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Dropbox brings ability to comment on files to all users

Apr28
by on April 28, 2015 at 3:00 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Insider, Product Updates

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Dropbox has announced that all users will soon get its new commenting feature. The option debuted in March, but has only be available to Dropbox for Business Early Access customers until now. The feature, which allows you to add comments to Dropbox files and have conversations in the side-pane, can also be disabled for individual documents, allowing a degree of granularity. To use it, you just need to @ mention another person (delivered via email, if they’re not Dropbox users) and await a response. You can also mute conversations on certain documents, so that you no longer receive those particular notifications.…

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5 of our favorite startups from the Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator Winter 2015 demo day

Apr28
by on April 28, 2015 at 2:59 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

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New York City-based accelerator Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator (ERA) held its biannual demo day for its Winter 2015 class today. From its roster of 10 startups, here were our favorite five (in no particular order). Ketchup Ketchup – a misspelled play on the phrase “catch up” – lets publishers aggregate their news coverage of certain topics into a digestible timeline so those who may not have read a story from the beginning can, well, catch up. For example, if you missed the news about the Himalayan Earthquake, Ketchup will let publishers place their stories on a timeline widget to help add context to news…

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It’s now incredibly easy to host your podcast on SoundCloud

Apr28
by on April 28, 2015 at 2:53 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, SoundCloud

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SoundCloud has been home to plenty of podcasts for a while, but it’s now making it easy for creators to run their RSS feeds straight from the service. From today, SoundCloud Podcasts is coming out of beta – over 15,000 podcasts took part – and opening up to anyone with an account. To start a podcast, all you need to do is hit the ‘Permissions’ tab and select ‘Include in RSS feed.’ All of your tracks will be included in your RSS feed if they’re made public. SoundCloud also has embeddable players to make promoting your podcast easy. Its “timed comments”…

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PayPal is making it easier to shop online with One Touch payments on the Web

Apr28
by on April 28, 2015 at 2:35 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Design & Dev, Insider

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PayPal has extended its One Touch payments feature to the Web. You can now make payments using a single log in on any site that accepts PayPal. The service is available in the US today and will be rolling out internationally over the next few months. You don’t need to change any settings in your account to use the new feature. Once you make your next payment on a site using PayPal, it will automatically save your details to use One Touch confirmation if it’s available in your area. One Touch payments were introduced on Android and iOS last year.…

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Game, set and match: This wearable device will keep score while you play racket sports

Apr28
by on April 28, 2015 at 2:00 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Gadgets, Insider, Product Launches

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With Wimbledon 2015 fast-approaching (it starts in June, in case you’ve missed that), Pulse Play felt it the perfect time to launch its crowdfunding campaign for a wearable that will not only track your physical activity, but also the score if you’re playing racket sports. Available to back from today on Indiegogo, the Pulse Play G1 Wristband will provide live score announcements to help settle your on-court squabbles about whether you really were already on ‘deuce’ before that last shot. It’ll also store your game history and assign you a global ranking against other users once your game is over. It’s not just for…

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