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Top resources for entrepreneurs, from TNW Deals

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by on January 30, 2015 at 7:50 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Offers, TNWDeals

Planning to launch your own business? The road ahead can be hard and treacherous — and every ounce of wisdom about what to expect can help keep you on the right track. At TNW Deals, we’ve got a bunch of great offers on must-have tutorials for essential entrepreneurial skills, and digital resources to make your project look great and stand out from the crowd. The UI/UX Designer bundle This bundle includes six essential courses for the budding Web and mobile designer who wants to create delightful apps and sites. From the basics of user experience, to using statistics for design…

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Snapchat is premiering its own Web series tomorrow

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by on January 30, 2015 at 7:33 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Mobile, Product Launches, Social Media

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When you think Snapchat, you think original Web series from the children of established Hollywood executives. No wait, you don’t. That doesn’t matter, because The Hollywood Reporter reports that the app that brought you embarrassing photos of your friends is launching a Web series helmed by Sasha Spielberg and Emily Goldwyn, daughters of director, producer Steven Spielberg and producer John Goldwyn. The weekly show — titled Literally Can’t Even — will be written and star Goldwyn and Spielberg as themselves. Each episode will last approximately five minutes and will disappear after 24 hours. Snapchat launched the Discover feature earlier this week for its app…

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Google Now introduces support for information cards from 40 new apps

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by on January 30, 2015 at 7:19 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

Google Now is great, automatically feeding you useful content based on context like time and location. Problem is, it’s been limited to mostly Google-only products. As of today, however, the virtual assistant supports 40 new third-party apps. Now you can wake up to suggestions from Pandora, see suggested Airbnb rentals during a trip, or catch up on your language lessons with Duolingo (there are some sample cards here). Other supported apps include Lyft, Shazam and Runtastic; to view the full selection, check out Google’s list. The new integration certainly make Google Now much more powerful;  the additional apps expand the domain of…

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On Snapchat’s not-so-social bet on content

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by on January 30, 2015 at 7:10 pm
Posted In: Analysis and Opinion, Apps, Around the Web, Opinion, Social Media

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Nick is the founder and CEO of Delmondo and Content Marketing Manager at Percolate. He works with brands and startups improving their digital marketing and social media strategy, focusing on branded content. He put the first Instagram Video on TV for Oprah and is a frequent speaker and writer. This week Snapchat announced its newest feature – and one of the biggest updates to its platform yet – with the launch of Discover. It’s getting a ton of press because Snapchat is one of the most exciting platforms today. Publishers, marketers and consumers are interested because there is a huge potential to make tons of money and deliver high volumes of content on it, especially against…

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FiftyThree goes for the gold (tone) with its new tablet stylus

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by on January 30, 2015 at 7:00 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Product Launches

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What goes with a gold iPad Air 2? Give up? At least one thing would be FiftyThree’s new Pencil Gold, the latest addition to the company’s stylus line. Pencil Gold — from the company that invented the popular Paper mobile sketching and note-taking app — is the same Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) stylus on the inside as its previously released Graphite and Walnut companions. But its exterior sports a brushed and anodized finish with a warm gold tone that’s deliberately designed as a accessory to Apple’s gold iPad and iPhone models. Pencil Walnut — released last year — is milled from a solid piece of…

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