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Roundup: All of Google’s jokes for April Fools’ Day 2015

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by on March 31, 2015 at 11:31 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Google, Insider

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Google has yet again gotten into the spirit of April Fools’ day this year and the company hasn’t disappointed so far. Usually, Google does so many jokes that it’s hard to follow, so we’re rounding them all up here for your viewing pleasure. Google Maps Pac-man The very first joke we found today was this amazing hack in Google Maps that lets you play Pac-Man on any street in any city. Just hit the button next to satellite view and you’ll be playing the game in your own neighborhood. It even works on mobile, if you can find one of the hidden little pins…

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Why you won’t find an April Fools’ Day joke on TNW this year

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by on March 31, 2015 at 10:01 pm
Posted In: Analysis and Opinion, Around the Web, Insider, Voice

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April Fools’ Day is done. It’s through. It’s stopped being funny. It’s dead and the real-time Web is holding the knife. A few days ago we were throwing ideas around, trying to come up with a wacky product to announce or silly conspiracy theory to report as our annual April Fools’ Day joke. Then it hit us… Who actually cares if we do one or not? April Fools’ Day used be something that was a bit of fun. You’d play a trick on a friend, look for the spoof story in your newspaper and then get on with your life. As the…

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Microsoft releases new Music and Video apps for Windows 10 without the Xbox branding

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by on March 31, 2015 at 9:04 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

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Windows 10 users got new bits to try yesterday in a build that included company’s new Spartan Web browser. Today Microsoft has delivered two new apps for testing. You can now download the Windows 10 Music and Video apps in preview form for your machine. Both apps have dropped the Xbox branding, but Music still taps into the Xbox Music Pass, which may indicate a branding change is coming in future. With the Music app you can stream music, play local songs and make playlists. Additional features is forthcoming, such as a dark theme and compact mode. The video app…

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This website shows you everything thats streaming on Periscope right now

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by on March 31, 2015 at 7:49 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Insider

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Twitter’s new live-streaming app, Periscope, launched less than a week ago but it’s still a little tricky to discover feeds on the service right now. A new third-party website, Periscope Streams, makes it easy to get an overview of everything that’s streaming on Periscope live. The service shows each stream as a thumbnail and lets you jump right in with a single click. The site works both on desktop and mobile so you can quickly jump in and out of streams on the app regardless of what you’re using. The same team also built Meerkat Streams which helps surface all…

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Animaker removes the barriers to creating pro-level animated videos

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by on March 31, 2015 at 7:44 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider, Product Launches

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Each week we’re profiling one company that has been selected for Boost – our early-stage startup growth program. Catch up with these companies in person at The Next Web Conference Europe on April 23 & 24. When it comes to online visual content, either on the Web or via mobile, some elements are no longer mysterious. Take photography, for example — there are literally hundreds of apps, many of them free, to help you illustrate a personal site, product or service. In recent years, new apps have even managed to demystify video, and it too is on its way to ubiquity. Animation, which…

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