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

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by on May 4, 2015 at 9:34 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider, Roundups

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Monday mornings aren’t your favorite time of the week. We get it. You’re tired and resentful that the weekend flew by so quickly and now it’s time to get back on with working to pay the bills. To help ease you back into the routine a little more painlessly, we’ve gathered up all the news and features you’ve missed from The Next Web and beyond over the last two days. All you need to do is a make yourself a coffee and work out how you’re going to get through the rest of the day. News from The Next Web Facebook’s…

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Facebook opens up Internet.org to allow developers to integrate services

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by on May 4, 2015 at 8:44 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider, Product Launches

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Facebook has today revealed details of the next step in its Internet.org plans – providing extensibility by opening the platform to third-parties. Announced today in a blog post, the launch of Internet.org as a platform for developers will help the organization be more “transparent and inclusive,” it said. Underpinning the services Internet.org provides users in developing nations are deals with mobile operators – it’s these that allow people to get access to basic websites and services for no cost up-front. However, a number of companies have expressed concern (and withdrawn from the program) over the potential for imbalance and whether it…

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Addapp helps you make sense of all that health data you’re collecting

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by on May 4, 2015 at 7:00 am
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web

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There is a multitude of ways to track aspects of your health these days, but making sense of all the data you collect is tricky. Addapp is a new app that aims to help you do just that. Out now for iOS, Addapp gives plain English recommendations for action based on data from sources like Fitbit, Jawbone, Withings, Apple’s Health app, and even Foursquare and Uber. Once you’ve connected the services you use, you’ll start to get simple prompts based on correlations between the different data sources. I installed the app four days ago, feeding it my step count, distance traveled and…

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