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HotelTonight introduces rate tracking and brings back tabs in latest iOS update

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by on April 14, 2015 at 4:00 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Insider, Product Updates

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Room-booking platform HotelTonight has today announced it has added rate tracking and tabs to its iOS app. Rate tracking means that you can track the changing prices of hotels in cities that you’re interested in by tapping the new ‘Track It’ button to receive daily notifications. When you choose this option, you will also get notified about other hotels in your chosen city that have added rooms. According to HotelTonight, the rates often go down as the check-in day gets closer, but there’s always a risk that if you don’t take the deal when you see it, someone else might…

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Path has launched a new app called Kong, for creating animated selfies

Apr14
by on April 14, 2015 at 3:05 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

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Love them or hate them, selfies are embedded into our camera-loving culture. Now social network Path is releasing an app called Kong to help you make and share looping selfie GIFs. When you first log in to the app, you’ll be presented with a grid of selfies shared by the people you follow and a shutter button at the bottom of the screen that allows you to create your own. Kong also adapts some Snapchat-like functionality: once recorded, you can add text, emojis and filters to your images. You can then share the images with other members on Kong, but you can also save the moment…

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All 75 startups that will pitch on stage at TNW Conference: The votes are in!

Apr14
by on April 14, 2015 at 2:59 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider, tnweu, Voice

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Last week, we invited the public to submit their votes for their favorite startups taking part in our Boost program, powered by Braintree. You had the power to put 50 of the most promising early-stage companies on stage at TNW Conference in Amsterdam on April 23 & 24 – and after 35,000 votes, the results are in. You can find the full list of 75 startups that will be pitching on stage below; 50 of which were selected by public vote and 25 by our independent investor jury. Check them out or take what could be your final chance to…

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Skype for Business, Microsoft’s replacement for Lync, is rolling out to the public

Apr14
by on April 14, 2015 at 2:30 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

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Microsoft released a technical preview of Skype for Business – a replacement for its old business-centric video chat app – nearly a month ago. Now, Skype for business is ready for a full roll-out. If you need a refresher, Skype for Business carries Skype’s recognizable design, but integrates numerous Lync features, like online meetings, enhanced security, and control tools for IT departments. It also adds communication with any Skype user, which should make it easier to contact users outside of an individual organization. Users currently using Lync Online in Office 365 will be updated to the new Skype for Business UI in…

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The Twitter Sorting Hat that picks your Harry Potter house and the bot builder behind it

Apr14
by on April 14, 2015 at 2:18 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, bots, Darius Kazemi, harry potter, Profiles and Interviews, Sorting Hat

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There’s no shortage of online takes on the Sorting Hat from Harry Potter – including on JK Rowling’s own expansion site Pottermore – but there’s something particularly appealing about one of the latest to emerge. @Sydneylesh The bravery of an ocelot, the stinging of a mink Today you join with Slytherin for you are rather pink — The Sorting Hat Bot (@SortingBot) April 14, 2015 @Sortingbot is a Twitter account that adds you to a queue when you follow it and eventually generates a custom rhyme assigning you to one of Hogwarts houses. While it’s able to create serviceable rhymes, the bot’s inability…

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