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Nokia’s HERE for Android sheds its beta tag and adds 3D venue maps

Feb12
by on February 12, 2015 at 3:02 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, HERE, Insider, maps, nokia, Product Updates

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Nokia’s HERE maps was just updated on Android and Windows Phone earlier this week but the former has got another refresh already. The new version of HERE for Android ditches the ‘beta’ tag and introduces a slew of improvements. You’ll now find 3D venue maps for locations like shopping malls and airports in the app. You can rotate them to match where you came in and switch between floors. Chief among the other changes is improved routing. In the app’s beta version, when you asked for a route, it gave you three options for car travel and you had to switch to find…

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Amazon’s Fire TV gets new streaming content, including Sling TV and the Game of Thrones games

Feb12
by on February 12, 2015 at 2:41 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

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Amazon’s Fire TV is getting a lot more content from today, with support for several new streaming platforms. Most notable of these is the Sling TV app, a $20 monthly service that debuted at CES and streams live content from channels like ESPN, TNT and TBS. It’s also added FOX Sports GO, TED and WSJ Live as well as new games including ‘Crossy Road’ and ‘Game of Thrones’. In total, Amazon says there’s five times more content on Fire TV than there was at its launch in April of last year. Amazon has a promotion going on with Sling TV as…

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Find your favorite musicians’ degrees of separation with Spotify’s new playlist tool

Feb12
by on February 12, 2015 at 2:18 pm
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Not to be outdone by the infamous Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon game, Spotify has launched its own Valentine’s Day-themed adaptation of the concept, linking two musical artists together by creating a playlist that finds a middle ground between the two, no matter how different. Spotify’s Sweet Spot is geared to help couples find their “musical sweet spot,” but you can do this for any two artists you like. Just input two of your favorite musicians and Spotify will conjure up a playlist that should appeal to both tastes. Afterward, you can save or share the playlist, or start over if you’re not content…

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File sharing service Infinit’s Windows app exits beta

Feb12
by on February 12, 2015 at 2:00 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, File sharing, Windows

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Peer-to-peer file sharing service Infinit has launched its free Windows app today, which allows users to share files of any size. While the beta version was already available to users, the revamped tool is more stable and adds sharing options in the native right-click menu. The app allows users to share files and folders via email, through the app (if the recipient also uses Infinit) or by sending a link. It can also resume uploads in case an internet connection goes down. The new feature lets you share files very quickly indeed. I’ve stuck with Dropbox for the same purpose in…

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Pay what you want for the Back-End Developer Bundle

Feb12
by on February 12, 2015 at 1:55 pm
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If you’re interested in getting into building your own web sites and apps, this is the best way to get started. The Back-End Developer Bundle includes a range of courses to teach you Ruby, Python and PHP at your own pace, and at your own price! With over 95 hours of training content, these eight courses take you through the basics with no programming experience necessary, and help you hone your coding skills from there. When you’ve completed all the courses in this bundle, you’ll be able to write clean, efficient code and work on real projects. Ready to dive…

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