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Facebook now lets you reorder your mobile photo uploads and create stories for context

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by on October 27, 2014 at 8:33 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

Facebook today announced it’s bringing some updated functionality to its Android and iOS apps. Now when you upload photos from either, you can choose arrange the photos to upload in your preferred order. In addition, you’ll also get a preview of how the story will show up on your friends’ feeds, giving you the ability to add an introduction for the entire photo story as well as captions for individual images. You can rearrange the photos in this stage too. When friends open up the photos, they’ll see them displayed in a vertical story format they can scroll through.   These are nice…

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Last chance for early bird tickets to TNW USA Conference

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by on October 27, 2014 at 6:23 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Voice

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With The Next Web USA Conference now just over a month away, ticket prices will increase significantly tomorrow night (click here to purchase your discount ticket now). If you’ve ever been to one of our events, you’ll know that TNW Conferences are always an excellent opportunity to network with the industry’s leading influencers, discover the best up-and-coming startups and learn from some of the world’s most inspirational speakers. And this year’s US conference is set to deliver on all three fronts. We’ve announced the first 10 startups that you shouldn’t miss on December 10. Our schedule is almost full, with talks…

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Customer segmentation and personalization: How to combine 2 powerful techniques

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by on October 27, 2014 at 6:14 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Design & Dev, Entrepreneur

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David Arnoux is Head of Growth and co-founder of Twoodo, helping teams organize using simple #hashtags. This post originally appeared on the Twoodo blog. Customer segmentation means categorizing your visitors/users in a way that achieves a business goal – even your early adopters. There are tons of benefits to correctly segmenting: avoiding useless channels, identifying the most profitable channels, improving your customer service, discovering unexplored niches and more. It all boils down to using your resources wisely to achieve maximum profitability. Before we get into this deeply, I’d like to bring up a fascinating story of how Target (USA) ironically over-targeted its customers. The famous…

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YouTube Space arrives in Brazil’s São Paulo, its fifth video-production hub globally

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by on October 27, 2014 at 5:21 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Google, Insider

Adding to its existing studios in LA, Tokyo, New York and London, Google is launching a new YouTube Space in the Brazilian city of São Paulo. YouTube Spaces are all about encouraging and working with video-makers, and they feature courses, workshops and a host of equipment that’s free to use, including cameras, lights and microphones. Google says that more than 30,000 people have attended in excess of 450 workshops at YouTube Spaces globally since its inception back in 2012, with 6,000 videos emanating from the hubs. YouTube partnered with Instituto Criar for the initiative, and today’s news comes just two…

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ZenHub’s project management platform aims to make it easier for non-techies to use GitHub

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by on October 27, 2014 at 5:12 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Design & Dev, development, github, Insider, Product Launches

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GitHub is a wonderful repository of tools and knowledgeable users, but it can be pretty intimidating if you don’t really know anything about coding or development. Step-up ZenHub, a new project management platform integrated with GitHub that promises to streamline workflows for developers and non-coding business users alike. ZenHub claims it’s the only platform to offer advanced GitHub integrations like real-time drag-and-drop Issue Task Boards, support for uploading any file type into GitHub’s interface and peer feedback via a simple +1 button. The idea behind the all-encompassing platform is that by adding native support, ZenHub cuts down on the need…

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