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Google releases family plan for $14.99, Competitors Not So Generous
Google is now reaching out to families with a new plan available as a part of its Google Play Music service. At a recent event, it announced that families should be able to subscribe to its service for only $14.99. At this price, you will get six different profiles to cater to various music tastes.…
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Instagram Reaches 400 Million Users, Due to an Increase in International Followers
Instagram, which is owned by Facebook, has hit the 400-million mark when it comes to users. This is only nine months since Facebook announced that it has crossed the 300-million mark. In speaking about of Instagram’s appeal to a global audience, the team said, “Our community has evolved to be even more global, with more…
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Code academy Launches Python, More Server-Side Languages to Follow
Codeacademy, a startup that offers tools and lesson for people who want to learn how to code, has begun offering Python lessons too. As the co-founder, Zach Sims puts it, the site has been focusing only on client-side markup and languages such as JavaScript, HTML and CSS. From now on, user-generated Python lessons will be…
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First Public Beta for Cortana for Android Launched by Microsoft, iOS Version in the Works
Following its first private beta and a few leaks, Microsoft has recently launched Cortana personal assistant for Android. There’s no doubt that it functions just as Google Now and Siri has. As Microsoft describes Cortana, it is a service that is a ‘companion for your Windows 10 PC’ but can also extend its functionality to…
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Microsoft launches Office for Android, Clearly Embracing a Cross-Platform Approach
Five weeks after Microsoft released a preview of Office for Android, it announced the official launch of the suite of applications. This release includes Word, Excel and Powerpoint designed in particular for Android phones. This follows the company’s efforts to bring Office to Android tablets as well as iOS devices too. A number of common…
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Instagram Offers New Explore Tab for Real-Time Coverage, US Users Will Use the Feature First
Instagram has real-time coverage of what is happening in the world. Only now, it intend to exploit this ability with its launch of a revised Explore tab. Some of the features that you will find include curated content, Trending Tags and Places as well as a new Places Search. Not only can you look for…
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Facebook Rolls Out Peer-to-Peer payments, Only Available in the United States For Now
Given Bitcoin’s rise in the search for a globally accepted currency, Facebook has recently rolled out peer-to-peer payments and, according to experts, is set to become one of the most powerful financial institutions in the world. With foreign workers sending almost $583 million, also known as remittances, to people in their home countries, that accounts…
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Jony Ive promoted to Chief Design Officer, Will Spend More Time on Design
Jony Ive, instrumental in crafting Apple’s unique and innovative industrial design language, has been promoted to Chief Design Officer. This, in turn, will result in Richard Howarth being moved up to Head of Industrial Design while Alan Dye takes on the role of head of User Interface. In announcing this development, Apple’s statement to TechCrunch,…
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Google Releasing Security Feature for Google Drive for Work, Education
Google will release an update in the next few weeks to both Drive for Education and Drive for Work that contains a number of tools that will enhance the way users share data both internally and externally with their customers. Given that companies need to feel safe about having their content in the cloud, this…
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Lobster enables brands to look for user-generated content, Instagram and Flickr users to benefit
Lobster, being a marketplace where user-generated content is licensed, is now releasing a universal search feature that will enable brands and publishers to look for this type of content across a number of social platforms. In explaining how this new initiative came into being, its founder, Olga Egorsheva, said “We realized how difficult it was…