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See the world through your dog’s eyes with this app

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by on July 16, 2015 at 2:21 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider, Shareables

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Dogs see the world differently from you and I, but it’s hard to imagine how your pooch actually perceives things. This tiny Web app allows you to upload any image and see how a dog might perceive the world. You can disable some options, like the Deuteranopia filter (red-green color blindness) or brightness discrimination. How dogs would see those annoying Minions I had no idea this was how our pup might see things. How about a picture of a beautiful landscape? Try Dog Vision for yourself and let us know what you find — the results might surprise you and make you…

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HBO Now is finally hitting Android and Fire OS devices

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by on July 16, 2015 at 2:16 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Insider

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HBO Now is no longer exclusive to iOS on mobile. The company announced it’s bringing its internet-only streaming offering to Android and Fire OS tablets. New customers can download the app right from the Google Play Store or the Amazon Appstore. Amazon also notes that Now will be arriving on Fire TV soon as well, so you can watch ‘Game of Thrones’ right in your living room without a cable subscription. Sorry Fire Phone users – no support for you. The Android and Fire OS support joins existing availability on the iPhone, iPad and Apple TV. As with before, the…

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Inside the teacher’s studio: Ryan Bonhardt on how to learn (and teach!) better

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by on July 16, 2015 at 2:05 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

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Since TNW Academy started four months ago we have received a lot of positive feedback from happy students. Most notably, Ryan Bonhardt’s course How To Build Beautiful Responsive Websites has been a favorite for our students. To find out more about Ryan’s effective and popular course, we asked him to shed some light on his tricks and tips. Read on to find out how he does it and how you can learn key skills as efficiently as possible. Ryan, why do you enjoy teaching? There’s definitely a couple reasons for this. I’ll start with the intangible benefit I didn’t expect. “If you…

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Motorola wants to ‘change your relationship status’ in teaser for July 28th event

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by on July 16, 2015 at 1:53 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Gadgets, Insider

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It looks like Motorola has a new device or two up its sleeve; the company is sending out invites for a global event on July 28th. There’s no further information on the type of device or software it will reveal, and the only text on the invite reads “Your relationship status is about to change.” Meanwhile, Motorola’s official announcement page says this about our relationships with our smartphones: We feel lost without it. We trust them with our most personal questions, photos, stories and secrets. They never leave our side. But shouldn’t all that care and devotion you show be…

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What we can learn from abandoned e-store shopping carts

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by on July 16, 2015 at 1:22 pm
Posted In: abandoned carts, Around the Web, ecommerce, Insider

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A persistent problem faced by online stores is that of abandoned carts. Reminding customers of shopping carts that they have forgotten or left behind is essential for the success of online stores. Let us look at some different types of abandoned cart emails sent by e-stores in the US. The 15 stores we compared were: 1. Amazon 2. eBay 3. Best Buy 4. Shop 5. Erno Laszlo 6. Juicy Couture 7. Karma Loop 8. Natural Life 9. Oakley 10. Overstock 11. Sephora 12. Think Geek 13. Kate Spade 14. Nine West 15. Bloomingdale’s We used six parameters to score abandoned cart emails from each company. The details of these six parameters and why they matter are: (Bloomingdale’s…

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