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Y Combinator’s SoundFocus begins preorders for Amp, an iPhone speaker case and headphone amp

Oct08
by on October 8, 2014 at 2:02 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

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SoundFocus, a startup specializing in personalized audio signals for your smartphone, has announced Amp, a new hardware product designed to drastically improve the sound quality of your iPhone. The Amp case lengthens the size of your iPhone by adding stereo speakers on the top and bottom. It also houses an external battery that should add roughly 25 percent extra battery life. When the device ships in Spring 2015, it will support iPhone 5 and later. Amp’s preorder price is $69, but it’s expected to retail for $129. The iPhone 5s prototype that the SoundFocus team brought to our meeting didn’t…

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Moto X (2014) review: The best Android phone you can get outside of Google HQ

Oct08
by on October 8, 2014 at 2:00 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Gadgets, Insider, motorola, Product Reviews

Moto X 2014 Review

When the original Moto X launched last year, I was in the market for a new Android phone. Yet the lure of Moto X’s $199 price tag and customizable touches didn’t sway me. Perhaps it seemed gimmicky and appeared to pack more fashion than hardware and software punches. I also couldn’t look past the budget specs at the same price as an iPhone 5 or Samsung Galaxy S5. The second-generation Moto X proved completely otherwise. After spending a month with Motorola’s latest flagship smartphone, everything about its improvements make the Moto X the best Android phone you can buy today. Design The most noticeable difference…

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Square Order now lets you order ahead and alerts restaurants and cafes of your impending arrival

Oct08
by on October 8, 2014 at 1:00 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Insider, Product Updates

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Time is in short supply. It’s a steady unending slog away from our youth that drags us along while we toil away at the office. The procession is all the worse when you can’t spare the extra 15 minutes needed to stand in line at coffee shop because you don’t want to drink the blacker-than-night liquid that’s been simmering for three days in the office coffee machine. The updated Square Order app for iOS and Android lets you not only skip the line, but you can order your coffee — or whatever — from a local shop, and it won’t be prepared until the…

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Square Order now lets you order ahead and alerts restaurants and cafes of your impending arrival

Oct08
by on October 8, 2014 at 1:00 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Insider, Product Updates

1008_sqaure1

Time is in short supply. It’s a steady unending slog away from our youth that drags us along while we toil away at the office. The procession is all the worse when you can’t spare the extra 15 minutes needed to stand in line at coffee shop because you don’t want to drink the blacker-than-night liquid that’s been simmering for three days in the office coffee machine. The updated Square Order app for iOS and Android lets you not only skip the line, but you can order your coffee — or whatever — from a local shop, and it won’t be prepared until the…

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Flush with fresh funding, Product Hunt will soon let you follow other users

Oct08
by on October 8, 2014 at 1:00 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Insider

Product Hunt

Product Hunt, the community based around finding the best new products, has announced today that it’s rolling out a number of new features as well as having raised $6.1 Million in funding, led by Andreessen Horowitz. The service will soon let its users follow each other and get notifications when someone they respect posts a new product to the site. Additionally, user profiles have been redesigned to include more information and highlight products built by those people. Product Hunt, which launched in late 2013, only recently announced an iOS app as well as its $1 million seed round just last month. The…

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