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Knocker is Tinder for finding UK property… No wait, that’s a good thing

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by on May 15, 2015 at 12:45 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Knocker, property, UK

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Searching for houses is a chore. Even I, as someone with about 50p in savings, know that. Which is why Knocker is a welcome new option. The iOS app, which swipes the Tinder approach of, well, swiping through your options, hooks into iPhone’s location services making it really easy to see what’s available. You can choose to see places to let, to buy, or both. You can easily save properties that take your fancy as well as share them by email with others, and arrange a viewing by phone directly through the app. Knocker is built on top of the massive British property…

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Get 82% off a lifetime of online backup

May15
by on May 15, 2015 at 12:30 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Offers, TNWDeals

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Losing a precious photo, or a ‘my boss will kill me’ file is a painful experience. It is also completely avoidable with an online backup service like Dripbit — and TNW Deals is currently offering a lifetime subscription for a one-time low price: just $54.99. Dripbit offers a generous 1TB of storage space, but this service has more than just capacity to offer. Files upload pretty much as fast as your connection will allow, and they are protected by AWS 256-bit encryption (military-grade security, in other words) to ensure absolute privacy. You can access your files via any web browser,…

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Gibbon relaunches as a collaborative bookmark library for your team

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by on May 15, 2015 at 12:20 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

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Gibbon, which originally launched as a way to easily map out learning a new skill, has relaunched as a bookmark sharing tool for your company. The new Gibbon focuses on saving links, like Pocket, except in a much more collaborative way for companies. Once your team is invited in, they’re able to create collections of articles and add comments on why it’s worth reading, then share them with colleagues. Your team can go public with saved collections of links, as a reading list for people outside the company. The Next Web, for example, could curate a list of “must reads”…

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Why hackers want your Starbucks account

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by on May 15, 2015 at 11:22 am
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, dark web, Hacking, hacks, Insider, Shareables, Starbucks

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Your Starbucks account is like catnip for hackers. In the past few days, the longstanding problem has become a story again, after a blog post by American journalist Bob Sullivan, was widely picked up. He writes: Criminals are using Starbucks accounts to access consumers’ linked credit cards. Taking advantage of the Starbucks auto-reload function, they can steal hundreds of dollars in a matter of minutes. Because the crime is so simple, can escalate quickly, and the consumer protections controlling the transaction are unclear, I recommend all Starbucks consumers immediately disable auto-reload on the Starbucks mobile payments and gift cards. The…

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