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Tempo takes its smart calendar app to iPad

Sep04
by on September 4, 2014 at 4:46 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Insider

More than a year after Tempo AI launched its smart calendar app for iPhone, it has finally been optimized for iPad users too. To recap, Tempo emerged from the vaults of SRI International, the same non-profit research institute that gave rise to Siri. Tempo understands the context around your event and pulls in not only addresses and directions, but contact information for people you’re meeting, related documents and more. Back in July, Tempo also introduced support for natural language input, while traffic delay warnings from Waze were added too. With Tempo for iPad now available, users can sync their calendars…

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Google exec Megan Smith named Chief Technology Officer of the US

Sep04
by on September 4, 2014 at 4:40 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

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Today the White House announced it has selected Megan Smith, an experienced Google executive and engineer, as its newest Chief Technology Officer, taking the reigns from CTO Todd Park. She will be joined by new Deputy CTO Alexander Macgillivray, a former Twitter lawyer known for defending the free flow of information online. Smith is currently the Vice President at Google[x], a research lab where Google works on some of its most futuristic ideas – most famously its self driving cars. Before this, she led Google in its acquisitions of several platforms, including Google Maps and Picasa. Smith is also known for…

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24me smart assistant updated ahead of iOS 8, Android beta launched

Sep04
by on September 4, 2014 at 3:00 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Insider, Product Launches, Product Updates

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24me, a mobile smart assistant for tracking chores, tasks, schedules and more, has been updated today to bring a visual refresh and new features such as a desktop widget for iOS 8 devices and calendar-linked note-taking capabilities. The release also marks availability of the app for Android devices for the first time. On the iPhone, the new widget gives a quick overview of all your events, tasks and notes and will provide you with information and notifications about anything scheduled for each day. The update also allows you to complete your to-do lists directly from the ‘Today’ screen. Although iOS 8 isn’t quite rolling out to the general public…

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Evernote for Android completely overhauled with new look, navigation, Web clipper and more

Sep04
by on September 4, 2014 at 1:41 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Insider, Product Updates

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Evernote has released an updated version of its Android app which ushers in a number of new features and a significant redesign aimed at making navigating the app a bit more efficient. For version 6.0 of Evernote for Android, the company focused on fully refreshing the feel of the app, so there’s now a floating New Note button denoted by a + sign) to provide faster access to creating all kinds of different new Notes. You can also now swipe from the left edge to quickly access your notebooks, tags and other shortcuts. Business users will also be able to…

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Google meshes ‘smack talk’ with GIFs to launch the Madden Giferator for the new NFL season

Sep04
by on September 4, 2014 at 1:37 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Google, Insider

You may have noticed that GIFs have made a big resurgence in recent times, and as such, to mark the start of the new (US) football season, Google has partnered with EA Sports to roll out the Madden Giferator, meshing GIFs and ‘smack talk’ into shareable little nuggets of content. During every NFL game, the Madden Giferator will create and broadcast a stream of memes using live NFL game data and Madden NFL 15 footage, converted into little GIFs (yes, this is ultimately a promotional tool). These will appear on the Web-based MaddenGIFERATOR.com, and circulated across the usual social channels….

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