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Braintree launches a PayPal version of its convenient Venmo Touch feature

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by on August 19, 2014 at 4:05 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

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Mobile payment platform Braintree has launched One Touch PayPal, a new feature in its v.zero SDK that evolved from its Venmo Touch service. One Touch will allow users to authorize payments in third-party apps after authenticating via the PayPal or Venmo apps. Previously, Braintree’s PayPal support required you to enter your user ID and password once per app, but now it will support once per device. As for security, Braintree will monitor for unusual transactions and interject an extra authentication step, such as your personal verification questions. The service is currently in limited beta in the US and will roll…

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Mailbox for OS X enters public beta with new features, including snooze to device and Auto Swipe

Aug19
by on August 19, 2014 at 4:00 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Insider

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In the 1990s email was a quaint way of chatting with few friends. It was great. Then technology, as it always does, marched forward and more and more contacts, people, and businesses started emailing you, then SPAM appeared and suddenly that completely manageable inbox resembled a rats nest of offers, newsletters and maybe even a correspondence with a friend. While there are plenty of companies working to make email more manageable today, email-management system Mailbox just took a huge step towards solving most of your email problems by announcing an open beta on OS X. In addition to allowing anyone to signup for…

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25 of the best typefaces from July 2014

Aug19
by on August 19, 2014 at 3:37 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Design & Dev, Roundups

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Sean Mitchell is an interactive designer based in Vancouver, British Columbia, and the editor of TypeRelease. Here are 25 of our favorite typefaces released last month. Do you agree with our picks? Cultivated Mind: True North True North is a vintage inspired typeface with 16 styles and a monoline script. Zeune Ink: Wallington Wallington is a decorative serif embodying vintage & elegant curves with functional structure. Process Type Foundry: Pique Pique is a fast moving brush script. Webalys: Minicons Minicons contains 1500 minimal vector icons. Dada Studio: Servus Slab Servus Slab consists of nine weights with matching italics. Soneri Type: Ample Soft Ample Soft is monolinear…

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HTC One (M8) for Windows officially launched as a Verizon exclusive, available today for $99 up-front

Aug19
by on August 19, 2014 at 3:14 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Gadgets, Insider, Product Launches

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HTC has confirmed what we’ve all known for a little while now: it is launching a Windows Phone 8-based version of its flagship Android handset on the Verizon network in the US. Announced today in a blog post, the phone will offer a 2.3GHz quad-core processor, 5-inch full HD display, 32GB of onboard storage (plus support for microSD cards up to 128GB), HTC’s ‘Ultrapixel’ camera and the Windows Phone 8.1.1 operating system with Cortana.   Despite having a new OS under-the-bonnet, HTC has also ported across its custom UI tweaks like BlinkFeed and features like Video Highlights. Seemingly geared only…

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Microsoft updates OneNote for modern Windows with printing support, file insertion, and ink highlighting

Aug19
by on August 19, 2014 at 3:10 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Mobile

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In addition to the Android tablet release, Microsoft today updated its modern Windows app (read: Metro version) with support for printing, file insertion, and highlighting. You can download the new version now directly from the Windows Store. First and foremost, the app now lets you print your notes, something Microsoft says students in particular have been requesting. The company said “printing is the single biggest feature request.” OneNote now supports everything you might need: full color page previews, portrait and landscape orientations, multiple copies, duplex printing, and so on. To print your notes, just swipe from the right to display…

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