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Instagram refines its editing chops with new ‘Fade’ and ‘Color’ tools

Apr07
by on April 7, 2015 at 5:26 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

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Instagram isn’t just about the Valencia filter anymore; ever since it added a set of editing tools last year it’s become a fairly rich image editor on it’s own right. Today it’s becoming even more powerful with two new features: ‘Fade’ and ‘Color’. The former allows you fade shadows and highlights in the image to imitate the look of old film. Some its filter presets already introduce a degree of fading, but this allows you to fine-tune the amount to your liking. Color adds hues to your shadows and highlights so you can make your photos look like old polaroids…

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Tech5 France: Uplike named France’s fastest-growing tech startup

Apr07
by on April 7, 2015 at 5:09 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

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Congratulations to social bookmarking service Uplike on being named the fastest-growing tech startup in France at the Tech5 final in Paris last week. Speaking about the company’s success, its founder Emmanuel Francoise said: Being the French winner of the Tech5 is really important to us. We are a small team of passionate people and this comes as a great reward for our hard work and daily efforts! We are proud to represent France in the European final in Amsterdam and look forward to meeting other talented teams. TNW and Adyen hosted the French event in Paris at the home of TheFamily…

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What VCs need to learn from the Ellen Pao trial

Apr07
by on April 7, 2015 at 4:11 pm
Posted In: Analysis and Opinion, Around the Web, ellen pao, lessons, Opinion, vc

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Janine Yancey is the CEO & President of Emtrain — an organization dedicated to creating user-friendly, memorable and scalable ethics and harassment prevention training for the workplace. All in all, Kleiner Perkins got off easy with respect to Ellen Pao’s lawsuit against them for gender bias and retaliation. For those not following the workplace drama, Ellen Pao was a junior partner for several years at Kleiner Perkins and in December 2011, she accused the company of sexual discrimination and bias and creating an unequal playing field — one set of rules for men and a second, more difficult set of rules for…

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HBO Now goes live for Apple TV, iOS and Optimum users

Apr07
by on April 7, 2015 at 3:21 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

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We knew HBO’s new Now streaming service would launch ahead of the Season 5 premiere of the popular Game of Thrones series, but as of today it’s actually gone live for Apple TV, iOS and Cablevision’s Optimum Online users. The channel lets users stream any of HBO’s original content, as well as its full collection of movies – it’s essentially the cable channel on demand. Apple and HBO announced that Now would be available on Apple TV for $14.99 at the company’s Spring Forward event a month ago. That was sold as an exclusive launch, but about a week afterward,…

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42% off the Innori 22,400mAh Portable Battery Pack – just $40 with US and UK Shipping

Apr07
by on April 7, 2015 at 2:30 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Gadgets, Offers, TNWDeals

Whether you’re traveling or attending an outdoor event, a battery pack can juice up your mobile devices to keep you connected all day long. Innori’s huge 22,400mAh portable power bank is a great choice for the job. With three outlets and plenty of power to spare, you can charge up all your gadgets wherever you go, all at once. And with that much capacity (an iPhone 6 battery is only 1800 mAh) you can charge your iPhone 6 more than 12 times. Featuring a clean, modern look, the Innori Portable Battery Pack can recharge three devices — including a tablet…

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