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Sony Xperia Z4 tablet: As close as it gets to an iPad on Android

Mar04
by on March 4, 2015 at 5:05 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Gadgets, MWC, MWC15, Product Reviews

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Sony didn’t announce a flagship phone this year at Mobile World Congress, but instead they did come packing a high-end tablet – the Xperia Z4. I got a chance to try out the tablet and see how it performs. At 6.1mm thick, and only 389 grams, the Z4 is a direct competitor with Apple’s iPad Air 2, and it can certainly hold its own in the stats stake. The design is true to the Xperia range but the hard edges have become rounded and the thinness of the Z4 makes it feel less industrial than its predecessor, the Z2. The…

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Win a MacBook Pro!

Mar04
by on March 4, 2015 at 4:30 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Offers, TNWDeals

Looking for the ultimate portable computing experience? Apple’s MacBook Pro is packed to the gills with powerful components and precisely engineered for top performance, making for a must-have laptop for gadget aficionados. The 13-inch MacBook Pro features a high-resolution Retina display, a 2.6GHz dual-core i5 processor, 8GB of RAM and 128 gigs of fast flash storage — and it’s ready to rock OS X Yosemite, the latest version of Apple’s beautiful, functional OS. We’re giving away this bad boy for free at TNW Deals! To enter our sweepstakes, just visit the offer page, submit your email address and hit ENTER NOW for a…

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Here are the most addictive social Android apps in the US

Mar04
by on March 4, 2015 at 3:27 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Insider, Market Intelligence

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This post is part of the ‘Market Intelligence’ series, brought to you by SimilarWeb: get insights for any website or app.

The App Economy is tricky business. How can you tell how sticky an app is? By heading to the app store and taking a look at install volume and store rank? These are easily manipulated vanity metrics, and they only give part of the picture. So what happens to an app after an install? The new standard of app valuation measures actual user behavior – like usage patterns, in store and external traffic sources, user interests and more – to give a clearer picture of how successful an app is at keeping users engaged. Based on these metrics, we’ve come…

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The 3 steps to success on YouTube

Mar04
by on March 4, 2015 at 3:13 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider, Investigations, youtube

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This essay is part of a series written by speakers featuring at our upcoming 10th anniversary TNW Conference on April 23 & 24 in Amsterdam. Discount tickets to the event are still available for purchase here. YouTube is huge. It has 1 billion users, its the second largest search engine, and over 300 hours of content are uploaded each minute. It is ubiquitous, generating 50 percent of its viewership via mobile, 80 percent of it’s traffic comes from outside the US, and the platform has been localised for 61 languages. Nearly a decade old, the video network has recently been thrust…

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Last chance for 92% off The White Hat Hacker Bundle – ends Thursday

Mar04
by on March 4, 2015 at 3:00 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Offers, TNWDeals

Become a Web security expert and take your career to the next level, with the ultimate bundle to learn about protecting your WordPress projects, web apps, local networks and Mac desktops. Learn from experts in the know, with over 40 hours of video as they take you through the ins and outs of ethical hacking, penetration testing, web scraping, using the Linux command line and more. And get it at an irresistible price. But act fast, because this deal will be gone in a just couple days. The White Hat Hacker Bundle includes 6 professional courses from Udemy that you…

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