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OnOne punches up cross-platform Perfect Photo Suite editing toolkit

Apr15
by on April 15, 2015 at 2:06 am
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Product Updates

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OnOne, makers of advanced photo editing software and plug-ins for Photoshop, Lightroom and Aperture, has released an upgrade to its seven-app Perfect Photo Suite with a focus on turbocharging performance and usability. The app features improvements in browsing photos, portrait retouching, processing speed and more. The new version lets photographers use Perfect Browse as a front end to their Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop photo libraries to boost the speed of their workflow. Version 9.5 promises a 50 percent improvement in the speed of viewing large Raw files in detail for quicker sorting, rating and disposing of images. When you’re done, you can…

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Maaxi’s taxi app will let you reserve individual seats in London’s black cabs

Apr14
by on April 14, 2015 at 11:00 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, maaxi, Product Launches, UK

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London has a pretty crowded taxi-booking space, so with each new entrant comes a slightly different twist on how it promises to get you from A to B. Maaxi is the latest to launch (following a trial period at the end of 2014) and pledges to be the only one to allow you to book individual seats in one of London’s black cabs, and thereby cut down on your costs. Think of it more like reserving a seat on a train or plane than hailing a car. The company says it aims to bring the cost of door-to-door transportation within the realms of…

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BlaBlaCar snaps up Carpooling, aiming to dominate European ridesharing

Apr14
by on April 14, 2015 at 11:00 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

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BlaBlaCar has acquired German startup Carpooling.com and Hungary-based Autohop for an undisclosed sum. The move creates one of Europe’s largest car sharing networks. The company says it will “integrate the businesses into its existing service to create a unified ridesharing experience…from Amsterdam to Zagreb. It will now have more than 20 million members in 18 markets, of which, four – Hungrary, Romania, Serbia and Croatia – are new to it. “In the short term, Carpooling will continue to operate under its current brand, but the longer term vision is to bring the company’s offerings together under the BlaBlaCar brand. A spokesperson told TNW:…

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Stalk everyone you know with this eerily accurate app that tells you how to talk to people

Apr14
by on April 14, 2015 at 10:51 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Insider

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Crystal, a new app that analyzes public data to tell you exactly how to communicate with people, has had us all at TNW looking up our friends and family today (as well as ourselves, of course) to find out what it knows about us. What’s surprising is that it’s often eerily accurate. The app touts itself as the “best improvement to email since spellcheck” and it might not be entirely wrong. Crystal scrapes publicly available information about you and others to create a profile on how to best communicate with you, complete with details about whether or not you like emoji or…

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