Waze is a great tool for checking real-time traffic to and from your destinations, but this information was always limited to users who’ve downloaded the app. Today, Waze wants to make its data public by pushing unusual traffic alerts to Twitter. According to the Waze blog, users can now follow different Waze accounts for major cities across the globe to see any unusual traffic information. The tweet will include a photo of the current traffic situation, the cause (if known), and whether traffic is building up or dissipating. Users can also see a link to find alternate routes to avoid the jam, or…
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Microsoft Build is a developer conference and anyone present at this morning’s keynote could make no mistake about its highly technical slant. However, alongside a new pre-release build of Windows 10 was one new product everyone could relate to: Microsoft Edge, the new default browser for all Windows 10 users, formerly called Project Spartan. This beta version of Edge is linked to the new beta of Windows 10, which was also released in time for the conference. Edge is the epitomy of Microsoft’s universal strategy, in which major functions are linked and integrated. But Edge itself is the picture of minimalism.…
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Secret, the app that was first an anonymous sharing app and then an anonymous chat app, is soon to be nothing at all. Despite its reboot at the end of last year, the company has announced that it will close its virtual doors. “Unfortunately, Secret does not represent the vision I had when starting the company, so I believe it’s the right decision for myself, our investors and our team,” the company’s founder David Byttow wrote in a post on Medium. Secret, which launched in 2014 alongside similar apps like Whisper, still has a “significant amount” of the $35 million it raised from investors and will return…
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