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Braintree goes international with One Touch mobile payments

Dec03
by on December 3, 2014 at 12:00 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Mobile

Braintree
Mobile payment platform Braintree has begun rolling out its One Touch payment experience in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden and the UK today. Having launched its single touch payment system on Android and iOS platforms in the US in September, the company intends to soon reach all 43 markets that it serves, beginning with the aforementioned countries. Braintree’s service connects with PayPal and allows users to securely pay for products and services on a range of apps with a single tap, negating the need to log in for each and every transaction. One Touch already runs on…

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TNW giveaway: Win a Sound Blaster Roar from Creative.com

Dec03
by on December 3, 2014 at 11:10 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Gadgets, Offers
This giveaway is brought to you by Creative.com – Sound Blaster Roar – Defying the laws of acoustic engineering.

‘Tis the season to spend time with your closest friends and family, and you can always rely on music to bring life to the party. Why not take that festivity on the go? In collaboration with Creative.com, we’re giving away the Sound Blaster Roar portable Bluetooth speaker, a powerful music machine that comes complete with five drivers and a built-in subwoofer for immersive, space-filling sound. The speaker includes a battery that’s easily rechargeable via micro USB, not to mention an integrated MP3 player. It also doubles up as a power pack to conveniently charge mobile devices. Whether you’ll be hanging…

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Sony reveals PS4 20th Anniversary Edition in original PlayStation colors

Dec03
by on December 3, 2014 at 11:04 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Gadgets, Insider, playstation, ps4

PS4 20th Anniversary
The iconic Sony PlayStation turns 20 today, and the company is celebrating with the launch of a 20th Anniversary Edition PS4 specially detailed as an homage to the console’s first version. The main console, controller and PlayStation Camera are all decked in “Original Grey”, mimicking the body of the 1994 PlayStation. The lower console body panel, as well as the touchpad on the controller are etched with a pattern featuring the controller button symbols as well as a ‘2’ to signify the console’s 20th anniversary. There’s even a vertical stand for the console to prop it upright just like the…

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Infographics platform Infogr.am buys infographics blog Visualoop to promote awareness of… infographics

Dec03
by on December 3, 2014 at 11:00 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider, Latin America

Infogram-Visualoop

While many startups pay close attention to their own blogs in the name of ‘content marketing’, you don’t often hear about many actually acquiring a blog. That’s what’s happened in the case of Infrogr.am, however. The creator of the popular infographic-creation platform has bought Visualoop, a Brazil-based blog covering the data visualization scene. The unusual move won’t see the blog become one giant ad for Infogr.am, however – Visualoop will maintain editorial independence. For Infogr.am’s Latvia-based CEO Uldis Leiterts, this deal is part of the startup’s aim to promote “long-term data literacy.” Much the same way that Google and Facebook…

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Opera 26 for desktops brings stable Linux release, bookmark sharing and more

Dec03
by on December 3, 2014 at 8:00 am
Posted In: Around the Web, browser, Insider

Opera 26 Bookmark sharing
Opera has just released version 26 of its desktop browser, that sees a stable Linux version, a new bookmark sharing feature and a few other small updates. The latest version allows users to share individual bookmarks or an entire folder of them with just a couple of clicks, negating the need to laboriously copy and paste links into an email or social network message. Opera creates a single page with link previews for all your bookmarks like this one, that users can share the link to. Check out the video below for a demo: This feature is also available on…

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