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Google to refund parents at least $19 million for children’s unauthorized in-app purchases

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by on September 4, 2014 at 5:40 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

If you’ve ever found an unexpected charge on your credit card after letting your kid borrow your Android device, you may be in for a refund. Today the Federal Trade Commission announced that Google has a agreed to refund a minimum of $19 million to consumers who were charged for purchases made by their children without authorization. Google has also agreed to change its Play Store billing practices so as to better obtain express consent for in-app purchases. The Commission alleges that many consumers reported hundreds of dollars of unauthorized charges due to current billing practices. Many free apps contain in-app purchases…

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WordPress 4.0 arrives with embedded content previews, automatically expanding editor, and new plugin installer

Sep04
by on September 4, 2014 at 5:34 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Design & Dev, Insider

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WordPress.org today launched WordPress 4.0, which adds a slew of new features to give you a “smoother writing and management experience” with the blog management tool. You can download the new release now from WordPress.org/Download (6.3MB). Dubbed “Benny” in honor of American jazz clarinetist and bandleader Benny Goodman, WordPress 4.0 isn’t a major release; Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg says “4.0 is just another number for us after 3.9 and before 4.1″ but he says the teams feels it has “put a little extra polish into it.” Here’s their video to show it off: The new features are as follows: Manage…

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Facebook releases its Privacy Checkup tool for helping users review who they’re sharing with

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by on September 4, 2014 at 5:29 pm
Posted In: Around the Web

Facebook has announced the roll-out of its Privacy Checkup tool, which lets existing users look over their sharing settings to make sure everything’s in order. The expanded feature was originally announced back in May. Users should see a pop-up to go through the process in the next few days. The tool guides you through sharing settings for your posts, connected apps and profile information. If you ever want to re-run Privacy Checkup, you can find it under the Privacy Shortcut option on Facebook’s menu bar. ➤ Privacy Checkup Is Now Rolling Out

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WSJ: Apple wearable reportedly to come in two sizes with NFC capabilities

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by on September 4, 2014 at 5:23 pm
Posted In: Around the Web

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With less than a week before the big reveal in Cupertino, The Wall Street Journal reports that Apple will announce a smartwatch that comes in two sizes and supports mobile payments. The wearable (dubbed iWatch by many) is rumored to be announced at Apple’s event on September 9. According to The Wall Street Journal, the device will be available in two sizes (possibly one for men and one for women), will support NFC mobile payments and will be more than just a fitness tracker. That’s the good news. The bad news is that the watch will not be available until 2015 according to “people…

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Google Ventures’ 6-step design process: How we revamped our entire product in less than a week

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by on September 4, 2014 at 5:17 pm
Posted In: Analysis and Opinion, Around the Web, Design & Dev, How-To's, Insider

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Bastiaan Janmaat is the CEO DataFox, a predictive intelligence company reinventing the way investors, analysts, and business development professionals research and track technology companies. This article was co-written with Mike Dorsey, DataFox’s Head of Product. Time is often the scarcest resource for a startup. When you’re building a complex technology, how do you prioritize between laying the foundation (the back end) and packaging it delightfully (the front end)? How do you quickly define what you are building next and make sure that everyone is on the same page? We faced this dilemma recently and reached out to the design team at Google Ventures (our…

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