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Cyanogen reiterates commitment to OnePlus, will deliver updates

Dec05
by on December 5, 2014 at 12:09 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider, Mobile

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Last week, rumors emerged that OnePlus may be looking to abandon Cyanogenmod as its Android OS after Cyanogen announced it was selling rights to its OS exclusively to another provider in India without notifying OnePlus. OnePlus launched in India earlier this week and had been planning to do so for some time, working closely with Cyanogen to get a firmware update prepared for the launch. When it learned the rights were being given to another provider, Micromax, OnePlus said “it was surprising and disappointing to hear from Cyanogen on November 26 that they had granted exclusive rights in India” and that “it…

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What apps are on TNW readers’ homescreens? Let’s find out

Dec04
by on December 4, 2014 at 10:40 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Insider, Social Media

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The new #Homescreen app for iOS is a fun way to share, well, your iPhone’s homescreen on Twitter. Now the whole world knows that you care enough about Snapchat to keep it front and center. Now, thanks to the power of data collection, we can see just which apps are the favorites of TNW readers. The #Homescreen developers posted the top apps shared by TNW readers this week. In addition to sharing the top apps in descending order, the dock portion of the line up is based solely on apps that inhabit that space on our readers’ homescreens. Unsurprisingly, Instagram and Facebook come…

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Facebook’s Slingshot hits 2.0, now emulates Snapchat’s stories feature instead

Dec04
by on December 4, 2014 at 9:50 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Insider

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Facebook’s answer to Snapchat, dubbed Slingshot, launched with a fizz back in June but didn’t see much adoption, with many complaining it was too much work compared with Snapchat. It seems the company has decided to completely change how the app works; when it launched, you could send images to friends, who could only view your image by sending an image back. In Slingshot 2.0, you can follow friends (like on Twitter or Instagram) and when you share an image it’s shared in a feed. Friends and followers can “react” to your images by posting an image of their own, which…

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Google fuses its enterprise services into overarching Google for Work and Education Partner Program

Dec04
by on December 4, 2014 at 9:35 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

Google’s partner programs are a significant part of the company’s business, offering services across Apps, Chrome, Cloud Platform, Maps and Search. The company today announced it is consolidating all of these into a single overarching service: the Google for Work and Education Partner Program. Google believes the new master program will allow partners to use its product’s and services more successfully across the various platforms. It’s also aiming to simplify the way these services are offered, dividing partners into three tracks: The Sales Track is for partners whose core competency is marketing and selling Google for Work and Education products at high…

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Boom for Mac is a beautiful equalizer that legitimately improves your sound

Dec04
by on December 4, 2014 at 8:14 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Insider

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There are plenty of apps that claim to improve your computer’s sound, but what if one actually did? When I installed Boom 2 for Mac today, I almost couldn’t believe it. Boom is an equalizer for system-wide audio; once you install it, all your audio is fine-tuned to sound better. This means it works with everything from Netflix, to Spotify to iTunes. What Boom is doing isn’t some sort of secret magic; a well configured equalizer can legitimately make your sound better and with this tool, it actually does. When you set up Boom, it detects which Mac you have and configures itself for your…

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