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Jolla’s Sailfish OS smartphone goes on sale in India, exclusively on Snapdeal.com

Sep23
by on September 23, 2014 at 10:04 am
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Gadgets

As expected, Jolla’s Sailfish OS-powered smartphone is now on sale in India, available exclusively through Snapdeal.com, one of India’s major online marketplaces. Founded by a group of ex-Nokia employees who believed that MeeGo deserved a second chance, Jolla is the first smartphone to offer a fresh take on the forgotten platform, which is now called Sailfish OS, and the bundled Sailfish browser is built on Mozilla’s open source Gecko browser engine. Last December, we announced the Jolla smartphone was finally going on sale across Europe through an online store on Jolla’s website. And now, it’s available in India too, for Rs. 16,499 ($270…

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Jolla’s Sailfish OS smartphone goes on sale in India, exclusively on Snapdeal.com

Sep23
by on September 23, 2014 at 10:04 am
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Gadgets

As expected, Jolla’s Sailfish OS-powered smartphone is now on sale in India, available exclusively through Snapdeal.com, one of India’s major online marketplaces. Founded by a group of ex-Nokia employees who believed that MeeGo deserved a second chance, Jolla is the first smartphone to offer a fresh take on the forgotten platform, which is now called Sailfish OS, and the bundled Sailfish browser is built on Mozilla’s open source Gecko browser engine. Last December, we announced the Jolla smartphone was finally going on sale across Europe through an online store on Jolla’s website. And now, it’s available in India too, for Rs. 16,499 ($270…

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Instagram ads arrive in the UK

Sep23
by on September 23, 2014 at 8:40 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Product Launches, UK

Facebook Annouces A New Product

As promised, Instagram is bringing ads to its users in the UK. They will begin to appear in the app later today and will feature “carefully selected brands” such as Starbucks, Cadbury and Sony Music. Ads will be highlighted with a “Sponsored” tag next to the name of the photo or video’s creator. The hope is that they’ll be of an exceptional quality and feel like native content, which users are then happy to interact with in their feed. “We want ads on Instagram to be as engaging and high-quality as the experience of flipping through a favourite magazine,” James Quarles, Global…

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The Apple Watch is actually thinner than you might think

Sep23
by on September 23, 2014 at 8:28 am
Posted In: Analysis and Opinion, Apple watch, Around the Web

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Yesterday I had a interesting conversation with Alex, our talented designer at The Next Web, about the Apple Watch. We talked about how it supposedly isn’t waterproof, and if there would’ve been a market for the Nike Fuelband or not. We also wondered if future versions might contain a camera or not. When I asked him if he was considering getting one, he said “Well yeah, maybe the next version when they make it thinner. This one is too thick for me”. Then we looked at his Rolex up close and I suggested the Apple Watch might only be two or three millimeters thicker….

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