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This Barclays Premier League app is the perfect guide for attending away games

Sep11
by on September 11, 2014 at 12:53 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Product Launches

Every weekend, football fans travel across the country to see if their favorite team can pick up some points away from home. To make the trek just a little easier, the Barclays Premier League has launched an Away Days app with everything you need to know. Once you’ve selected a team you’ll get a vertical list of upcoming fixtures. Tapping each one will display a dashboard with all sorts of useful information; when and how to buy tickets, the best route for finding the stadium, exclusive offers and discounts, and some history about the grounds. One of the best features is the…

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Rakuten isn’t ruling out more billion-dollar deals to grow its US e-commerce business

Sep11
by on September 11, 2014 at 12:05 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Asia, ebates, rakuten

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Rakuten announced the much-rumored acquisition of US e-commerce company Ebates, which operates a number of shopping sites, for $1 billion this week, but it is far from done with efforts to expand in North America. The Japanese company has acquired smaller rivals in Western markets in the past — including Buy.com for $250 million in 2010, and Europe-based Play.com for $39 million in 2011 — and although its outlay on Ebates is far higher, it is one that the company actually sees as a bargain. “A billion-dollar deal is very strategic and smart in this case,” Yaz Iida, executive VP of Rakuten USA and senior executive officer…

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Goodbye, 4oD: Channel 4 will relaunch its catch-up TV platform as All 4 in the UK next year

Sep11
by on September 11, 2014 at 9:24 am
Posted In: Around the Web, UK

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British television broadcaster Channel 4 will rebrand its on-demand television streaming service, 4oD, as “All 4″ early next year. The new name will also be used to launch a revamped service that splits content into three areas: On Demand, Now and On Soon. These three tabs will be displayed prominently at the top of each app or webpage, giving users faster access to Channel 4’s past programming, live channels and upcoming shows. On Demand, as the name suggests, will house all of Channel 4’s catch-up content. Although it will be primarily for TV shows, the broadcaster plans to bolster the…

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Goodbye, 4oD: Channel 4 will relaunch its catch-up TV platform as All 4 in the UK next year

Sep11
by on September 11, 2014 at 9:24 am
Posted In: Around the Web, UK

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British television broadcaster Channel 4 will rebrand its on-demand television streaming service, 4oD, as “All 4″ early next year. The new name will also be used to launch a revamped service that splits content into three areas: On Demand, Now and On Soon. These three tabs will be displayed prominently at the top of each app or webpage, giving users faster access to Channel 4’s past programming, live channels and upcoming shows. On Demand, as the name suggests, will house all of Channel 4’s catch-up content. Although it will be primarily for TV shows, the broadcaster plans to bolster the…

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Viber introduces videos calls to its mobile chat apps for Android and iOS

Sep11
by on September 11, 2014 at 9:11 am
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, viber

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Viber, the mobile messaging app bought by Japan’s e-commerce giant Rakuten for $900 million, is spreading its wings beyond voice calling on mobile after it introduced video calling to its Android and iOS apps. The service has offered video calling from its desktop apps for some while, but Viber CEO Talmon Marco tells TNW that it is now ready to replicate the experience on mobile, after two years of work and testing. Marco says that the service is robust enough to support video calling even on the most basic network connections, but obviously a weak signal won’t produce an HD-quality experience….

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