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Neon photo app imparts a holiday spirit to your images

Dec23
by on December 23, 2014 at 1:04 am
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Product Launches

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Just in time for holiday festivities comes the new AKVIS Neon, a special effects software package that makes your images glow. AKVIS Neon lets you create striking glowing line effects that transform photos into shining drawings with painterly attributes for a festive look — great for holiday cards, invitations or family newsletters. You can create eye-catching luminous backgrounds, abstract paintings, illustrations for photo books, posters, flyers and more. The software is highly customizable, letting you create a glowing image or a dramatic landscape or portrait, or simply outline edges to make a picture more personal and expressive. Easy to learn and use, Neon has a built-in collection of…

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Sony reportedly says it’ll sue Twitter over tweets with hacked emails

Dec22
by on December 22, 2014 at 11:34 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

While Sony is still licking its post-hack wounds it’s going on the offensive about its leaked emails. Right now it looks like it’s going after Twitter and Twitter users. Vice’s tech site, Motherboard reports that it has in its possession a letter from Sony lawyer, David Boies sent to Twitter’s general counsel Vijaya Gadde. In it, Sony says it will hold Twitter responsible any loss or damage arising from tweets from accounts Twitter hasn’t banned. Twitter user Val Broeksmit also received a letter threatening legal action from Sony. Broeksmit has posted screengrabs of leaked Sony emails from his Twitter account. How…

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65 of the best iOS apps launched in 2014

Dec22
by on December 22, 2014 at 11:08 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, best apps 2014, Insider, top apps

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Another year, another great set of new apps that hit the iOS store. As you unwrap your new iPhone or iPad, get these apps installed on your new device! Productivity Workflow Hot off the presses, Workflow is a new app that makes it easy to automate processes on iOS. Want to make a GIF of your face, just by hitting an icon on your home screen? Easy! This is the missing app that iOS 8 finally made possible. ➤ Workflow [$2.99] Google Inbox Google unexpectedly launched an ambitious overhaul for Gmail this year and the Inbox iOS app is the mobile…

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North Korea’s internet is down in wake of Sony hack accusations

Dec22
by on December 22, 2014 at 8:54 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

In a rather suspicious coincidence, North Korea is currently going through a widespread internet outage, according the Associated Press. The connectivity problems started 24 hours ago, and have deteriorated further since. If you haven’t been following, North Korea was recently accused by the United States of perpetuating the recent devastating Sony hacks. During a press conference, President Obama promised the US would “respond proportionally.” Of course, there’s no concrete evidence to link North Korea’s internet blackout to retaliation by the United States – this could just be a unrelated outage in a country with already limited internet access. The White House for its part declined to…

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Tempo for iOS updated with new widget, notifications and languages

Dec22
by on December 22, 2014 at 8:00 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web

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Smart calendar app Tempo got a major update today that takes full advantage of the new functionality available in iOS8. It adds a new widget and interactive notifications to let users see their schedule, create new events and meetings, and read insights about contacts, right from the home screen. Tempo’s new widget sits in the Today view, presenting the day’s upcoming events, displays insights and contact details for people you’ve got meetings with and allows you to add new items to your schedule without opening the calendar. The app’s notifications now allow users to get directions, dial-in to a conference call,…

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