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Running late? Glympse now lets you share your location from a Pebble smartwatch

Aug15
by on August 15, 2014 at 5:00 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Insider, Product Updates

Glympse, an app that lets you share your current location with specific people over a pre-determined period of time, is now supported on the Pebble smartwatch. Android and iOS users with the Glympse app can now bring up and share their whereabouts from their wrist. The implementation also supports messages and, if you’re running late, you can extend the sharing period in 15 minute chunks. As before, recipients don’t need the app to access your location; the live map can be accessed through any browser. It’s a nice touch that avoids the age-old problem of persuading friends to download yet…

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What to do when you don’t have UX unicorn money

Aug15
by on August 15, 2014 at 4:56 pm
Posted In: Analysis and Opinion, Around the Web, Design & Dev, How-To's

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Matt Grant is the Director of Content Strategy at Aquent. Everyone loves unicorns. They are magical, mystical creatures that live on clouds and dance on rainbows. They spread peace, love and joy wherever they go.  Unicorns are especially loved in the world of user experience (UX) where it would seem everybody wants one. In fact, to meet this demand, some have even started a school to produce them! What exactly is a UX unicorn? Here’s how UXUnicorn.com describes one: Mythical user experience designer with an advanced and adaptive skill range. Outstanding skills in graphic design, rapid prototyping, front-end development, user…

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What to do when you don’t have UX unicorn money

Aug15
by on August 15, 2014 at 4:56 pm
Posted In: Analysis and Opinion, Around the Web, Design & Dev, How-To's

unicorn

Matt Grant is the Director of Content Strategy at Aquent. Everyone loves unicorns. They are magical, mystical creatures that live on clouds and dance on rainbows. They spread peace, love and joy wherever they go.  Unicorns are especially loved in the world of user experience (UX) where it would seem everybody wants one. In fact, to meet this demand, some have even started a school to produce them! What exactly is a UX unicorn? Here’s how UXUnicorn.com describes one: Mythical user experience designer with an advanced and adaptive skill range. Outstanding skills in graphic design, rapid prototyping, front-end development, user…

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Airbnb expands its Verified ID process with support for Google and Weibo accounts

Aug15
by on August 15, 2014 at 4:15 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Insider

Airbnb today expanded its Verified ID process for improving accountability between renters and property owners on its service. The company now accepts Google and Weibo accounts, which have over 540 million and 500 million active users, respectively. Verified ID badges are plastered on Airbnb profiles to indicate a guest or host has matched their name on their online ID to the name on their offline identification. Airbnb launched Verified ID back in April 2013 with support for Facebook and LinkedIn accounts. Since then, over 15 million guests have stayed on Airbnb. In the US, where the feature first launched, nearly…

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Afterlight brings its extensive photo-editing and filter app to Android

Aug15
by on August 15, 2014 at 3:16 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Product Launches

If you’re passionate about mobile photography, you should always be on the lookout for better editing apps. Today Afterlight made the jump to Android, offering a wide range of adjustment tools and retro filters for 99 cents. Tweaking photos couldn’t be easier. After capturing or importing an image, you have a wide range of tools at your disposal: Brightness, contrast, saturation, exposure compensation, highlights, shadows, temperature, sharpening – the list goes on. Each offers a slider at the bottom of the screen and as you swipe horizontally, a value between -100 and +100 will appear for easy reference. If you’re interested in…

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