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Are your users who they say they are? How do you know?

Mar30
by on March 30, 2015 at 1:12 pm
Posted In: Analysis and Opinion, Around the Web, Future of Communications, Insider

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This post is part of a series titled, ‘Future of Communications,’ and is brought to you by Nexmo.

In the social media era it’s extremely easy to assume a false identity by signing up for a service, making up a name and uploading a photo of random person off the Web. Phone number verification is a measure that can be applied to any service or application to achieve an extra layer of security. It works by sending a one-time password (OTP) over a separate communication channel (SMS or voice), versus the IP channel (Internet) used by the application. The user then has to input the temporary password into the application to verify their identity. Using this channel provides…

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Nest Learning Thermostats in the UK fail to spring forward to British Summer Time

Mar30
by on March 30, 2015 at 12:53 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider, UK

Some people in the UK woke up a little colder over the weekend as the Nest Learning Thermostats encountered a glitch while updating to British Summer Time. Users reported on the company’s help forum that their thermostats appear to have updated the time correctly but have failed to change to their schedules. While the company has yet to release a statement about a permanent fix for the problem, one smart Nest user suggested switching your device location to Belgium so everything will be in sync. We’ve contacted Nest for comment and will update this story accordingly. ➤ Nest

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Mar30
by on March 30, 2015 at 12:38 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Offers, TNWDeals

If you’re building a new WordPress site, it’s important to customize it with your brand’s own style and flair so it stands out and offers your audience an authentic experience. Theme.Works, a new theme engine from the design experts at Graph Paper Press, helps you do just that, with ease. Create a one-of-a-kind, fully functional WordPress theme that’s ready to go — all without touching a single line of code. Mix and match layouts to create custom page designs, choose from scores of headers, slideshows, portfolios, blogs, forms,and more, and even add beautiful background video with the easy-to-use interface. Whether…

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Lingua.ly adds open source translation platform Tatoeba in latest iOS update

Mar30
by on March 30, 2015 at 10:50 am
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Insider, Product Updates

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Language learning app Lingua.ly has introduced a suite of new features for its iOS app, including the incorporation of open-source phrase translation platform Tatoeba and the ability to adjust difficulty settings to suit your skills. The updated app now lets you select a feed to suit your learning ability and the Tatoeba feature surfaces more local, colloquial phrases for your chosen language and area as well. Lingua.ly helps users learn languages by reading articles based on their interests, presented in a news feed to make the process seem more natural. The algorithm behind Lingua.ly works by indexing numerous foreign newspapers and blogs…

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Periscope won’t change the world – but it appeals to journalists’ vanity

Mar30
by on March 30, 2015 at 10:42 am
Posted In: Analysis and Opinion, Around the Web, Insider, Meerkat, Opinion, Periscope, vine

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The more people start to get excited about an app, the more the instinct to push back starts kicking around in my guts. Last week, the arrival of Periscope kicked off a rash of ‘hot takes‘ on how live streaming is about to change news, change our lives, hell, change the whole goddamn world. But it’s not going to. Certainly not in the hyperbole-drenched way “this will change everything!” people think. It will change the way a small subset of people do their jobs and put even more sources in front of the eyeballs of the world’s newsgatherers but it won’t…

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