Correction: We jumped the gun and can only apologise. According to Foursquare founder Dennis Crowley the company has yet to cross the 9.3 million mark. In atweet, he says “4SQ didn’t crack 10m yet… I was just rounding up / predicting future! #soontho #prob9.3m?” Reaching 8 million at the end of March, and 9.3 million now – at this rate we can assume the location based startup will hit the 10 million mark in around 6 weeks time....

A former China Mobile chairman has received the death penalty after being found guilty of accepting an estimated $2.6 million (16.48 million yuan) in bribes, according toAFP. The man, Li Hua, formerly held the position of chairman and general manager of the state owned mobile operator’s Sichuan branch. Earlier this year Hua turned himself into police after admitting that he had received funds in exchange for offering “interests” Interestingly for a death sentence, Li has been handed an additional two year probation....

It turns out that Corus CEO John Cassaday isn’t all that worried about the arrival of Netflix into Canada causing consumers to cut their premium cable subscriptions. He’s suggesting it may actually increase them. In a report published byThe Canadian Press, Cassaday — whose company owns specialty television and radio operations across Canada — believes that the streaming service won’t deter people from subscribing to pricier channels such as HBO and The Movie Network....

Cosmic Crawlertakes you on a guided tour of space, flying you throughout the galaxy to destination hot spots such as Mars and the Sun. It’s similar to Google Earth in the way it enables you to jump to various locations like stars, planets, comets and constellations. This app holds thousands of elements in its collection, bringing space geeks a wide variety of things to discover. Cosmic Crawler, your tour guide to the stars, seamlessly travels through space displaying the distance and time traveled along with providing overlaid text identifying each object....

What do you think developers need the most? According to the Brazilian entrepreneurBob Wollheim, the answer is simple: “business capabilities.” It’s from this belief that his latest initiative was born.Appies, as it is called, is an accelerator of a new kind; instead of boosting startups, it focuses on app developers. So what is it about and why are apps a growing trend in Brazil? From Hackathon to Appies It was during a mini-Hackathon in Sao Paulo that the idea for Appies sparked in Bob’s mind....