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The New York Times reboots NYT Now as a free app with a new look

May11
by on May 11, 2015 at 10:39 am
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web

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The New York Times recently announced that it would be turning its NYT Now iOS app into a completely free offering, and today the new version has launched complete with a new look. NYT Now, which offers a curated selection of stories from the Times’ output each day and links to interesting reads elsewhere online, was previously subject to the same ’10 free articles per month’ restriction as the rest of company’s paywalled content. The redesigned app folds the Times’ and third-party content into a single stream of shareable cards, which can be expanded to reveal full stories. The company has previously admitted that…

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The New York Times reboots NYT Now as a free app with a new look

May11
by on May 11, 2015 at 10:39 am
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web

NYT Now photo
The New York Times recently announced that it would be turning its NYT Now iOS app into a completely free offering, and today the new version has launched complete with a new look. NYT Now, which offers a curated selection of stories from the Times’ output each day and links to interesting reads elsewhere online, was previously subject to the same ’10 free articles per month’ restriction as the rest of company’s paywalled content. The redesigned app folds the Times’ and third-party content into a single stream of shareable cards, which can be expanded to reveal full stories. The company has previously admitted that…

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Offline over the weekend? Read all the tech news you missed right here

May11
by on May 11, 2015 at 10:19 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

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With Monday under way, there’s no use pining for a weekend that has passed you by and left you in the dust. The only thing you can do now is get your head down, power through the week and make it to the next one. To help you manage that, we’ve put together everything you missed while you were offline doing other things this weekend. Don’t worry about thanking us, it’s literally what we’re here for. All you need to do is make yourself a coffee, clear 10 minutes from your schedule and catch up on all the best news…

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Offline over the weekend? Read all the tech news you missed right here

May11
by on May 11, 2015 at 10:19 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

Weekend-Roundup_new
With Monday under way, there’s no use pining for a weekend that has passed you by and left you in the dust. The only thing you can do now is get your head down, power through the week and make it to the next one. To help you manage that, we’ve put together everything you missed while you were offline doing other things this weekend. Don’t worry about thanking us, it’s literally what we’re here for. All you need to do is make yourself a coffee, clear 10 minutes from your schedule and catch up on all the best news…

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London’s ‘Boris bikes’ scheme finally gets native mobile apps nearly 5 years after launch

May11
by on May 11, 2015 at 9:26 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider, Product Launches, UK

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The idea of simply unhitching a bicycle and riding off around town for as long (or short) as you like underpins London’s ‘Boris bikes’ scheme – first introduced in July 2010. Unfortunately, it managed to get a whole new name – it’s now called Santander Cycles – before it managed to launch a mobile app, which isn’t quite in keeping with the ‘agile’ and ‘responsive’ tech environment that London likes to portray to the world. Now, however, that app has arrived and you’ll never have to wonder where the nearest available bike is, how much it’s going to cost you…

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