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WikiWand makes Wikipedia beautiful

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by on August 19, 2014 at 11:33 am
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Insider, Product Reviews

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Wikipedia is one of the Web’s most visited properties. From quantum mechanics to Laurel and Hardy, the online encyclopedia delivers good primers on just about any topic you can think of. But doesn’t the interface sometimes feel as though it belongs to a previous era? The Wikipedia of August 2004 reveals not a lot has changed, aesthetically at least. This is where WikiWand wants to help. WikiWand is the handiwork of Lior Grossman, who co-founded the startup back in 2013 before recently tying up $600,000 in funding to build the Wikipedia of the Future. Available as an extension for Chrome,…

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This chart shows the world’s internet usage shifting to smartphones

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by on August 19, 2014 at 10:47 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Shareables

It’s well known that mobile phones are increasingly the primary device for accessing the internet across the world. Here’s a great way to illustrate that using Google’s Public Data service. Plotting smartphone usage against PC usage produces this fascinating chart which literally shows the rise of smartphone usage over the past three years. Click Play to see the data change over time The chart is not optimized for mobile. Apologies for that. It’s worth bearing in mind that this data comes from TNS Germany which, though a reputable source of information, means there may be anomalies. Nonetheless, it demonstrates one of the most important technological trends of the…

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Nokia Lumia 530 arriving in the UK on September 4 priced from £60

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by on August 19, 2014 at 9:29 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Gadgets, Insider, Product Updates, UK

Microsoft has announced that its Nokia Lumia 530 smartphone will be on sale in the UK from September 4 from a range of retailers and operators. Announced last month, the device has a 4-inch FWVGA display, 1.2GHz quad-core processor, 4GB of storage (with microSD card support up to 128GB) and a 5-megapixel camera on the rear. It’s also one of the first of Microsoft’s devices to arrive running the updated Windows Phone 8.1 operating system, which means it has the new features like the Action Center and support for a more customizable home screen and wallpapers. While each operator and…

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SpinMe for Android is an alarm clock that only deactivates when you spin around

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by on August 19, 2014 at 8:15 am
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Insider

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More than a year after it launched for iOS, the annoying but purpose-serving alarm clock app SpinMe is now available for Android users too. With SpinMe, the only easy way of switching off your alarm is by physically getting out of bed and spinning yourself around (with the phone in your hand, obviously). It works thanks to the motion-sensing gyroscope now available on many smartphones. Based on our brief tinkerings, SpinMe for Android works exactly like its iPhone counterpart. When you’re rudely awoken from the land of nod, you will be instructed to stand up, hold your device flat and…

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