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You can now order Postmates from your computer

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by on January 29, 2015 at 6:00 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Insider

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Postmates makes it easy to order food from your smartphone or tablet. But sometimes it would be easier to use your computer to have delicious foods delivered right to your home or office. So Postmates launched a site just for those occasions. The new site works similar to the app. You find a a restaurant with the food you want to place in your belly and order it. The site syncs with your Postmates account on mobile so you can track on your phone what you ordered on your computer. Plus, thanks to the larger screen real estate on your desktop…

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Reddit’s first transparency report shows it complied with just 32 user info requests in 2014

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by on January 29, 2015 at 6:00 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

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Reddit has released its first transparency report for the service, providing insight into the amount of user information requests and takedowns the site experienced in 2014. In 2014, the site received just 55 requests for user information spanning 78 user accounts. The company said that in 32 of those requests, it disclosed some information which was made up of either account registration data, logs or content uploaded by users. The report points out that many of these government requests contained demands to withhold warnings to the users in question with “no legal weight” and the company “actively disregarded these non-binding…

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The FCC has voted to change the definition of broadband to a minimum of 25Mbps

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by on January 29, 2015 at 5:26 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, broadband, fcc, Insider

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While we’re still waiting around to see what happens with net neutrality, the FCC just voted to change the definition of broadband. Broadband should now mean 25Mbps and higher. Before today’s vote, ISPs could legally advertise speeds from 4Mbps up as broadband. That’s laughably slow in our connected, always-streaming age. The change in definition may not seem like a big deal but it will have major implications. ISPs will have to increase the speed to homes if they want to tell customers they are selling broadband. When people shop for an ISP, the word “broadband” goes a long way. ISPs will…

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iTunes Connect taken offline as bug causes users to log in to wrong accounts

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by on January 29, 2015 at 5:17 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

Uh-oh, something is wrong in Cupertino. A number of developers today turned to Twitter to complain that iTunes Connect, a hub for iOS and Mac software makers, was logging them into the wrong accounts. iTunes Connect just logged me in as a different user. Someone is seriously going to get fired. pic.twitter.com/xgJvOyRdvf — Paul Haddad (@tapbot_paul) January 29, 2015 The service appears to be matching log-ins with the wrong accounts, showing apps and usernames from completely different people. When developers try to access one of the apps, they receive an error message leading them back to their own account. iTunes Connect has…

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RunKeeper for iOS gets Spotify integration

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by on January 29, 2015 at 4:27 pm
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Running and music go together like peanut butter and jelly. RunKeeper knows that, so now it’s adding Spotify integration into its app. The fitness app is today announcing the iOS app will allow Spotify premium users to open up music directly from the app’s start screen. You have quick access to your playlists, and Spotify will even suggest some of its top workout collections if you want to mix things up with music outside your own library. There’s no word on the functionality coming to Android yet, but it’s probably just a matter of time. To get started, you just need to connect your…

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