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NewsGIF delivers your daily news entirely via GIFs

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by on May 20, 2015 at 8:31 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web

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Ever wish you had a TL;DR for the news? While I’m not sure the future of CNN, BBC, or Al Jazeera is directly tied to looping images, NewsGIF is having a bit of fun with the format when it comes to delivering your daily tech news. The ‘Trending’ section features cool apps and products via Product Hunt, while the ‘Recent’ area offers some of the hottest tech news of the day. NewsGIF hopes to do for tech news what Channel 4 News (UK) and its 4NewsWall are doing for local and world news, although there’s a little more than solely tech in here. Currently, NewsGIF is…

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The Apple Watch’s San Francisco font may soon be on all iOS and OS X devices

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by on May 20, 2015 at 7:12 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

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The San Francisco font found on the Apple Watch may be Apple’s latest standard typeface for all devices. This change is said to be coming via iOS 9 and OS X 10.11 according to 9to5Mac, both rumored for a WWDC 2015 announcement. San Francisco would replace Helvetica Neue, which made its debut on iOS 7 and OS X Yosemite. San Francisco was designed specifically for Apple Watch, and is meant for better readability on the small screen. There are two components to the San Francisco font: Text and Display. Text is best for smaller type (small screens or interface elements), while Display…

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The UK gets a dedicated esports betting service this week

May20
by on May 20, 2015 at 7:01 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, eSports, Rahul Sood, Shareables, UK, Unikrn, video games

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UK gamers can gamble real cash on the outcome of some of their favourite online video games, thanks to a dedicated new betting site, launching this week. The service, dubbed Unikrn Arena, allows its users to bet on the outcome of various competitive eSports matches. Already operating in Australia and Asia, the site currently takes bets on games such as Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and the massively popular League of Legends. Betting on hit MOBA (multiplayer online battle arena) DotA 2 and Blizzard’s upcoming Heroes of the Storm is also promised in the coming months. The site is working with tournament organisers…

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Twitch brings video-on-demand game content to its iOS and Android apps

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by on May 20, 2015 at 6:06 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web

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Twitch users can watch more content on the go as Video on Demand (VOD) is now available for mobile devices. On-demand content is found via the activity feed on any channel. So long as the channel owner has made HTTP live streaming available for their content, you can see past videos on a smartphone or tablet. Twitch also notes VOD content is available via the in-app search page, where tapping any offline channel will take you directly to an activity feed. Content like game play and Twitch Weekly can be viewed on-demand. In addition to mobile VOD content, Twitch is asking Android users…

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9 ways of gathering meaningful data about your customers

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by on May 20, 2015 at 5:52 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Entrepreneur, Entrepreneurship, Insider, YEC, yec.co, Young Entrepreneur Council

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Understanding your customer better isn’t as complex as you might think, but it does require a thoughtful analysis of where and how you can collect meaningful data. By better defining which aspects of their behavior or profiles are most significant to your business, you can start to measure and analyze better ways to engage them and ultimately sell more. To find out what indicators are most useful, I asked nine entrepreneurs from Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC) the following question. What is one important area of customer data that I should look to clean up or improve in order to reach my customers…

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