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These are the 11 best hacks from TNW Europe 2015

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by on May 1, 2015 at 3:08 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Design & Dev, Insider

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Every year at The Next Web conference there’s an epic hack battle held over the space of 36 hours during the event. It’s two days of coding, learning and meeting people. This year we had six API partners for the hack battle participants to leverage, including Zeef, Nexmo, Verisign, Braintree, Dropbox and Deezer. Here are the best hacks from the hack battle presentations this year. 1) Dropshop This year’s winner of the TNW hack battle, Dropshop was my favorite hack. It’s a little app that lets you choose a file from your Dropbox folder and stick a price on it. You’ll…

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Got $3,000? You can bid for Steve Jobs’ Apple, Pixar and NEXT business cards

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by on May 1, 2015 at 1:05 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, History, Shareables

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The Marin School in San Rafael, California is having an auction to raise funds and there’s one lot that will appeal to tech historians and Apple fans alike – three of Steve Jobs’ business cards. The artefacts date from 1984 to 1990 – the period when Jobs went from Chairman of Apple to CEO of NEXT and Chairman of Pixar. According to Business Insider, the cards found their way into the school’s possession via a family who did catering for Jobs and kept hold of his contact info for safe keeping. The auction runs until May 7 and, at the time…

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Why everyone should stop hating on freemium games

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by on May 1, 2015 at 12:13 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Freemium, gaming

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Gilad Bechar is the Founder & CEO of Moburst, a global mobile marketing agency helping first tier startups and brands grow their mobile business. Gilad serves as a mentor to rising startups at Microsoft Accelerator, The Technion, Tel-Aviv University, Unit 8200 and for strategic Moburst clients, and is the Academic Director of the Mobile Marketing and New-Media course at Tel-Aviv University. Geeks are a difficult crowd to please. They know their stuff and when they don’t – they have the brains, experience and passion to investigate. When they love something they do it wholeheartedly, but when they don’t – watch…

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Meerkat beats Periscope to Android, now available for download

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by on May 1, 2015 at 11:39 am
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Insider

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The live streaming wars are well underway and Meerkat has today claimed a victory over Twitter’s Periscope app; it’s the first to be available on Android. Meerkat was previously available for Android devices but only via a private beta program. Today’s release means the app is available for all to try out, though it still carries the beta tag. With the Android app you’re able to stream video to your friends on Twitter, watch other users’ streams and chat with the broadcaster. Unlike Periscope, Meerkat has no ability to save a livestream (but there are third-party apps that can help…

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The trailer for Robin Williams’ final movie ‘Absolutely Anything’ is premiering on Snapchat

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by on May 1, 2015 at 10:28 am
Posted In: Absolutely Anything, Around the Web, Insider, Movies, Robin Williams, Simon Pegg, snapchat

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Snapchat is fast becoming the place entertainment executives turn to when they want a novel way of pushing new product. Remember Madonna premiering her video on the service? Now, the trailer for Robin Williams’ final movie, ‘Absolutely Anything‘, is getting its first airing via the app. It’ll debut on the Snapchat Discover UK account on May 2, for one day only. The film was directed by Terry Gillingham and stars Simon Pegg as a school teacher who discovers he has magical powers. In the process, he gives his dog Dennis (voiced by Williams), the power of speech and rational thought. While it’s definitely…

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