are thrilled to be joining the exceptional folks at Yahoo! We believe fully in their commitment to creating outstanding mobile products." Read More

Samsung Electronics announced that it has successfully engineered the world’s first adaptive array transceiver technology functioning in the millimeter-wave Ka bands designed for cellular communications, which resides at the core of 5G mobile communications system and will offer data transmission close to a few hundred times faster as compared to current 4G networks. Read More

The Verge reports that Google might be getting ready to launch an Android gaming service in the vein of Xbox Live or iOS' Game Center, based on a leaked build of Google Play Services received by Android Police, which seems to disclose various details about a platform to be known as Google Play Games. Read More