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Sony is buying OnLive’s patents as the game streaming platform prepares to shutter April 30

Apr03
by on April 3, 2015 at 12:04 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

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When OnLive, a game streaming platform, first hit the market, it was hailed as the future of gaming. It could allow you to play virtually any game, even on underpowered computers, so long as you had a decent enough internet connection. Unfortunately, it wasn’t able to gain the traction it once hoped for. As TechCrunch reports, the company is preparing to shut down on April 30. No new sign ups will be accepted after today, and current subscribers will have any charges since March 28 refunded. Sony, meanwhile, has been busy buying up the company’s intellectual properties, including over 140…

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Microsoft’s Sway publishing app now lets multiple users edit documents at the same time

Apr02
by on April 2, 2015 at 9:58 pm
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Editing documents in Microsoft’s Sway app is about to get a bit more friendly. An update lets you edit you create and edit content with friends and team members. Now you can share an edit link with a potential collaborator. When someone clicks on it, your sway will show up on his o her own list of content (with an icon indicated it’s a shared doc). Then both people can work on the document at any time, including simultaneously. Similar to Google Docs, you’ll see a cursor indicating where other people are working on a document, as well as a…

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Microsoft’s Sway publishing app now lets multiple users edit documents at the same time

Apr02
by on April 2, 2015 at 9:58 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

sway
Editing documents in Microsoft’s Sway app is about to get a bit more friendly. An update lets you edit you create and edit content with friends and team members. Now you can share an edit link with a potential collaborator. When someone clicks on it, your sway will show up on his o her own list of content (with an icon indicated it’s a shared doc). Then both people can work on the document at any time, including simultaneously. Similar to Google Docs, you’ll see a cursor indicating where other people are working on a document, as well as a…

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Giphy and LINE jointly launch a new sticker pack for more animated madness

Apr02
by on April 2, 2015 at 9:43 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web

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Giphy, the GIF search engine, and LINE, the social networking messaging company behind all those wacky animations, have jointly launched a pack of 24 brand new stickers. In this collaboration, Giphy worked with four specific ADHD Studio artists — Csada Klement, Nelson Diaz, Julian Glander and Daniella Urdinlaiz — to create this social networking artwork. The new pack is the most recent collaboration between Giphy and LINE, stemming from what both companies consider an organic relationship. “LINE and Giphy have a lot in common in terms of language communication — and both companies are working toward enhancing expressive communication,” said Adam Leibsohn, Giphy COO. “LINE has built…

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