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Amazon launches its first staffed pickup and drop-off location at Purdue University

Feb03
by on February 3, 2015 at 2:41 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

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Online shopping is a godsend for university students who can’t or won’t leave their campus to buy things they need. If you’re a student, alumni or faculty at Purdue University, however, Amazon just made online shopping even more convenient for you. The company today announced the opening of its first-ever staffed customer pick up and drop-off location at the University. The location will allow students to easily receive and return school items and other orders. Purdue members even get free one day pickup. There are some special university-only featues as well. Once Purdue students activate their Amazon Student account, they will…

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You’re about to see Twitter’s promoted tweets in some new places

Feb03
by on February 3, 2015 at 2:31 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Insider

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Twitter has announced that it’s experimenting with delivering Promoted Tweet ads beyond its own services. It’s starting the experiment by bringing them to Flipboard and Yahoo Japan. In a post on its Advertising Blog, the company points out that tweets already “flow from Twitter to other mediums seamlessly.” The obvious conclusion is: why not do the same with ads? It uses the example of Nissan running a Promoted Tweet campaign on Twitter, then reusing the same creative on Flipboard. Word that Twitter was working on plans to bring its ads to eyeballs beyond its own site and apps leaked out…

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Eero wants to eliminate Wi-Fi dead spots in your home without extenders

Feb03
by on February 3, 2015 at 2:00 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Eero, Gadgets, Insider, mesh, networking, Product Launches, Wi-Fi

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Relying on one router to serve up Wi-Fi for your entire house can be frustrating and lead to dead spots. San Francisco-based startup, Eero, thinks it has the answer to that issue and doesn’t rely on irritating Wi-Fi extenders. Rather than using a single router, Eero encourages you to deploy a distributed system of smaller devices that connect to each other via mesh networking. One will set you back $129, with a pack of three priced at $299. The company claims three will provide good coverage for a typical home. The first Eero you install hooks up to your existing modem. The look of…

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91% off the Adobe KnowHow Bundle: Master Photography, Photoshop and Lightroom

Feb03
by on February 3, 2015 at 1:41 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Offers, TNWDeals

If you’re a photographer in the making, this course bundle is a must-have for improving your skills, expanding your boundaries and enhancing the quality of your work. And at 91% off the total value, these courses are available from TNW Deals at a price you won’t believe. With this bundle, you’ll get to grips with basic and advanced DSLR photography techniques, create artistic black and white images, learn new tricks for shooting at night, narrate your travel adventures in pictures and master powerful photo editing tools like Lightroom 5, Photoshop CS6 and Photoshop CC. Covering the fundamentals of shooting with…

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Magisto brings its mobile video editing skills to Windows PCs

Feb03
by on February 3, 2015 at 1:00 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Insider, Product Launches

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Magisto, a mobile app for Android and iOS devices that automatically pulls together images and videos stored on your device to create a movie, has launched for Windows PCs. Released today, the new app brings the same sort of functionality found in its mobile offerings – albeit aimed at desktop Windows users. The company said the new build is aimed at addressing specific problems currently associated with creating simple movies on the desktop, including the management of files and transcoding large video files from GoPro (and other) cameras. With it, all you need to do is hover your mouse over…

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