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This Taylor Swift custom keyboard for iOS suggests Apple’s getting sloppy

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by on May 5, 2015 at 1:54 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, ios, Keyboard, Taylor Swift

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Taylor Swift isn’t just in tight control of her social media presence on Tumblr and Twitter. She’s also very hot on managing her intellectual property. For example, she copyrighted the lyrics from her latest record ‘1989’ earlier this year. With that in mind, it was a bit surprising to see Tay Text, a custom Taylor Swift keyboard for iOS, pop up on Product Hunt today. Apple’s App Store guidelines are pretty clear on this kind of thing: 8.5 Apps may not use protected third party material such as trademarks, copyrights, patents or violate 3rd party terms of use. Authorization to use such material…

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This Taylor Swift custom keyboard for iOS suggests Apple’s getting sloppy

May05
by on May 5, 2015 at 1:54 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, ios, Keyboard, Taylor Swift

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Taylor Swift isn’t just in tight control of her social media presence on Tumblr and Twitter. She’s also very hot on managing her intellectual property. For example, she copyrighted the lyrics from her latest record ‘1989’ earlier this year. With that in mind, it was a bit surprising to see Tay Text, a custom Taylor Swift keyboard for iOS, pop up on Product Hunt today. Apple’s App Store guidelines are pretty clear on this kind of thing: 8.5 Apps may not use protected third party material such as trademarks, copyrights, patents or violate 3rd party terms of use. Authorization to use such material…

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by on May 5, 2015 at 1:34 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Offers, TNWDeals

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Freelance marketplace Elance-oDesk rebrands as Upwork, launches unified site for finding your next gig

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by on May 5, 2015 at 1:29 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Insider

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If you’re a freelancer you’ve probably come across either Elance or oDesk when looking for work. Today, the company is announcing that it’s rebranding and merging both sites together under a new brand, Upwork. As part of the unification, the company hopes its new site will help get freelancers hired faster. A new real-time collaboration feature is designed to make chatting and working with clients easier. What’s interesting about that real-time collaboration feature is that Upwork say it’s similar to Slack but made for collaborating on freelance projects. Upwork’s new messaging feature will be available to everyone for free, even those who…

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Lonely Apple Watch users get a Reddit support group for sharing heartbeats

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by on May 5, 2015 at 1:11 pm
Posted In: Around the Web

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When Apple announced the Apple Watch, it pegged the new heartbeat feature as a step forward in communication. However, you can only participate in this intimate sharing if you know someone else who also owns one. This has left some people feeling very blue, with no friends or loved ones to share with. So, of course, Reddit has become the Web’s town square for lonely Watch owners. Subrreddit, R/lonelyheartbeats, was set up as a place for Apple Watch owners to exchange info and get some heartbeat action. The channel has 112 subscribers so far and features requests such as: “Let’s…

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