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Outcast for iOS lets you live-stream in 15-second intervals — because that’s all our internet attention span allows

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by on May 26, 2015 at 6:04 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider, Opinion

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If there were an app that limited your Periscope intake to 15 seconds, would you be interested? Think of it like a live-streaming Instagram, with a little Vine tossed in. Outcast is a new app for iOS that allows live-streaming, but not to the extent of Periscope or Meerkat. Instead of just broadcasting whatever you like for as long as you please, Outcast only allows for 15 second streams. That’s it. No edits, no retakes. You’re live — for 15 seconds. When viewing, videos stream endlessly. You hop from one video to another without pauses. Outcast is like the scene in…

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Hackers could use malware to track subway riders’ whereabouts

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by on May 26, 2015 at 5:48 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Shareables

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While locking down cellular data and GPS connections on smartphones has always been the top security priority for manufacturers, it may be the overlooked motion sensors that provide the biggest window for hackers to spy on us. Researchers from Nanjing University have developed a technique that allows near-realtime tracking of unknowing subway riders. Using the unique fingerprint of each of the world’s subway systems as a starting point and malware designed to provide access to your phone’s motion sensors, the researchers have found they were able to plot test subject’s whereabouts with between 70 and 92 percent accuracy. In the paper,…

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Google has made its Roboto font totally open source

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by on May 26, 2015 at 5:43 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

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Love it or hate it, Google’s Roboto font is here to stay, and now Google wants to share it more openly with the world. Although the font files were originally released under the free Apache license, Roboto’s production toolchain is now completely based on open source software. Additionally, Google has upgraded the font to include all Latin, Cyrillic and Greek Characters, more than tripling the number of glyphs provided with Roboto. The default font in Android, Chrome OS and most recently, YouTube, Roboto was first introduced with Ice Cream Sandwich in 2011. Google says the project involved close collaboration between…

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Microsoft’s App Studio now lets anyone make a universal Windows 10 app

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by on May 26, 2015 at 5:19 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web

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Microsoft today announced an update for its Windows App Studio platform that allows anyone to create basic apps: it now works with Windows 10. The app’s UI has been revamped to match Windows 10’s aesthetic, and it now supports the Universal App Platform Microsoft has touted for its new operating system. That means the apps will work across phones and desktops alike – responsive design allows them to change their look to best suit the respective hardware. App Studio can still create Windows 8.1 apps too. Demo of how universal apps can resize Some other updates include: App Studio no…

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Explore the Marvel universe with this dedicated search engine

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by on May 26, 2015 at 5:15 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Comics, Marvel, Shareables

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A new search engine dedicated to the world of Marvel comics has arrived, doing away with the need for you to dig around in your garage for that boxed-up 2003 issue of Hulk: Nightmerica you wanted to check out. Making use of Marvel’s new open API, the unofficial search engine surfaces a range of details on Marvels vast comic book history. The ‘iMarvel’ search engine, created by US-based developer Filix Mogilevsky, can query either comics or characters. Typing in a query will offer up suggestions as you type, and will in-turn deliver a visual results page for you to peruse.…

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