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OnePlus accelerates its own tweaked Android OS after Cyanogen inks exclusivity deal with rival in India

Nov28
by on November 28, 2014 at 1:47 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Asia, Gadgets, Insider, Product Updates

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OnePlus has announced today that it will be advancing the development of its own tweaked build of Android Lollipop following Cyanogen’s decision to give Micromax exclusive rights to use the OS on its handsets in India. In a blog post, the company said that the first build of its new OS would be available for Indian users of One handsets to try from sometime next month. As the devices are due to arrive from December 2 though, they will actually arrive running the current Cyanogen Mod OS initially. “It is truly unfortunate that a commitment we both made to our Indian users will…

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Bing begins processing ‘right to be forgotten’ search result removal requests in Europe

Nov28
by on November 28, 2014 at 12:03 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Right to be forgotten

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Microsoft’s search engine Bing has begun to remove search results in Europe that mention individuals who have invoked their ‘right to be forgotten’, reports removal request service Forget.me. Following a ruling by the Court of Justice of the European Union in May, Bing began accepting removal requests in July by releasing a form for users to fill out. Forget.me reports that users of its service who requested Bing to remove requests have now begun to receive responses. Of the 699 requests made via Forget.me, 79 have received responses so far, all of which have been refusals to comply. Two of…

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Buy a OnePlus One Smartphone online without an invite for the next 72 hours

Nov28
by on November 28, 2014 at 7:33 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Gadgets

Just in time for Black Friday, the OnePlus One is now available for purchase without an invite for the next 72 hours, across all the markets it currently ships to. This sale is similar to one the company ran earlier this month for just an hour, but this time around, the window of time to place your order is a lot longer, making it easier to get your hands on this device. The Chinese smartphone manufacturer is also runing offers on a range of accessories including JBL E1+ and OnePlus Silver Bullet headphones, screen protectors and OnePlus One cases, with discounts increasing…

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Yoozon hosts CMS sites using Dropbox, no FTP required

Nov28
by on November 28, 2014 at 6:18 am
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Design & Dev, Latin America

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If you’re building a website with WordPress or a similar CMS, you’ll find it relatively easy to use and update – but what about setting it up in the first place? Webmasters still have to set up their host servers, upload files via FTP and wait for DNS to update before their projects can go live. Brazilian startup Yoozon believes they’ve solved that hassle with their new service, that lets you upload your site through Dropbox while it sets up your domain, DNS, email and databases instantly – allowing you to launch static HTML and PHP-based CMS sites in a…

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