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Hipstamatic launches DSPO, a social photo album app for iOS

Apr20
by on April 20, 2015 at 9:54 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Product Launches

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Hipstamatic — the photo app maker that fired the first shot of the lo-fi instant camera phone revolution, only to have its territory ransacked by Instagram —  is dipping its lens into the social photo realm with DSPO [pronounced Dis-po], a brand new collaborative photo app, launching today. DSPO is a descendent of the long-gone Hipstamatic D Series, which launched to great fanfare in 2011 only to crash and burn seven months later under the weight of a bad business plan. At least that’s the way Hipstamatic founder and CEO, Lucas Allen Buick tells it in a blog post introducing the new app.…

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Microsoft announces Azure Service Fabric to help developers scale their cloud services

Apr20
by on April 20, 2015 at 7:46 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

Microsoft has today announced the Azure Service Fabric, a new tool in its cloud platform product to help developers scale their cloud services with ample customization controls. Microsoft say it’s been working on the product for more than five years, and has actually already used it internally to power services like the new Skype for Business and Cortana. In fact, Microsoft says this isn’t just a variant of what they use – it’s the exact same thing. Some of the features in Fabric include: Support for stateless and stateful microservices Automation of microservices with detailed insights Lifecycle management tools so…

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YouTube switches off its mobile app for second-gen Apple TVs and older iOS devices

Apr20
by on April 20, 2015 at 7:30 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web

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Time to pull out the sad emoji. YouTube today announced a change in its data API that will make its app unavailable for older devices such as the second generation Apple TV, and a range of other smart TVs and gaming consoles. A report by MacRumors points to a new Google help post announcing the move, citing that the following devices will be affected starting today: As we upgrade the YouTube Data API to bring more features, we’ll begin shutting down the old version on April 20, 2015. This will result in the current YouTube app not working on certain device models from…

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How to create a culture of execution

Apr20
by on April 20, 2015 at 5:13 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, How-To's, Insider, workplace culture

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Max Bennet is VP of Business Strategy for Bluecore. Many early stage tech companies talk about “getting sh*t done” as a foundational component of a successful culture. There are many permutations of this idea in the tech zeitgeist: “a bias for action” (Amazon), “move fast and break things” (old Facebook principle), “Always be shipping”, et cetera. While these are nice quotations to plaster on a wall, they are largely unhelpful because they fail to describe an underlying mechanism that can be enforced, fostered, and protected. After taking part in establishing a culture worthy of all of these quotations at Bluecore, it…

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Twitter now allows anyone to send you a direct message, even if you don’t follow them

Apr20
by on April 20, 2015 at 4:23 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

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Direct Messages on Twitter are about to become a lot more useful… or annoying. Previously, you could only receive direct messages from users who follow you, but Twitter has now implemented an optional feature that opens your account to messages from anyone. The new setting is turned off by default – likely to prevent harassment – but you can switch things up in your settings menu. How to accept Twitter DM's from anyone (via http://t.co/RpAeqErFOf) Twitter > Settings > Security & Privacy pic.twitter.com/IcqYsWvwX6 — That Matt Navarra (@MattNavarra) April 20, 2015 It also works in reverse – you can now…

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