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Google Now update lets you dictate messages to WhatsApp and Viber

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by on July 28, 2015 at 2:26 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Google, Insider

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Google Now just got an update so you can ask it to send messages using your favorite services. In the past, you could say “OK, Google, send a message to Owen” and it would just send via your default messaging app. Now you can specify which app to use by saying “OK, Google, send a WhatsApp message to Owen” and it’ll pick the right app. It supports WhatsApp, Viber, WeChat, Telegram and NextPlus in English at launch, though Google plans to add more support for apps and languages in the future. Google Now supporting third-party apps for voice messaging is…

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Look out for gorgeous new Canvas art on TNW

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by on July 28, 2015 at 2:12 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Voice

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As you might have noticed, we recently introduced a new ad format on The Next Web, called Canvas Ads. Behind this article you can see an image, and when you click it, this post partially slides out of view so you can see the full canvas. We show commercial ads there, some promotion for our own events and services and every few weeks we select upcoming artists and showcase their work. Each artist gets to show their work and we link to their portfolios. Today we launch four new artists, each showing two of their works. We’ve asked them to introduce themselves below. Undog Undog…

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The White House says it will not pardon Edward Snowden

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by on July 28, 2015 at 2:06 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

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The White House has issued an official statement in response to a petition calling for the pardon of Edward Snowden. The petition argued that Snowden was a “national hero” and should be issued a “full, free and absolute pardon” for the crimes he committed when whistleblowing on the NSA’s surveillance programs. After 167,954 signatures, the White House has responded to the petition saying that Snowden did not address the issues “constructively” and is “running away from the consequences of his actions.” Snowden is still residing in Russia where he has been granted asylum for three years. The petition passed the mark…

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Get 90% off the Java Developer Course Bundle

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by on July 28, 2015 at 1:05 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Design & Dev, Offers, TNWDeals

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Wondering which programming language to learn? Whether you want to build apps for the Web, desktop, Android devices or for Internet of Things-enabled gadgets, Java is a great choice. It’s a powerful object-oriented language that’s easy to learn, write, debug and use. If you’re ready to take the plunge, start with this course bundle that covers everything you need to master Java. The six included courses pack over 71 hours of tutorials to take you through the basics of Java programming, as well as the Java Swing user interface toolkit, Android app development, website building and a lot more. We’ve…

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VideoBlocks launches collegiate research grant program for copyright-safe multimedia content

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by on July 28, 2015 at 1:00 pm
Posted In: Around the Web

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VideoBlocks, the royalty-free stock media company, has announced a new Digital Media Action Grant program for US college campuses. The company will award two grants of $10,000 each to two higher education institutions to study how digital creative content can help students build up-to-date multimedia skills, while at the same time encouraging the ethical use of such assets. In addition, VideoBlocks will contribute $10 million worth of copyright-safe video and audio clips to the winning schools and to participants of the VideoBlocks Early Enrollment Program (VEEP) through December 2015. To be eligible for a grant, faculty members must use VideoBlocks’ content to create a “significant and original contribution…

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