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Skype for Windows Phone gets location sharing, picture saving, and notification controls for each conversation

Sep10
by on September 10, 2014 at 3:21 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Mobile

Skype today updated its Windows Phone app with three new features. You can download the new version now directly from the Windows Phone Store. First up, you can now share your location with the people in your conversation, a new feature that is landing on Windows Phone first. To turn on Location Sharing, tap the plus icon in a chat and select “share location.” Next, you can now save images that have been shared in chat: tap the image to enlarge it, then tap for more menu options and select “save photo.” Also in the more options section, you can…

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Mozilla, Netflix, Kickstarter and others join ‘Day of Action’ campaign to promote net neutrality

Sep10
by on September 10, 2014 at 2:02 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

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Some of the most prolific technology companies are banding together today to rally support for net neutrality and challenge proposals that many fear will create a two-tiered system on the internet. Reddit, Netflix, Mozilla, Foursquare, Vimeo, Kickstarter and Dropbox, among others, have thrown their support behind the ‘Day of Action‘ on September 10. The campaign is spearheaded by Battle for the Net, a site backed by Freepress, Fight for the Future, Demand Progress and Engine. It offers banner images, widgets and profile pictures of the classic loading symbol that anyone can display prominently on their site, social media or forum accounts. They highlight what could…

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Microsoft previews Azure’s Live Streaming and Content Protection, makes Media Indexer generally available

Sep10
by on September 10, 2014 at 1:55 pm
Posted In: Around the Web

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Microsoft today released the public previews of Live Streaming and Content Protection offerings as part of its Azure Media Services suite. At the same time, the company announced Azure Media Services Indexer is now generally available. Microsoft touts that it is now the only provider that offers live streaming as part of an end-to-end workflow. Live Streaming enables its customers to stream their own HD quality live events, and create live linear and live to video on demand (VOD) experiences. The company points out this is the same solution that delivered the 2014 Olympic Winter Games and the 2014 FIFA…

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GifDeck is a super easy way of transforming SlideShares into animated GIFs

Sep10
by on September 10, 2014 at 1:23 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Insider, Product Launches, Product Reviews

File and presentation-hosting platform SlideShare launched way back in 2006, letting users upload PowerPoint, PDF, Keynote or OpenDocument files to share publicly or privately, and was acquired by LinkedIn in a $119 million deal back in 2012. Indeed, SlideShare remains a popular tool for sharing presentations with others, but a new tool called GifDeck brings an interesting new feature into the mix by letting you switfly transform your decks into easy-to-share animated GIFs. Here’s how it works. Simply grab a SlideShare URL, I used this one, and paste it into GifDeck. Click the ‘Settings’ icon to alter the interval between the…

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Deezer announces US launch with new high-quality music streaming service

Sep10
by on September 10, 2014 at 1:00 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

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Deezer, the second-largest streaming music service in terms of paid subscribers, has announced its US debut with the upcoming launch of a new high-resolution subscription. Dubbed Deezer Elite,  the premium offering works exclusively on Sonos systems and offers audio quality on par with CDs. US customers will have access to the Deezer Elite beta starting September 15 through a partnership with Sonos and its professional installers. The service will then roll out globally at a later date. At launch, Deezer Elite will offer a promotional price of $14.99 a month or $120 for the year, but the monthly fee will…

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