April 18, 2015
What The Apple Watch Could Be
What is the Apple Watch? The simple answer is Apple’s first smartwatch. In fact Apple calls it its “most personal device ever”. But early reviewers have wrestled with…
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April 17, 2015
Taplet Lets You Pull HD Photos From Any Video With A Single Tap
The iPhone has offered the ability to take photos at the same time as you record video, but capturing photos from video that has already been captured isn’t…
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Trio Lets You Mash Up Your Own Media With GIFs, Vines, Music And More
If you spend entirely too much time creating, searching for and sharing the best GIFs and Vines with your friends, then you might get a kick out of…
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Twitter Makes It Easier For Developers To Add Timelines To Mobile Apps
Twitter this week rolled out new features to its mobile developer platform, Fabric, aimed at expanding access to Twitter timelines from third-party applications. With an update to Twitter…
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Amazon Shuts Down TestDrive, The Appstore Feature That Let You Try Apps Before Downloading
Amazon is shutting down TestDrive, one of the differentiating features of the Amazon Appstore which allowed consumers to test out new applications ahead of purchase. The feature was introduced…
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EyeEm Raises $18M To Expand Its Photo Marketplace
Photo-sharing startup EyeEm has raised $18 million to accelerate the expansion of its recently launched photo marketplace, CEO Flo Meissner announced on Medium this afternoon. EyeEm’s marketplace leverages…
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Google’s Mobile Search Results On Android Now Prompt Users To Install Apps With Relevant Content
Google’s mobile search results on Android will now prompt you to install mobile apps that feature content relevant to your search query. This essentially turns Google’s mobile search…
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Twitter Is Winning The Live Streaming Battle
Following its acquisition of live streaming app Periscope, Twitter has been actively fighting to make sure its service beats that of independent competitor Meerkat, which had a slightly earlier…
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Gaming Startup Code Kingdoms Exits Beta On A Quest To Get Kids Coding
Making learning to code accessible, fun and engaging is the jumping off point of London-based startup Code Kingdoms, which has today launched out of beta, after trialling its…
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Wikipedia’s New iOS App Sees An Improved Design, Adds Social Features With Shareable “Fact Cards”
The Wikimedia Foundation has been steadily rolling out updates to the Wikipedia mobile experience in recent months, and today that trend continues as the organization rolls out a brand-new iOS…
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