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Netflix now lets you privately recommend TV shows to your Facebook friends

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by on September 2, 2014 at 1:11 pm
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Netflix today launched a new social recommendation feature to let its users suggest TV shows to their Facebook friends. It is available starting today on the Netflix website, iOS, PS3, Xbox, and many set-top boxes and smart TVs, though the company says it will be adding additional platforms “in the coming months.” It’s worth emphasizing that the feature is only available when you finish watching an episode (and Netflix specifically says “shows” multiple times, but not movies). This should, in theory, reduce the chance of being spammed with recommendations by your friends. After watching, you’ll be prompted to connect your…

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Content marketers: BuzzSumo helps you understand what your audience wants

Sep02
by on September 2, 2014 at 12:10 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Product Launches

Content has become the marketing battleground online, but knowing what works with your target audience is key to success. BuzzSumo hopes to help content marketers in that regard with new paid plans for its service that exposes the best-performing content and the most influential people around a wide range of topics. If you want to see what types of infographic about e-commerce get shared the most, which smartphone giveaways perform the best, who to approach to help promote your new video on gardening – or anything else, BuzzSumo is well worth digging into. It also offers content analysis reports and you can…

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Sky’s NOW TV app for Android and iOS lets you watch on the big screen via Chromecast

Sep02
by on September 2, 2014 at 11:34 am
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Insider, Product Updates

Sky’s mobile apps for its NOW TV streaming service have been updated today to add key new functionality – Google Chromecast support. Quietly added into the existing apps without fanfare, the feature finally allows users to cast TV shows, movies and sporting events to a TV, rather than being forced to watch back on a mobile device or via a desktop/laptop browser. It also means there’s little need to buy the Roku-made £10 NOW TV streaming box to achieve the same thing. The update is available for Android and iOS now, but you’ll need to be a paying NOW TV customer to take…

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Sidestage brings its musician-booking platform to London

Sep02
by on September 2, 2014 at 10:55 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider, Product Updates, UK

Sidestage, a platform for booking bands, DJs and other musicians for private gigs, is now open to users in London, following an initial launch in Berlin in July. For the London launch, Sidestage has a handful (around 25, to be precise) of musicians ready to book immediately, with prices ranging from around €120 to more than €15,000 to book the electronic duo Azedia. Interested musicians can pop along to chat with the Sidestage team at its meetup on September 9 in London. While it’s a potentially useful idea, the company will need to work hard to increase the number of artists offering their services via…

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Sqwiggle now lets you use your iPad as a ‘second screen’ for always-on team video chats

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by on September 2, 2014 at 10:18 am
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Insider, Product Launches, productivity

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Sqwiggle, a platform for helping remote teams work together more efficiently by utilizing always-on group video chat, has just launched its first iPad app, building on its established Web and Mac apps. Soft-launched a few days back, the iPad app has been designed to work in tandem with the desktop app. So when you open it, all the potential video streams move across to the iPad, but all the text chat stays on the desktop. Closing the app automatically moves any conversations back to the desktop. Just like the desktop, the iPad app will also show still images of each team…

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