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Streaming Unicorns lets you live-stream your phone’s home screen

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by on May 27, 2015 at 10:19 am
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Product Launches

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First there was Meerkat, then Periscope and now we have Streaming Unicorns. Launching today, the project started off as an internal hack for the folks at Swedish startup Lookback. Unicorns, as it is affectionately known, is a Mac app that connects to your iPhone or iPad to let you stream your homescreen as you use it, or anything you want really. Similar to other streaming apps, you can share a link to your stream on Twitter or Facebook, but you are also given the URL to share privately if you prefer. Anyone watching your stream can communicate with you using text…

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Facebook ‘Marauder’s Map’ turns Messenger into a stalker’s dream

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by on May 27, 2015 at 9:23 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

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You’re no doubt aware that Facebook shares your location with friends, but what you probably didn’t realize is how precise that data is or how easy it is to extract from the service. Aran Khanna, a student developer in Cambridge, MA, has created a Chrome extension that grabs location data from Facebook Messenger and rapidly plots your friends’ locations on a map. Named ‘Marauder’s Map’, in a cheeky nod to Harry Potter, the extension loads the map in Messenger’s Web interface. The data is retrieved from messages sent with location sharing enabled. That usually means from mobile devices, as it’s…

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You could soon be taking a robot pill that delivers drugs with sugar needles

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by on May 27, 2015 at 9:01 am
Posted In: Around the Web, biotech, Google, Insider, Lifestyle, Novartis, Rani Therapeutics

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Swiss pharmaceutical company Novartis has announced a collaboration with US-based biotech startup Rani Therapeutics to create a “robotic pill” that can deliver complex drugs which would usually be given with injections. The capsule is taken like a conventional pill, but contains tiny needles made of sugar that deliver drugs into the wall of the intestine. The approach could make the dream of delivering large-molecule biologic drugs in pill form possible. Most previous attempts have been stymied as the compounds are broken down in the stomach. The startup says it will be running feasibility studies over the next 18 to 24 months, evaluating which…

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SoundCloudify is a slick YouTube- and SoundCloud-powered music player for Chrome

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by on May 27, 2015 at 8:44 am
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Chrome Extension, Google Chrome, SoundCloud, streaming music, youtube

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Google Chrome is both my productivity hub and the bane of my existence. I’d gladly switch to something else, but its support for useful extensions makes it an essential part of my workflow. Even in 2015, I fire up Winamp when I need some music to keep me going at work — I’m old-school like that. For new tracks, I usually head to YouTube or SoundCloud, but thanks to a new Chrome extension, I can tune in without launching a new tab. SoundCloudify lets you stream music from both those sources in a neat and clean interface. You can search YouTube…

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