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T-Mobile announces Un-carrier 8.0 event for December 16

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by on December 15, 2014 at 5:20 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider, Mobile

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It’s been a few months since the last Un-carrier event, so it’s time to spin up the magenta lights and fill  T-Mobile CEO John Legere with caffeine because here comes Un-carrier 8.0. The event will be live streamed tomorrow at 10:30 am ET (7:30am PT) from an undisclosed location. Instead of the usual agenda of Legere standing in front of press and T-Mobile employees and filling the room with swears and hilarious anecdotes, there will be a fireside chat with journalist David Pogue. What Legere will announce is a secret, but he and his company have made waves in the…

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TNW’s Apps of the Year: Dashlane’s multi-platform password vault

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by on December 15, 2014 at 3:48 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Insider, Roundups

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In our Apps of the Year series, The Next Web team shares personal recommendations for gifts to give this holiday season. This time, it’s apps. Dashlane’s Web-based password vault and accompanying iOS and Android apps aren’t exactly brand new, but with the sharp increase in focus on topics like security and privacy in 2014, it seems an appropriate time to call out my favorite password manager of the bunch. In a nutshell, it provides you with Web-synced access to all your logins and passwords in the click of a few buttons. Extra handily, it offers two-factor authentication via an authenticator app on…

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SoundCloud introduces ‘Collection,’ a dashboard for following artists and listening to your playlists

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by on December 15, 2014 at 3:07 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

SoundCloud is great for discovering unique content and mixes you’ll scarcely find anywhere else, but sometimes keeping track of all that audio goodness gets a bit cumbersome. SoundCloud wants to make things easier for you with a new hub page dubbed ‘Collection’. Here, you can access all your playlists and favorites in one place, as well as keep up to date with the newest releases from your favorite artists.   You can check out the new feature by logging into SoundCloud and visiting your Collection page on the web or the iOS app. Sorry Android users, you’ll have to wait until sometime in 2015. ➤…

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Design great iOS apps with these courses and assets – name your own price!

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by on December 15, 2014 at 2:30 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider, Offers

If there’s one thing the world’s most popular mobile apps have in common, it’s that they look great. Designing the perfect interface takes time and requires skill and practice – and our latest bundle includes everything you need to shape a beautiful iOS app. Pay what you want for four top-notch courses to learn to design apps from start to finish, as well as three packs of high-quality assets ranging from wireframes to icons to UI kits to device mockups. With this bundle, you can build a solid foundation of design knowledge with courses that you can watch and learn…

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Skype’s real-time translator goes live for registered users on Windows 8.1

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by on December 15, 2014 at 2:26 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

Skype today revealed some additional information about its new live-translation tool, Skype Translator. Users that have signed up for Translator can now start giving it a try. The service initially supports Spanish and English as its first two language for voice communication. It will also support over 40 languages for real-time instant messaging translation. The company also shared additional background information on how the service actually works, explaining how Skype uses machine learning to understand the context words are being used in as well as their meaning. Developing…

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