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Valve now lets modders sell their creations on Steam, starting with ‘Skyrim’

Apr24
by on April 24, 2015 at 11:19 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Design & Dev, Insider

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Pro mod makers and hobbyists can now make an extra buck or two on Steam: the online gaming platform announced on Thursday that the Steam Workshop will now allow its community to list and sell their work. The mods are immediately usable after purchase. At launch, Steam will support mods for ‘The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.’ In the Mod Shop, you can browse between free or paid mods, with prices ranging from $0.25 to $6. Steam is also offering a debut pack, which includes new characters, armors, weapons and more for $28. To sweeten the deal, Steam will let you try mods for…

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The British power adaptor for the Apple Watch is genius

Apr24
by on April 24, 2015 at 10:41 am
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The Apple Watch, which was released today, naturally comes with a set of new chargers to support the Magsafe adaptor on the back of the wearable. The British Apple Watch comes with the most satisfying and well thought out power adaptor I’ve ever seen. It folds into itself perfectly and flicks right back out. Perfectly compact for taking everywhere you go, right? Rather than giving you yet another adaptor that will roll around in your bag and take up space, Apple has spent the time tackling a problem most companies wouldn’t even think about to make it nicer to use. I’ll take…

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Get 92% off the Ruby On Rails Rookie-to-Rockstar Bundle

Apr24
by on April 24, 2015 at 10:30 am
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Ruby on Rails is easy to learn, quick to build with and powerful enough to craft complex sites and apps. And whether it’s first your first time coding or you’re an experienced programmer, we’ve got a great training bundle to help you get to grips with Ruby on Rails, at a special low price here at TNW Deals. The Ruby On Rails Rookie To Rockstar Bundle includes 6 courses taught by experts at Udemy, with over 45 hours of in-depth tutorials that you can watch and learn from at your own pace – so you can build your own websites…

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iFixit’s Apple Watch teardown reveals it might secretly be able to measure your blood’s oxygen levels

Apr24
by on April 24, 2015 at 10:07 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

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A pedometer isn’t enough for a device to call itself a serious fitness tracker nowadays – a heart rate sensor is essential for giving meaningful measurements during intense activity. Naturally, Apple says the heart rate monitor on its smartwatch is better than the one’s you’ll find in competing devices, but it could actually be more advanced than they’ve hinted so far: it might be able measure your blood’s oxygen levels too. At least, that’s what the folks at iFixit think. When they opened up the smartwatch in one of their teardowns, they noticed something odd: the heart rate sensor wasn’t…

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You can now push Google Maps directions from your desktop to your smartphone

Apr24
by on April 24, 2015 at 9:24 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Google, Insider

We all use our smartphones more often than we’d like to admit, but let’s face it: Typing on a full-sized keyboard will always be easier to do than on a handheld device. So when it comes to searching for Google Maps directions, now you can research commute routes ahead of time, then push the directions straight to your mobile phone when you’re ready to go. All you have to do is type “Send directions” from the Google search bar, pick the location you want and send to a connected Android phone. A few weeks ago, the company also added the ability for you…

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