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Flapit is a physical social metrics counter for your business, available from today

Nov21
by on November 21, 2014 at 10:00 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Gadgets, Social Media

Flapit Hotel
Want to show off your cupcake business’ Facebook fan count, Twitter followers or Yelp rating in your store? Flapit can do just that, sitting by your cash register, in your window front or on your wall, for $299. Citing market research that shows a majority of customers are likely to trust brands and stores with a social network presence, Flapit believes that it’s important for businesses to display their online popularity to gain customers’ trust – even offline. To that end, the company has developed a physical social metrics counter that features a split-flap based design reminiscent of classic alarm…

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Amazon Travel hotel booking service rumoured to arrive early next year

Nov21
by on November 21, 2014 at 9:42 am
Posted In: amazon, Amazon travel, Apps, Around the Web, Hotels, Product Launches

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Travel sites could be about to have a very unhappy new year. Amazon is set to enter the travel business, according to a report by travel news specialists Skift. It says Amazon has been working with independent hotels and resorts in and around major cities to prepare its new Amazon Travel service. The site claims Amazon Travel could launch as early as January 1, 2015 with hotel options in New York, Los Angeles and Amazon’s home town of Seattle. Amazon’s plan is apparently to allow hotels to post room listings on its site with availability, pricing and photos, charging them 15 percent…

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Pebble updates its smartwatch firmware with expanded character set and full notification support on Android

Nov21
by on November 21, 2014 at 7:09 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Gadgets, smartwatch

Pebble Update
Pebble has graced its popular e-paper display-based smartwatch with a firmware update that brings full character support to display notifications in a range of languages, and has also updated its Android app to allow any app to beam notifications. The new firmware now allows for Pebble watches to display notifications in 80 languages, handling special characters like “ß” and “Ż” correctly, instead of displaying ‘unknown character’ boxes in their place. Version 2.1 of the Android companion app allows devices running Android 4.3 (Jelly Bean) and newer to push notifications from any app, and let users select which apps they want…

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