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Twitter updates profiles on Android with larger photos

Mar10
by on March 10, 2015 at 9:30 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider, Product Updates

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If you’re using the official Twitter app for Android, your profile just got a little bit better. Today Twitter announced it’s rolling out new profiles for Android. We're rolling out new profiles on Twitter for Android: it's now easier to view bios, Tweets and photos. https://t.co/MMnvuuHaxh — Twitter (@twitter) March 10, 2015 The new profiles features larger avatar and header photos and you no longer have to swipe to see a bio on a profile. The update also adds infinite swipe of tweets to profiles pages so you don’t have to tap the View More button anymore. You can also…

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A Netflix hack day produced some amazing experiments that we want right now

Mar10
by on March 10, 2015 at 8:59 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Insider

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Netflix regularly holds internal hack days that consistently produce amazing results. Last year, the company showed off a hack that paused Netflix when your Fitbit detected you’d fallen asleep and custom playlists. This time around, Netflix has one-upped itself. There’s a bunch of great new ideas, like the project below that lets you rewind a movie or TV show line by line. If we could have this feature tomorrow that’d be great. Another hack stops your friend/partner/housemate from watching the TV show you’ve been following without you. It requires you both to enter a personal PIN number to watch the next episode so…

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Report: The CIA has been trying to hack into the iPhone for years

Mar10
by on March 10, 2015 at 6:21 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

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The ongoing Edward Snowden revelations just keep making it clear that the US government wants access to absolutely every means of communication. The Intercept reports that the CIA has been on a long-term mission to hack into the firmware of Apple products and boasts that it has created a modified version of Apple’s development tool, Xcode. The documents leaked to The Intercept by Snowden include information about a secret annual CIA meeting called the “jamboree.” The meetings have taken place for nearly a decade and in addition to CIA operatives, is attended by NSA personnel. While the leaked documents never…

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Motorola now lets you design a custom Moto 360 with Moto Maker

Mar10
by on March 10, 2015 at 6:08 pm
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The Apple Watch may have just had a major event yesterday, but Motorola doesn’t want you to forget about its own smartwatch yet. If you’ve been pining for a 360 but haven’t been happy with any of the available color combos, the company has added the watch to its Moto Maker tool. There are 27 total hardware designs, which are made up of three case finishes – dark metal, light metal or champagne gold – and nine bands – with leather, metal or Motorola’s ‘mono-link’ options. You can also choose from one of 11 default watchfaces, but you can digitally change those later…

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Apple wants to improve diversity in the tech industry and is donating $50 million to help

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by on March 10, 2015 at 6:06 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

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Apple has announced today that it will be donating more than $50 million to a selection of nonprofit groups with the aim to improve diversity in the tech industry. In an interview given exclusively to Fortune, Apple states that it will work with the Thurgood Marshall College Fund, which gives support specifically to students from historically black colleges and universities. It will also be working with the National Center for Women & Information Technology (NCWIT), which is working to boost the number of women in technical positions in the industry. Apple isn’t the only industry leader donating to these organizations though,…

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