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After Angry Birds, Rovio dives into publishing with pirate-themed young adult novel

Jan22
by on January 22, 2015 at 11:49 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

Storm Sisters
Finnish game studio Rovio, known for its hit mobile game franchise Angry Birds, now has its sights set on young readers. The company is publishing author Mintie Das’ novel The Sinking World late this year. Part of a series called Storm Sisters, The Sinking World features five young girls aged 11 to 17, who delve into action-filled adventures on the high seas disguised as ‘girl pirates’ in the late 18th century. A second novel titled The Frozen Seas is set to follow.   Das says she drew inspiration from her travels around the world with her family, as her father, an…

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Spotify for iOS gets nifty Touch Preview and gesture features for easier playlist building

Jan22
by on January 22, 2015 at 10:59 am
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Insider, Product Updates

SpotifyTouchPreview
Music streaming platform Spotify has today introduced a new feature that it says allows iOS users to listen to song previews and build playlists in a far more convenient way. Fittingly dubbed Touch Preview, the feature lets you simply hold your finger down on any track to get a short snippet – dragging your finger onto another song starts a new track. Tapping any track plays the full version, as you’d expect. If you’re in the middle of listening to one song and decide to listen to a preview of another, once the preview ends, your original track will carry on…

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Spotify for iOS gets nifty Touch Preview and gesture features for easier playlist building

Jan22
by on January 22, 2015 at 10:59 am
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Insider, Product Updates

SpotifyTouchPreview
Music streaming platform Spotify has today introduced a new feature that it says allows iOS users to listen to song previews and build playlists in a far more convenient way. Fittingly dubbed Touch Preview, the feature lets you simply hold your finger down on any track to get a short snippet – dragging your finger onto another song starts a new track. Tapping any track plays the full version, as you’d expect. If you’re in the middle of listening to one song and decide to listen to a preview of another, once the preview ends, your original track will carry on…

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A drone carrying drugs crashes near the US-Mexico border

Jan22
by on January 22, 2015 at 10:19 am
Posted In: Around the Web, drone, Drugs, Insider

Crashed Drone

A drone carrying more than six pounds of methamphetamine crashed on Tuesday in a supermarket parking lot in Tijuana, Mexico, reports the AP. Local authorities, who announced their finding yesterday, said that the drone had fallen near the San Ysidro crossing at Mexico’s border with California. Police are still trying to find the origin of the drone and its operator. Tijuana police said that it wasn’t the first time they had encountered drones being used to smuggle drugs between the US and Mexico. The DEA reported about 150 drug-laden drone flights across the border in 2012. ➤ Drug-laden drone crashes…

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A drone carrying drugs crashes near the US-Mexico border

Jan22
by on January 22, 2015 at 10:19 am
Posted In: Around the Web, drone, Drugs, Insider

Crashed Drone

A drone carrying more than six pounds of methamphetamine crashed on Tuesday in a supermarket parking lot in Tijuana, Mexico, reports the AP. Local authorities, who announced their finding yesterday, said that the drone had fallen near the San Ysidro crossing at Mexico’s border with California. Police are still trying to find the origin of the drone and its operator. Tijuana police said that it wasn’t the first time they had encountered drones being used to smuggle drugs between the US and Mexico. The DEA reported about 150 drug-laden drone flights across the border in 2012. ➤ Drug-laden drone crashes…

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