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Cards with Xbox One and Xbox 360 digital download codes to be sold across the US and UK

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by on August 15, 2014 at 10:42 am
Posted In: Around the Web

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Physical cards with digital download codes for Xbox 360 and Xbox One games will soon be offered in stores across the US and UK. Instead of buying a new release with a disc and traditional case, you’ll essentially have a tiny piece of card with a unique number on the back. Players can then take it home, type in the code – or just hold it up to the Xbox One’s optional Kinect sensor – and begin downloading the game to their hard drive. The whole process, admittedly, sounds a tad illogical; why visit a retailer when you can buy…

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Developers: The One Calendar API lets your app manage ALL the calendars

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by on August 15, 2014 at 10:16 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Design & Dev, Product Launches

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Calendar APIs come in all shapes and sizes, each with different authentication flows and different data models. Making sure that your application supports all of them can be a long and difficult process. This is where the One Calendar API hopes to make a difference. One Calendar is an API that wraps around commonly used calendars, such as Google Calendar and Microsoft Exchange, and was developed by the team behind the One Diary app. Adam Bird, CEO of One Diary, tells us: “I was frustrated with how I couldn’t use calendars to run my life because it was nigh on…

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Easy Taxi drivers and passengers can now share their routes via Waze

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by on August 15, 2014 at 10:01 am
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Asia, Latin America, Product Updates

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As the battle between taxi-booking apps heats up, Easy Taxi has joined hands with Google-owned Waze to increase its focus on road safety. Waze is known for providing real-time information on traffic updates and road conditions, and the partnership will let Easy Taxi drivers tap on its map, alerting them to accidents and road mishaps for better planning of routes. The caveat is that drivers need to have the Waze app installed on their smartphones. Once an Easy Taxi driver uses Waze to navigate a route, he can send it to the passenger with the introduction of a special functionality. The…

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The Premier League is developing tech to detect GIF and Vine videos of match highlights

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by on August 15, 2014 at 9:18 am
Posted In: Around the Web, UK

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The much-anticipated new English soccer football season kicks off this weekend, and already the The Premier League is warning fans that creating and even sharing match footage onVine — the Twitter-owned service that took off during the World Cup this summer — is against UK law. Broadcasters Sky and BT Sport stumped up a record $3 billion to secure the rights to live matches, while The Sun and The Times newspapers offer paying subscriber access to goals and highlights online. With all that money in the mixer, it’s no surprise that the league wants to ensure content isn’t distributed for free. The Premier League…

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