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Create and share impressive photo slideshows with Ptch
www.insidemobileapps.com
Ptch is a new iOS app from the company of the same name. It’s available now as a free download from the App Store with no additional in-app purchases. Ptch markets itself as a fast and convenient way to share photos and videos online. In practice, it is a simple photo...
Bigger profile images come to Facebook, just days after Google+ did the same
thenextweb.com
Over the course of the last week, Facebook has started to roll out a small improvement to Facebook profiles, increasing the size of a user’s profile picture on their Timeline, a move that comes just days after Google updated Google+ profiles to sport a larger photo. Previously, a Timeline photo...
Yes, BlackBerry 10 Is Headed to the PlayBook … Someday
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BlackBerry 10, the latest version of Research In Motion’s mobile operating system, isn’t intended for the company’s handsets alone. It’s destined for the PlayBook tablet as well. Rob Orr, RIM’s vice president of product management, tells TechRadar that the company will debut a BlackBerry 10-based handset “towards the end of...
Facebook for iOS 5.3 includes photo album selection, faster Timeline and News Feed
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Facebook today released an update to its iOS application that improves the speed of the app and includes a new feature for users to upload photos to an album. The iOS update comes on the heels of an overhaul of the Android app earlier today with natively built features to...
Facebook launches new two-pane layout for Messages, adds multiple-photo support and keyboard shortcuts
thenextweb.com
Facebook has just launched a nice-looking update to its Messages feature, introducing a two-pane layout that makes for a cleaner way to use the service. There’s also support for multiple photos and a set of keyboard shortcuts. The changes mirror some of the features that have only been available in...
Facebook launches new two-pane layout for Messages, adds multiple-photo support and keyboard shortcuts
Fear For Your Safety, Not Your Privacy
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Survival in a harsher age. That’s why we evolved to fear for our privacy. We needed somewhere secret to sleep, defecate, or have sex so someone couldn’t run up and club us while we were vulnerable. Times have changed but we carry the fear like a vestigial wing. If we...
Facebook Share Price Slides Still Further, Betting Against Its Future Prospects
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News updates all day from your Fast Company editors.Trading in stock options for Facebook began yesterday, but instead of being a positive move for the social network it created a very negative moment in Facebook's timeline because the share price continued its downward spiral from last week and the price...
Popular video sharing app Viddy officially hits Facebook’s Timeline
thenextweb.com
Facebook is hanging out at SXSW today and showing off some of its new Open Graph partners at its office in Austin. One of them is Viddy, which we referred to as the “Instagram for video” when it launched in April last year. With over 1.6M monthly active users, the...
Facebook celebrates weddings and engagements with new homepage feature
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In a nod to the phenomenon of people celebrating special occasions on Facebook, the social network has today begun rolling out a new weddings and celebrations feature. “Facebook has become a unique way people share and congratulate friends around exciting life events such as engagements and weddings or the...
Tracking the history of Zelda in 'Hyrule Historia'
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For the past 25 years, nearly every entry in The Legend of Zelda series has followed the same basic formula: there's a hero named Link who saves a princess named Zelda from a villain named Ganondorf. But with the exception of a few direct sequels and spin-offs, the Link...
Twitter makes nice with developers, with a timeline of upcoming changes
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Twitter and the developers who use its platform haven’t been on the best of terms lately. The company has cracked down on developers who’d made Twitter clients that essentially replicate Twitter’s own features, like posting and reading tweets. It has released a new, more restrictive application programming interface (API)....
Today in Tech: Can Justin Timberlake reboot Myspace?
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Facebook's newest advertising technique raises concerns; why so-called 'Silicon Valley wallflowers' are hot. Myspace teases a completely rethought service, and believe it or not, it looks beautiful [THE NEXT WEB] As you can see in the teaser below, discovered by Grace Dent and The Financial Times' Tim Bradshaw, Myspace is debuting a media-focused social network which emphasizes...
Samsung offers free flip covers and TecTiles for GS III and Note II device registrations
www.engadget.com
If you just received a Galaxy S III or a Note II this holiday season, you could do yourself a favor and register it on Samsung's Facebook page to get even more goodies from Santa Sammy. What do you get in exchange for handing over some personal details and...
Facebook places 'Listen' button on artist pages, now takes you to your go-to streaming app instantly
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If navigating away from a musician's timeline on Facebook to get a quick listen isn't your favorite activity, you're in luck. The folks in Palo Alto dropped a "Listen" button on artist pages today, giving you access to popular tracks instantly. Situated right beside the ever important "Like" button,...
Facebook places 'Listen' button on artist pages, now takes you to your go-to streaming app instantly
Tripl launches beautiful travel summaries to help you keep track of your friends' journeys
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When you return from a trip, wouldn’t it be nice to compile a neat summary of what you did while you were away to share with others? Tripl is launching a new service today that does that in style. Founded in Sweden but now based in New York, Tripl began...
Unified launches new platform features to better track earned media value from social advertising
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Enterprise marketing technology company Unified today released a new product called Amplets, which allow advertisers and publishers to track the earned media that results from people sharing their ads and other content. The company also updated its Social Operating Platform to support native, premium and mobile advertising across Facebook and...
Sources: Google's Sparrow purchase cost under $25 million, will bring 'beauty' to Gmail
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Today Sparrow's Dom Leca announced that his third party email client company had been purchased by Google, and we just talked to sources familiar with the situation. The talks have been ongoing for a while; Sparrow was well known, and our source said Google recognized that the five-person-team had...
Verizon Wireless says 4G LTE rollout to be completed by mid-2013
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Speaking at a conference with investors this morning, Verizon Wireless CFO Fran Shammo revealed that Verizon will roll out its LTE network completely by mid-2013. FierceWireless reports today’s timeline is six-months earlier than previous estimates released by Verizon. Verizon’s LTE network will match its 3G CDMA coverage area once...
Tour a legacy of iconic art and design with the Eames timeline
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If you've seen a piece of furniture in your lifetime, you've probably seen something touched by the iconic design of Charles and Ray Eames. The couple made a number of significant contributions to modern architecture, furniture design, and even to graphic design and film — for instance, the classic...
Facebook will take away users' right to vote on policy - unless they vote for it
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Site rules mean 30% of users must vote against change to governance policy if the right to do so is to remainThe right to vote appears to be about to be taken away - on Facebook, at least. Users have until 10 December to decide whether future policy changes should...
Check Out Everyday.me, A Diary App That Launched At Y-Combinator
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Y Combinator Demo Day was yesterday. A lot of consumer apps launched including the smallest, most personal social network yet. Path is for 150 people and Pair is for two people, but Everyday.me is just for you. It's a dairy app that lets you keep private pictures and notes about...
Who should I follow on Twitter? Microsoft edition
www.engadget.com
2012 has been pretty busy for Microsoft. We've seen the new, very different, Windows 8, not to mention a new version of its mobile OS and no end of hardware permutations from PC and laptop makers. With that in mind, this time on WSIFOT, we've assembled a together who...
FCC set to release more spectrum to feed our need for Wi-Fi
gigaom.com
Getting a decent Wi-Fi connection out in the wild is getting harder as the 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz airwaves become more crowded, but the Federal Communications Commission is feeling our pain. At CES 2013 Wednesday evening, FCC chairman Julius Genachowski said the government is looking to open an additional...
Facebook redesigns Friendship Pages with Timeline in mind
venturebeat.com
Facebook’s Friendship Pages were one of the last areas of the social network to look like the old profile view, but no longer. The pages got the Timeline makeover today, with new options for curating (yes, curating) your relationship. Friendship Pages can be found under the utility icon (the little...
Huntsy, a dashboard for finding your dream job, passes 10K registered users in 2 months
thenextweb.com
Huntsy, a new tool for managing your job search, has only been in the public eye since its launch in March. Since then, it has garnered strong early traction, passing 10,000 registered users as of last week. The easiest way to think of Huntsy is as a content management system...
LG Spectrum 2 available from Verizon Wireless today for $99.99
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Verizon Wireless has just announced that the LG Spectrum 2 smartphone is now available for purchase from its online store for $99.99 with a new two-year agreement. The Spectrum 2 follows the Spectrum from last year and features a 4.7-inch, True HD IPS 720p display, dual-core Qualcomm S4 processor...
Twitter Prompting Users To Advertisers On Twitter
marketingland.com
Twitter is now prompting ordinary Twitter users to advertiser on Twitter. About ten minutes ago, I went to Twitter.com and I was greeted at the top of my timeline with a message from Twitter to try out their advertising options. The message read, “Advertise on Twitter,” followed by... Please visit...
Hyperlinks Are Dumb And Bleeding Money; How To Ensure Yours Aren’t
techcrunch.com
Editor’s note: Oliver Roup is the founder and CEO of VigLink, a service that makes it easier to use affiliate programs on your blog or website. When an email hits our inbox, we know not only who it’s from but their entire web imprint. LinkedIn can point out the profile of the...
Study: Facebook Timeline Improves Fan Engagement For Brands
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Facebook posts by brands live longer on Timeline than they did prior to the social network’s massive overhaul, according to a study released Monday. While the analysis by London-based social media analytics firm Sotrender is limited in scope, covering just 130 brands headquartered in the U.K. and 5,000 posts, it is...
Here's what we learned from the Socialcam acquisition: Innovation wins, not numbers
thenextweb.com
First off, I want to say that the $60M acquisition of Socialcam by Autodesk is a great move for both companies. I have been watching Autodesk for the past year or so, and it’s a company that is making bold moves, for sure. Regardless of some of the things that...
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