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Pocket Casts opens up its Web-based podcast player to all – here’s what you need to know

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by on October 17, 2014 at 9:22 am
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Insider, Product Reviews

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Pocket Casts by Shifty Jelly is a well known and broadly loved podcast app for iOS and Android, and now it’s available to everyone via the Web too, following a closed beta period. Huzzah! With its arrival on the desktop via the Web app, we decided a closer look at the service was long overdue. It’s worth pointing out that right now, Pocket Casts on the Web is still a very new product – so you’d be right to expect new features in the future, and might still stumble across the occasional bug. Simplicity You’ll need to visit  http://play.pocketcasts.com to log in (if you’re an existing…

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September game console sales up 200% over 2013 with PlayStation 4 still beating the Xbox One

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by on October 17, 2014 at 12:40 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Gadgets, Insider

Fueled by the launch of the new Bungie game, Destiny — and the bundling of consoles and games — Microsoft and Sony’s console sales did pretty well in September. According to NDP Group, industry analysts, console sales were up 200 percent for September 2014 versus the same time last year. Overall hardware sales were up 136 percent. Of course, a lot of the year-over-year growth has to do with the fact that neither the PlayStation 4 nor Xbox One were available in September 2013. Both consoles launched in November of that year. But both devices accounted for 85 percent of hardware sales…

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