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Microsoft adds noise reduction to its Blink photo app for Windows Phone in pursuit of clearer GIFs

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by on October 6, 2014 at 7:00 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Product Updates

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Microsoft’s Blink burst mode camera app for Windows Phone devices has been updated today with a feature specifically designed to make your GIFs look better. While we took a look at Blink’s redesign and new features back in March, there has always been one small issue with using to create a moving image from a series of stills – if the image quality isn’t exactly the same, it’s obvious where each frame changes, which somewhat ruins the overall effect and efforts of the image stabilization algorithm. However, following today’s update that should be less of a problem as there’s a new algorithm…

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Google Slides gets opacity, brightness and contrast image editing

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by on October 6, 2014 at 5:48 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Google

Google today announced new editing options for its Slides presentation service. You’ll now be able to adjust opacity, brightness, and contrast for an image, as well as change its color to match your theme. You can access the new editing features through the toolbar, format menu, and right-click menu. Google first added basic image editing to the service back in March. ➤ Edit and adjust images from right inside Google Slides [Google Drive]

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What’s the point of appearing on ‘Shark Tank’? A year after the fame

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by on October 6, 2014 at 5:18 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Entrepreneur, Profiles and Interviews

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“Ladies, you are going to become legends. You came into the shark tank, you had a deal… and you didn’t close it.” Photo courtesy of Surprise Ride One year after hearing those words from Kevin O’Leary, Donna Khalife isn’t licking her wounds. In November 2013, she and her sister/co-founder Rosy appeared on ABC’s Shark Tank. Their startup, Surprise Ride, had launched in beta mode earlier that year, founded on $5,000 of the sisters’ money. Of all the startups that appeared on their episode, Surprise Ride – a Birchbox for kids that sends thematic, hands-on activities through monthly mail subscriptions –…

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LinkedIn now tells you which actions led to higher profile views

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by on October 6, 2014 at 3:42 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

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LinkedIn is giving users better information about which actions on the business-focused social network encourage people to look at their profile page. Under the “Who’s Viewed Your Profile” section, LinkedIn has added a new area on the right-hand side listing notable actions the user has taken over a specific time frame. This could include posting a status update, joining a prominent group, giving endorsements or making new connections. The hope is that when someone the user is keen to work with looks at their profile page, they can deduce what they’ve done to trigger it. Replicating these actions might then lead to further valuable…

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Media streaming app Plex is coming to Xbox One and Xbox 360

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by on October 6, 2014 at 3:27 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Product Launches

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If you’re looking for a home media server for all those DVDs and Blu-rays that you’ve ripped, there’s a good chance you’ve heard about Plex. Beginning tomorrow, Xbox One owners will finally get their own Plex client and be able to stream all their media directly to their HDTV. Tomorrow Plex will be available in the Xbox Live store for Plex Premium subscribers and will be available for Xbox 360 owners “very soon.” The Xbox client connects to your home Plex server (available for Mac, Windows, Linux and BSD) that streams videos, music and photos. There are already clients for…

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