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Evernote tweaks pricing to introduce more affordable premium tiers

Apr29

by Sindy Cator on April 29, 2015 at 4:55 pm

Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Insider, Product Updates

For as long as Evernote has been charging, it has cost $5 per month. Or free, if you can live with a few less features and reduced online storage. Today, however, it has changed its pricing to create three tiers – Basic, Evernote Plus and Evernote Premium. Basic remains its free plan, and allows you to access the (slightly restricted) services via multiple devices; it includes 60MB of monthly uploads too. Evernote Plus, which costs $2.99 per month or $24.99 per year, brings 1GB of monthly uploads and storage, offline access to your notes and the ability to auto-convert emails into notes. The…

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TomTom is going head-to-head with GoPro, releasing its own action camera

Apr29

by Sindy Cator on April 29, 2015 at 4:26 pm

Posted In: Around the Web, Gadgets

When it comes to action cameras, GoPro is the one that springs to mind for most as it has monopolized the market for so long. Today, TomTom announced that it is venturing into the action space with its new Bandit camera. It will be priced at $475 and available online in May. Like the new Garmin VIRB XE camera, the Bandit uses motion detectors and GPS to recognize what you’re doing and when to start recording. It then tags what you’ve captured by speed, accelaration, altitude and G-force. You can still make manual tags as well so separate your recordings.…

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Microsoft now has a code editor for Mac and Linux: Visual Studio Code

Apr29

by Sindy Cator on April 29, 2015 at 4:19 pm

Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

Today at Build, Microsoft unveiled its first version of Visual Studio for Mac and Linux. The new tool, called Visual Studio Code, makes it easy to develop .NET code along with many other programming languages on Linux based systems. It’s monumental for Microsoft as it marks the first time the company has ever made Visual Studio cross-platform, truly embracing those that it’s previously feuded with. Microsoft said that Visual Studio Code will help complete the Visual Studio product family and is “incredibly lightweight.” One feature the company touted heavily was full Intellisense support, along with Git version tracking. Visual Studio…

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Microsoft .NET core preview is now available for Mac and Linux

Apr29

by Sindy Cator on April 29, 2015 at 4:15 pm

Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

Today, Microsoft made available its first ever release of .NET Core for Mac and Linux. .NET Core allows developers on platforms that aren’t Windows based to build their applications using the language for the first time. Microsoft also previously said that .NET core will be open sourced for developers on Github, which is unprecedented. The company previously made available a technical description of what you can do with .NET core and how it fits into the platform. ➤ .NET Core [Github]

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The Apple Watch hates tattoos: An expert explains why

Apr29

by Sindy Cator on April 29, 2015 at 4:09 pm

Posted In: Apple watch, Around the Web, Insider, Tattoos

The Apple Watch’s wrist detection and pulse measurement features often fail to work when confronted by dark tattoos. Michael Lovell made the video below illustrating the problem and a Reddit user called Guinne55fan flagged up the same issues. Reddit also produced an explanation about why the technique used by Apple – pulse oximetry – leads the device to end up befuddled by beautiful body art and not simply darker skin in general: Comment from discussion Anyone with tattoos and the watch please read.. I asked Dr Sijung Hu, Leader of the Photonics Engineering and Health Technology Research Group at Loughborough University’s…