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Under Armour launches Record, another platform for tracking your health and fitness data

Jan06
by on January 6, 2015 at 6:33 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Insider, Product Launches

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Sports clothing and accessory manufacturer Under Armour today launched its own health and fitness network, which the company says is aimed at getting you – and your friends – fitter. Company CEO Kevin Plank said Under Armour Record (UA Record) is suitable for people of different fitness levels and creates a visual dashboard of all your activity data in one place, thereby making it easier to keep track of your personal fitness goals. Like other competing platforms, UA Record will keep track of your steps, sleep, calories burned, heart rate, weight and more. It’ll also play nicely with “thousands of…

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Purrge for iOS lets you remove unwanted photos in fine feline fashion

Jan06
by on January 6, 2015 at 6:04 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Product Launches

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With all of the mobile camera apps out there helping you shoot great photos, it was only a matter of time before Newton’s third law of motion came into play — at least in modified form. There are now a number of iPhone apps that specialize in helping you delete photos you don’t want. The newest entry, released today, is Purrge, a cat-themed competitor to the likes of Flic (a recent Tinder takeoff) and Cleen, a free app that does roughly the same thing: Help you discard unwanted photos with a swipe gesture. Purrge, a photo manager optimized for both the iPhone and the…

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Last chance to secure a 2-for-1 discount voucher for TNW Europe 2015

Jan06
by on January 6, 2015 at 3:49 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Voice

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TNW Europe Conference  is fast approaching, with 2015 marking the event’s tenth anniversary. For now, most of what we have planned for this very special edition is a closely guarded secret, with our space in Amsterdam, entire event format and Boost startup program all receiving major overhauls. And whilst the phrase, “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” may come to mind, that is not what The Next Web is about. We’re proud that for many of our attendees and readers, TNW has a particularly unique personality. What defines that personality may be hard to put into words, but it’s…

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Kickstarter drops Amazon Payments for Stripe: Setting up a campaign just got easier

Jan06
by on January 6, 2015 at 3:43 pm
Posted In: Amazon Payments, Apps, Around the Web, Insider, kickstarter, Product Updates, Stripe

Kickstarter has switched away from Amazon Payments in favour of Stripe. The change means project creators will no longer have to set up a business account with Amazon to get funds. The new process for setting up a Kickstarter campaign is a lot simpler – you just enter your bank account details on the Account tab as you’re putting your project together. Similarly, Kickstarter backers will have an easier time, being able to check out directly on the service’s site rather than being redirected to Amazon. All in all, it’s good news for crowdfunding fans. ➤ Making Payments Easier for Creators…

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Razer leads OSVR coalition to build the open-source ‘Android of Virtual Reality’

Jan06
by on January 6, 2015 at 3:11 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, CES, Gadgets, Insider, oculus rift, OSVR, Razer

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Razer has teamed up with a bunch of other companies involved with virtual reality, gaming and gesture controls, including Unity, Leap Motion, Sixense, Nod and Gearbox Software, to launch Open Source Virtual Reality (OSVR). The aim of OSVR is to create a standardized interface for building virtual reality apps and games. Razer is showing its OSVR Hacker Dev Kit at CES and will make the headset available to the public in June. While OSVR potentially offers an alternative to Oculus’s efforts, it will work with the latest version of the Oculus dev kit so you won’t have to choose between them.…

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