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Pipes 2.0 makes it even easier to keep up with the topics you’re interested in

Feb10
by on February 10, 2015 at 8:00 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Insider

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Pipes, the news app that launched last year to help you follow the topics that interest you most, has today received a big update with a new design and a number of new features. The app makes it dead simple to follow and get updates on news topics or people. Pipes 2.0, which was released today, comes with a beautiful new design that makes the app much more visually appealing and easier to use. Subscribed topics now feature lots of images along with popular tweets and quick news summaries. On top of this, Wikipedia is integrated so you can get an overview of…

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Ikea’s emoticon app reminds loved ones to clean up their mess, among other things

Feb10
by on February 10, 2015 at 7:47 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Product Launches

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Created ostensibly to address the “home situation misunderstandings occur most around clutter,” Ikea has come up with new solution. No, not a hybrid cabinet-media center-bookshelf-closet to shove your stuff into. It has instead produced something that takes up a lot less space — emoticons. Ikea Emoticons is an app, available from the App Store and Google Play Store, that features hand-drawn domestic  style scenes and objects that the store hopes will assist in a peaceful dialog among housemates or loved ones. The idea is to create an amicable way to tell loved ones at home to clean up their mess and other strategic messages. That’s…

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Yelp gets into the delivery business with Eat24 acquisition

Feb10
by on February 10, 2015 at 7:28 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Food, Insider

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Yelp is about to get a bit more useful. The app and site you check before you eat anywhere new just announced that it has acquired food delivery service Eat24. Announced today, Yelp wants to expand Eat24 to work with the one million Yelp restaurants listed on the service. That’s a huge ramp up from the current 20,000 restaurants that have partnered with Eat24 for delivery. Commenting on the acquisition via a press release, Yelp CEO and co-founder Jeremy Stoppelman said, “As more food ordering transactions move online, further integrating Eat24 will enhance our user experience with an easy-to-use product…

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Flipboard launches a full Web version to display feeds in your browser

Feb10
by on February 10, 2015 at 6:29 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Insider

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Today, Flipboard launched its first foray into a Web version of its product, after previously offering its product via native apps on Android and iOS. The new Flipboard site is beautifully designed and fully responsive, so will work great on any screen size (including mobile). It also offers a unique take on browsing feeds with a mouse; the company didn’t just try to transplant its touch-first flipping interface from mobile. Videos and GIFs play in-line, just like the mobile versions. You can sign into Flipboard’s website and get all your favorite feeds and customized feed settings from the app carry over to the site. Flipboard…

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Atari is building a brand new Asteroids game for PC

Feb10
by on February 10, 2015 at 5:30 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Insider

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Everyone’s favorite 1979 space shooter is getting a facelift! Atari announced today that it’s revived the classic, to be released as a new game for PC called Asteroids: Outpost. Atari says the game will be an open world, sandbox style survival experience where players can mine for resources as well as build and defend their base. The game will be set on an “unforgiving asteroid” where players can build “highly customized bases” and battle for their survival. Asteroids: Outpost is a multiplayer game, so players will need to defend their bases against other real players and recurring showers of small asteroids which are also…

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