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Broadcom uses its new Wiced Sense Internet of Things quick prototyping device to woo new customers

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by on August 27, 2014 at 12:00 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Design & Dev, Insider

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Broadcom chips have already infiltrated Internet of Things devices from companies like Quirky and Electric Imp. Now it’s looking to the next generation of developers hoping to cash in on the connected home with it’s new Wiced device. The Wiced Sense development kit (pronounces “wicked”) is an open source hardware and software solution meant to help developers reduce quick prototyping of an an idea from two months to a few days. The Wiced Sense hardware uses Bluetooth to connect to the Wiced Sense companion app for iOS and users five low-power MEMS sensors to measure direction, speed, temperature, humidity and atmospheric pressure. The devices even…

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Philips is the first TV manufacturer to support Spotify Connect music streaming

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by on August 27, 2014 at 11:28 am
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Gadgets, Insider, Product Launches

TPVision, a subsidiary of Philips, has announced that it will be the first television manufacturer to support streaming music via Spotify Connect to a Philips TV. Announced today ahead of the start of the IFA trade show in Berlin next week, the integration will allow users to ‘cast’ music from the smartphone or tablet apps – and even continue doing other things on the device while the music plays on – to Android-based Philips Smart TVs. We’re not sure exactly how many people sit down and listen to music via their TVs – a stereo is certainly a more traditional…

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Mallzee makes moves to become the go-to mobile shopping destination for clothes

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by on August 27, 2014 at 11:17 am
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Insider, scotland

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Back in December last year, we brought you news on fashion startup Mallzee, a recommendation app for iPhone that learns a user’s style and suggests clothes they might like to buy from the likes of Urban Outfitters, ASOS, Topman and French Connection. It adopts a familiar (to some) Tinder-esque swiping system too. Like something? Swipe to the right. Hate it? Swipe to the left. Since we last caught up with Mallzee, the Edinburgh-based company has launched a version for iPad users too, but today sees the lid lifted on version 2.0, which heralds a handful of fresh features and general…

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Chat app Hike wants to be the gateway to the internet for India’s mobile-first generation

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by on August 27, 2014 at 10:53 am
Posted In: Around the Web, hike, India

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Facebook dominates India’s mobile app space. More than 100 million people in the country use its service month, while WhatsApp — the messaging app it bought for $19 billion — has 60 million active users there, and it’s adding 3 million more in India alone per month. Yet, still there are worthy competitors. Global chat apps Line and WeChat have made some progress since localizing their services in India last year — but it is Hike, an India-made app, that is catching the eye after raising a $65 million round of funding. Hike has raised a total of $21 million from parent company Bharti…

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Alibaba’s payments app will soon look a lot more like an e-commerce store

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by on August 27, 2014 at 10:22 am
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Asia, e-commerce, Payment, Product Updates

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Payments is a natural extension of e-commerce, and now Alibaba is pushing mobile shopping to users of its payments service Alipay by letting retailers create online storefronts within Alipay Wallet, the e-payment app relaunched last year to handle online-to-offline payments. Alipay has been recruiting merchants for its wallet app since June and now over 1,000 are on the platform. But now it is opening up access to its programming tools for merchants and software developers, including vendors on Alibaba’s Taobao marketplace and Tmall store. This is aimed at making it “easier and faster for independent merchants to develop Alipay Wallet virtual storefronts, thus opening…

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