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Snapchat is getting its own original video series sponsored by AT&T

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by on January 28, 2015 at 4:03 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

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For an app that started off as doing no more than sending temporary picture messages, Snapchat sure is getting a lot of new features these days. The newest addition to Snapchat’s repertoire is original scripted programming, according to Bloomberg. The first commissioned show, dubbed “SnapperHero,” is produced by a collaboration between AT&T and studios Astronauts Wanted and Fullscreen Inc. The general plot involves YouTube and Vine celebrities playing superheroes in short clips. Some of the personalities involved include Freddie Wong and Anna Akana, both with millions of subscribers on YouTube, who are set to begin promoting the series today. The series will contain 12 episodes…

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TL;DR for iPhone wants to train you to write emails in 30 words or less

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by on January 28, 2015 at 4:00 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web

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In an effort to help people spend less time reading and writing email, a new iPhone app called TL;DR that launched today urges users to keep things short and sweet. Short for ‘too long; didn’t read’, TL;DR is another take on mobile email that encourages brevity. When you’re composing a new email, the app encourages you to limit your message to just 30 words and displays it to your recipient in big, bold letters. Composing and replying to emails If you must write a longer email, the rest of your email copy will be displayed below your initial message as standard text.…

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Spotify and Sony team up to launch PlayStation Music, current Music Unlimited service to close

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by on January 28, 2015 at 3:41 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Gadgets, Insider, Product Launches

Sony and Spotify have today announced a new joint partnership that will see the two companies launch a joint music streaming service called Playstation Music. Launching in “Spring 2015,” the PlayStation Music service will roll out in 41 markets initially and will be available to users of PlayStation consoles and Sony Xperia smartphones and tablets. PlayStation users will get a “deeply integrated” service, according to Spotify, and will be able to link PSN and Spotify accounts for direct billing through PlayStation Wallet. The integration will also enable things like background streaming from Spotify while playing games. As a result of the…

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Logentries integration for Slack helps devops teams drop email

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by on January 28, 2015 at 2:18 pm
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A new Slack integration from Logentries announced today means that even devops teams can drop email alerts in favor of chat notifications from Slack. Logentries is a tool that businesses can use to retain logs in a single location and helps make it easier to analyze and search them for infrastructure and devops teams to diagnose problems. The Logentries integration is a custom webhook that offers real-time alerts and log events from Logentries directly inside Slack channels. Alerts can be sent to individual Slack channels to update teams when important events happen in their server infrastructure. The new Logentries’ integration joins…

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DJI’s Phantom drones won’t be able to fly over Washington or across national borders anymore

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by on January 28, 2015 at 2:04 pm
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DJI, the company behind the insanely popular DJI Phantom drone series, has announced today that it will be rolling out new firmware that will limit flight in specific areas, in accordance with Federal Aviation Authority guidelines. Due to arrive “in the coming days,” the new firmware will nix any drug-runners hoping to use drones to move narcotics across national borders, as well as prevent a reoccurence of the crash-landed White House drone this week by stopping the devices from operating within its designated No Fly Zones. This new zone centers on downtown Washington, DC and extends for 25 kilometers in…

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