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Google acquires Polar for Google+, will close its polling service at the end of 2014

Sep11

by Sindy Cator on September 11, 2014 at 5:23 pm

Google has acquired Polar, a startup that allows anyone to create a visual poll for their website or app. Terms of the deal haven’t been disclosed. Dave Besbris, the current leader of Google+, confirmed that Polar employees would be joining his team to make the social network “even more awesome.” If you were a fan of Polar’s services though, bad news: Polar says it’ll be keeping its publisher tools available until the end of 2014, after which point they will presumably be shuttered for good. If you’ve been using Polar and want to save an archive, you can request a…

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Google updates Drive and Docs with improved screen reader, Braille display, and accessibility phone support

Sep11

by Sindy Cator on September 11, 2014 at 5:17 pm

Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Google, Insider

Google today announced a major accessibility update to Google Drive as well as Google Docs, Sheets, Slides, Drawings, and Forms. Specifically designed with blind and low-vision users in mind, the improvements include an improved screen reader and Braille display, as well as phone support. First up, the updated screen reader support includes better text-to-voice verbalization and improvements to keyboard navigation. You should also notice: Support for alt text on images in Docs, so you can tell a screen reader what they should say to describe an image. Better support for using a keyboard to edit charts and pivot tables in…

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Culture is everything: How I reclaimed an employee back from Apple

Sep11

by Sindy Cator on September 11, 2014 at 5:11 pm

Posted In: Analysis and Opinion, Around the Web, Entrepreneur

Jerry Jao is the founder and CEO of Retention Science. The widely accepted “dream job” of many engineers is to work for a Silicon Valley tech giant such as Google, Facebook or Twitter. So I wasn’t surprised when, last summer, our intern Vedant told us that he had received a full time job offer from Apple. I knew that, like many aspiring engineers, it was his “dream job,” but at the same time, I believed that my company, Retention Science, could provide him with a different (but no less valuable) type of opportunity. Before I offered him a job, I…

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Chromebooks can now run some Android apps for the first time, including Evernote and Vine

Sep11

by Sindy Cator on September 11, 2014 at 5:00 pm

Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Google, Insider, Product Launches

We knew that Google planned to add support for running Android apps on Chromebooks since the company announced it back at Google I/O in June, but today we’ve had confirmation that the first Android apps to run on Chrome OS are now available to download. Although jut a few months back the project was described as “in its early days”, it seems Google has got the system working smoothly enough to unleash the first four apps from the App Runtime for Chrome (beta) on the general public. Catchy project name, isn’t it? Among the four are Duolingo‘s language-learning app, Evernote, Vine…

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You can now pay for street-hailed taxis with Hailo’s mobile app

Sep11

by Sindy Cator on September 11, 2014 at 4:01 pm

Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Insider, Product Launches, Product Updates

When you next hail a taxi on a street corner, there’s a chance you’ll be able to climb inside and pay for your journey with the Hailo app. Hailo is launching a new service today called ‘Pay with Hailo,’ which means that even when you haven’t booked a taxi with the Hailo app, partnered drivers can accept or offer the app as a way to settle the final cab fare. It’s being launched today in Ireland and the city of Boston, which Hailo says already covers thousands of taxis. In the coming weeks, the company will expand the payment option to…

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