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Twitter is updating its iPhone app with full-width timeline images

Mar11
by on March 11, 2015 at 8:16 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

Scrolling through media on Twitter for iPhone is about to get a whole lot prettier. The company today introduced an update to the app which allows it to display full-width images. Today we're introducing bigger photos to make browsing profiles on Twitter for iPhone even more fun. pic.twitter.com/iXrKT2p7JK — Twitter (@twitter) March 11, 2015 It’s a neat improvement to the previous set up, where images would appear as small thumbnails you’d have to click on to enlarge, so the new layout should save you some time besides looking nicer. The update should be rolling out to iOS soon. We’ll update…

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Google launches new store for ‘Made with Google’ hardware

Mar11
by on March 11, 2015 at 6:23 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Google, Insider

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Just as Google announced a new Chromebook Pixel, the company has also taken the wraps off a new store that will sell “Made with Google” hardware. The new store will sit alongside the existing Play Store and exists to make it easier to learn more about the hardware while you’re shopping. The site is made up of big pages that tout the features and specifications of hardware in a similar way to Apple’s per-product splash pages on its site. Everything from the Chromebook Pixel to the Nest thermostat is on the new store and shipping is free within the US. The site also…

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Google unveils a more powerful Chromebook Pixel for $999

Mar11
by on March 11, 2015 at 6:13 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

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Google’s Chromebook Pixel was a peculiar experiment when announced two years ago. On the one hand it had awesome hardware; on the other, its price seemed too high for what Chrome OS could offer. Now Google is launching a quicker, cheaper Chromebook for $999. It features a similar all-metal design to the previous iteration, but this time comes with a Core i5 processor, 8GB of RAM, and a (still tiny) 32GB SSD. It’s still way more expensive than pretty much every other Chromebook out there, but there isn’t anything else comparable. There’s also a more advanced “LS” (for – wait for it –…

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#Homescreen now lets you discover trending iPhone apps

Mar11
by on March 11, 2015 at 6:00 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

Remember that nifty #Homescreen app from Betaworks that let you create an interactive screenshot of your iPhone’s start page to share your apps? It’s now launched a new tool to help discover trending apps. The tool already let you see which apps were most popular on people’s phones, but now it shows which new ones have been recently growing in popularity. The company points out the rise of the Meerkat livestreaming app, for instance, as well as the new Outlook app‘s popularity. The hub shows whether apps are free or paid, as well as their category and the number of…

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Google releases Street Art watch faces featuring well known street artists

Mar11
by on March 11, 2015 at 5:21 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Google, Product Launches

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The Apple Watch may have had a huge news week, but Google made sure to remind everyone that Android Wear devices are already on the market. Today it’s adding some pretty great art to those watches with its own curated street art app. The Street Art watch face app features street art from Aitch, Mariana Dias Coutinho, Paulo Arraiano, Phibs and more. In addition to making your watch a bit more artsy, you can determine if the watch face is digital, analog or minimal. You can also determine if the face shows the date. Beyond the watch faces that ship with Android Wear, these are…

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