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Giveaway: Win a new iPhone 6

Sep17
by on September 17, 2014 at 1:30 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Offers

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Apple’s new iPhone 6 represents the cutting edge in mobile device technology and manufacturing. It’s available in two sizes that featuring new Retina HD displays, the lightning-fast 64-bit A8 processor for faster performance and improved battery life, and the groundbreaking iSight camera that shoots 1080p video at 60fps and 240fps for slow-motion. It’s the perfect device to fit into your life, and now you can win it in our giveaway — no purchase necessary! Just visit the giveaway page and submit your email address to enter. You can even improve your chances of winning by sharing on Facebook and Twitter….

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Google Maps now lets you add ‘missing places’ including points-of-interest directly from your phone

Sep17
by on September 17, 2014 at 1:13 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Google, Insider

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Google is now letting users add missing places and points-of-interest to Maps directly from within the mobile apps. To access the feature, you simply tap anywhere on a map, and bring up the full details of the address. Hit the ‘Add a Missing Place’ link, and you’ll be able to complete Place Name, Category, Phone Number, and Website.     In terms of which categories are included, well, pretty much anything and everything – including Bars, Shops, Cinemas, Schools, Parks and Hospitals. Before you hit ‘Send’, Google notifies you that you’ll receive updates on the status of these changes to the…

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Treehouse releases Android app, adds course for Apple’s Swift programming language

Sep17
by on September 17, 2014 at 1:00 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

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Technology education startup Treehouse has today announced its first Android app, alongside a set of new courses for Apple’s Swift programming language. Treehouse announced its iPad app just a year ago and moves onto Android to help students learn directly on their mobile phones while on the go. The Android app gives access to 1,000 course videos on the go, as well as quizzes, exercises and challenges to help students retain information. The company also touts that the new Swift programming course is one of the first full video tutorials for the programming language, despite Apple only unveiling it at WWDC in…

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Fleksy flexes its iOS 8 muscles as the keyboard app arrives for iPhone and iPad

Sep17
by on September 17, 2014 at 12:59 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Insider, Product Launches

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We’re already seeing a slew of third-party keyboard apps arrive for the public launch of iOS 8 today and, as expected, Fleksy is now flexing its iOS muscles too with its official arrival for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch users. Fleksy has actually been available on iOS for a while already, launching back in 2012 for the visually impaired, before going on to integrate with a myriad of third-party applications. But with iOS 8, Apple is opening the floodgates to system-wide access, meaning you can now use alternative keyboards automatically in all your applications, from SMS and your address book,…

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Horizon for Android means no more vertical videos

Sep17
by on September 17, 2014 at 12:58 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Insider, Product Launches

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Back in January we brought you news on Horizon, a neat new iPhone app that essentially means no more vertical videos. And today, it’s launching for Android users too. While shooting a video in vertical mode is fine if you intend to play it back on your phone, any plans involving watching later on your big-screen TV will end in disaster. Yes, those infamous black bars that frame many home-made YouTube skits are all the result of vertical capture. Horizon lets you shoot horizontal videos regardless of how you hold your device. You can rotate the camera from vertical to…

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