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Apple Pay on the Apple Watch will be smarter than you think

Mar07
by on March 7, 2015 at 9:52 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

A new report this weekend from CNET details just how Apple Pay will work from your wrist. CNET talked to Apple’s senior vice president of Internet Software and Services, Eddy Cue, at a sports game. He told them that wearers will have to type in a PIN or use Touch ID to unlock the watch and make payments the first time, but until it’s taken off it won’t require authentication again: “You can [type a password] if you want to, but you won’t normally have to,” Cue said. “Right now the watch is unlocked, and I could do all of it without…

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How to get your own email newsletter off the ground

Mar07
by on March 7, 2015 at 8:58 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

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Email newsletters are back in a big way. Starting your own is a great way to build an audience for yourself or a company and offers a way to personally reach people in a place that they’re most likely to read: their Inbox. This post will take a look at how to start your own email newsletter, from my experiences running my own technology newsletter over the last year. From the best tools for sending your emails to how to find people who might be interested in subscribing. What should my newsletter be about? One of the age-old questions when starting anything…

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What the best writers know

Mar07
by on March 7, 2015 at 6:40 pm
Posted In: Analysis and Opinion, Around the Web, Insider, LifeHacks

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This post originally appeared on the Crew blog. The more I write, the more I realize how much I still have to learn about good writing. And beyond just working out what I don’t know, there’s the even harder step of learning to put those things into practice. I’ve been very fortunate to have worked with some excellent editors so far who’ve helped me improve each piece I write. I also try hard to look for tips from other writers that could benefit my own work. Along the way I’ve picked up some general guidelines that all the best writers…

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Meet GoOpti, a BlaBlaCar rival that aims to compete with Uber

Mar07
by on March 7, 2015 at 5:00 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider, Profiles and Interviews

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If you live in San Francisco, New York or London, you must think that the transportation industry is undergoing rapid disruption with Uber, Lyft and others leading the way. However, a few hundred miles from big cities the situation can change rapidly. That’s certainly the case in mainland Europe. Talking about this state of affairs, Marko Gucek, who co-founded an airport shuttle startup GoOpti in Slovenia, said that “we’ve learned this is a really complex industry run by mafia.” If public transportation within the cities’ boundaries can be characterized as decent or even sometimes good, longer-distance travels with no regular routes…

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Can BuzzFeed headlines help you score?

Mar07
by on March 7, 2015 at 4:02 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Shareables, Videos

BuzzFeed-style headlines may make you click on articles, but what if you used them in real life? Vooza – a video comic strip about the tech world regularly shares a new video with you lovely TNW readers. Sign up for Vooza’s email list to get exclusive access to more funny videos like this one. Click here to support Vooza (and receive cool rewards).

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