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This company wants you to deliver other people’s packages and get free waffles

Feb24
by on February 24, 2015 at 1:44 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Insider

Here’s an unusual partnership – the Waffle House restaurant chain has hooked up with delivery startup Roadie. The deal will give drivers who drop packages at the chain, which has 1,750 locations open 24 hours a day, free food and drinks. Roadie’s app hooks people with parcels up with travelers who are headed in the right direction. The partnership with Waffle House means they can now designate one of the restaurant’s locations as a neutral meeting place. Drivers who make their deliveries there will get a free waffle and drink. It’s early days for Roadie but adding free waffles to…

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You can finally make presentations with Prezi on Android

Feb24
by on February 24, 2015 at 1:25 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Insider, Product Launches

It’s been a long time coming but presentation platform Prezi has finally launched Prezi for Android. The free app joins the company’s existing mobile options on iPhone and iPad. Prezi for Android includes cloud synching to give you access to the latest version of your presentation regardless of what device you last edited it on, the ability to save prezis for offline access, and the option to invite up to 30 people to watch you present remotely. Readers in Australia might have come across Prezi for Android before as it launched there in beta a few months back but for everyone else, it’s…

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Two-factor authentication service Authy has been acquired by Twilio

Feb24
by on February 24, 2015 at 1:00 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Insider

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Popular two-factor authentication service Authy, which had over 1 million active users as of November 2014, has today been acquired by Twilio. Twilio provides APIs for developers to integrate SMS and voice calls into their apps and says that the Authy acquisition will mean that it can provide a cloud-based API for developers to embed two-factor verification into any application. The company touts 6,000 websites using Authy’s two-factor API, like Coinbase and CloudFlare. It also touted that 500,000 developers registered on Twilio, making the acquisition a great match. Authy will continue to provide services at its current website after the acquisition, along…

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Channel 4 updates 4oD on iOS and teases All 4 live streaming

Feb24
by on February 24, 2015 at 12:48 pm
Posted In: 4oD, All 4, Apps, Around the Web, Channel 4, livestreaming, Product Updates

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UK TV network Channel 4 has updated its on-demand service 4oD on iOS. The refresh gives the app a new polished grid layout and brings sections dedicated to online boxsets and short shows to the fore. It’s also notable that when you fire up the app after updating, you’ll see a message trailing the channel’s upcoming All 4 service. All 4 will replace 4oD, adding live streaming for Channel 4, Channel 4+1, E4 and More 4 as well as premiering new shows. The network announced All 4 in September 2014 and promised it would roll out this year, coming to PC and iOS first, before heading to Android,…

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Sense sleep tracker now available for purchase, shipping to backers today

Feb24
by on February 24, 2015 at 12:00 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Gadgets, Insider

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After a wildly successful Kickstarter campaign in 2014 that raised $2.4 million, Hello is today announcing that the Sense sleep tracker is shipping for Kickstarter backers and pre-orders of the devices. Sense is a sleep tracker with a difference; instead of demanding you wear a device or asking you to leave your phone under the pillow, Sense is made up of a base unit that lives on your bedside table and a small “pill” that attaches your pillow to track movement during the night. The device also has a number of sensors onboard so it can provide recommendations about how you could improve your sleep; it…

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