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13 of our favorite subreddits of 2014

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by on December 30, 2014 at 4:19 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Roundups, Shareables

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Reddit, the self-proclaimed “front page of the internet,” is growing by the minute. Each year, we discover new, interesting, relevant and plain addictive subreddits that are worth bookmarking for a slow day on the Web. Here are some of our favorites this year. r/Serialpodcast 2014 is undoubtedly the year podcasts made their comeback with the popularity of Serial, the murder mystery sensation from the creators of This American Life. r/Serialpodcast is chock-full of news and updates related to the podcast, in addition to discussion threads. r/Quityourbullshit The internet, for the most part, is gullible. This year, some media outlets were tricked to…

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The top digital deals of 2014

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by on December 30, 2014 at 2:30 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider, Offers

Yesterday we brought you some of our top TNW Deals on gadgets this year. Today it’s time to look at digital deals. Grab them while you can! The Complete iOS 8 + Swift Developers Course iOS 8 is now on over half of all iPhones around the world, which means now is the right time to begin learning Swift, the new programming language for developing apps for iOS. When you enrol for this course, you’ll learn to build 14 apps with Swift, along with key design patterns and best practices. With lifetime access to over 36 hours of video tutorial…

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Gmail access returns to China after four-day shutdown

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by on December 30, 2014 at 1:55 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Asia, censorship, gmail, Google, great firewall, shutdown

China’s four-day Gmail outage, which began on Christmas Day, appears to have ended, reports the FT. A government crackdown on Google services began this summer before the 25th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square protests. However, access to Gmail via POP, IMAP and SMTP remained possible until the latest restrictions. Now, Gmail seems to be accessible again via those means. Usage stats are slowly increasing again according to Google’s Transparency Report which tracks traffic to its services. ➤ Access restored to Google’s email service in China [FT] Thumbnail image credit: Shutterstock     

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11 of the best smartphones that launched in 2014

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by on December 30, 2014 at 11:42 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Gadgets, Insider, Roundups

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With the beginning of 2015 just days away, it’s time to look back at some of the best smartphones released this year – and there’s quite a list to choose from. What follows are some of the biggest (in more ways than one) devices to be released in 2014, in no particular order. A lot will be familiar; 2014 was the year of incremental upgrades for many device makers, like Samsung and HTC. HTC One (M8) Back in March, HTC lifted the lid on its heavily leaked HTC One M8 smartphone, the successor to the well-liked original HTC One (M7). It brought an upgraded 2.3GHz…

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Twitter is experimenting with selling ad space in your Following list

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by on December 30, 2014 at 9:08 am
Posted In: Around the Web

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It appears that Twitter is experimenting with selling ad space in users’ lists of accounts they follow, reports Marketing Land. Actor William Shatner made a noise about it a little while ago, tweeting that he noticed that MasterCard’s account began showing up on his own Following list, even though he didn’t actually follow the credit card company on Twitter. .@jack @safety Why am I following MasterCard when I didn't add them? I do not appreciate this. pic.twitter.com/k91D6vTaXZ — William Shatner (@WilliamShatner) December 30, 2014 Shatner also mentioned that fellow actor Dwayne Johnson’s Following list included MasterCard — even though Johnson only…

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