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Smule’s karaoke app update now lets you make music videos with friends

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by on October 30, 2014 at 4:00 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Insider, Product Updates

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Karaoke is experiencing a rise in popularity. As a society, we’ve seen that singing in public, both on TV and YouTube, isn’t as weird as our parents led us to believe. In fact, it could lead to to fame and riches. Smule’s karaoke app Sing has been rising along in parallel with society’s sing-along craze and now, you can add videos of your rocking performance. Updated today, the Sing app not only brings video, it does so in a way that fits seamlessly in to the app’s current social features. Now when you perform a duet, after you’ve sung your portion, the app…

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About.me wants to reinvent the business card with new ‘Intro’ iPhone app

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by on October 30, 2014 at 3:41 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Insider, Product Launches

Personal identity platform About.me has unveiled a new standalone app as it sets out to “reinvent the business card.” Adding to its existing About.me iPhone app, Intro lets you create and exchange business cards digitally, and you can share anything as simple as a link to your About.me page and profile photo, or your email address and mobile phone number. You just log in with your About.me credentials, and you can instantly send your details to anyone using their phone number, email address or About.me details.     Intro also lets you merge this information with your iPhone contacts, while everything…

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Choosing the right location for your office

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by on October 30, 2014 at 3:01 pm
Posted In: Analysis and Opinion, Around the Web, Design & Dev, Entrepreneur, How-To's

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Founders, when they’re first starting out, will work anywhere and everywhere — coffee shops, home offices, the library and even park benches. When you’re ready to scale; however, you’ll need more than your willpower and laptop; you’ll need an office that accommodates your rapidly growing team, sustains productivity and fosters creativity — and that’s only the beginning. Location can play a major role in your organization’s success. Let’s say you locate your business in a major tech hub like San Francisco or New York, for instance. You’ll be competing for talent in an incredibly fierce employment ecosystem. But let’s say you…

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Google Play Books for Android now makes it easier to read non-fiction

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by on October 30, 2014 at 3:00 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, ebooks, Google, Play Books

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Google Play Books for Android is getting an update today, with a focus on non-fiction content. The new version for Android devices brings three new features that make it easier to read textbooks, cookbooks, travel guides and more. Skim Mode in the updated Play Books app Skim Mode: go through an ebook quickly with a video-player-like scrollbar, so you can check out pages and sections of interest in a pinch (perfect for a travel guide when you want to get a quick gameplan together for a trip). Quick Bookmarks: mark multiple pages in a book and hop back and forth between…

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58% off 1 year of SpiderOak Pro: 200 GB of cloud storage for the security-obsessed

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by on October 30, 2014 at 2:30 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Offers

When it comes to storing data, it’s important to choose a solution that’s easy to use, secure and private. You need to be able to back up your files, access them when you want to, share them with friends, family and colleagues, and rest assured that no one will be able to snoop around to steal or copy them. SpiderOak’s premium backup service checks all those boxes, and more. Even Edward Snowden endorsed SpiderOak, encouraging people to switch over from Dropbox. Built with privacy in mind, SpiderOak lets you securely back up all your files — including your photo library,…

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