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The Xbox One will cost $50 more after January 3

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by on December 30, 2014 at 8:25 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

Unfortunately, sales don’t last forever. Though console price cuts tend to be on permanent side, the current $349 pricing for the Xbox One was only a holiday promotion that Microsoft said would only last two months – a promotion that seemed to work well. Holiday surge now over, Microsoft is making good on its time limit; the $50 savings end on January 3rd. So if you’ve been saving up for a new Xbox or just hadn’t been able to grab one before they sold out, this is your last chance to get a sweet deal on the console. ➤ Final Chance…

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Chromebooks can now run Linux in a window

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by on December 30, 2014 at 7:10 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Design & Dev, Google

Google’s Chrome OS just got a little bit more useful. Google evangelist François Beaufort posted on Google+ that the Chrome OS now supports running Linux in a window via the Crouton Chrome extension. Before you use the extension, you’ll have to put your Chromebook in Developer Mode. Prior to today’s announcement, you had to use a virtual terminals and switch back and forth between your Linux distro and Chrome OS. Now it’s in one handy dandy window right there in the main operating system. ➤ Run Crouton in a Chrome OS Window [François Beaufort] ➤ via Gigaom

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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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