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IFTTT can now send you a notification every time an astronaut enters space

Aug06
by on August 6, 2014 at 5:31 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

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Space is beautiful, mysterious and downright captivating. If you’ve been contemplating the best way to keep up with the latest discoveries, missions and updates though, look no further. Internet automation service If This Then That (IFTTT) has you covered. The company has just launched a ‘Space Channel‘ that’s powered by a combination of sources including NASA, How Many People Are In Space Right Now, Open Notify, and the Mars Atmospheric Aggregation System. Available triggers, or the circumstances for which you can automate actions, including breaking news from NASA, when an astronaut enters or exits space, and when a season change is detected…

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Google acquires smart messaging service Emu, will shut it down

Aug06
by on August 6, 2014 at 5:29 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Google

Today, Emu announced that it was being acquired by Google. The smart messaging service mines your conversations and surfaces relevant information like restaurant and movie reviews. Plus you when you receive or send a message with a time or day (for example: let’s get lunch on saturday), the app gives you the option to create a calendar event based on that information with just a tap. If you’re a fan of the service, today’s announcement is bad news. The company is shutting down its app: That’s right! And we’re super-excited. But to focus on our next chapter, we have to close the last one. As of…

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Microsoft releases OneDrive for Amazon Fire phone and Kindle Fire tablets

Aug06
by on August 6, 2014 at 5:18 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Mobile

Microsoft today launched a new OneDrive app for Amazon’s Kindle Fire tablets and Fire phone. You can download it now directly from Amazon’s Appstore for Android. The app includes all the functionality that you would expect (it’s largely the same version as on Google Play): Browse all your OneDrive files and files shared with you. Share files by inviting people, sending a link, or sending files to another app. Open your OneDrive files in other apps. Quickly get to documents you’ve recently opened. OneDrive is now available on Windows PCs and tablets, Macs, Android, iOS, Windows Phone, as well as…

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Microsoft releases OneDrive for Amazon Fire phone and Kindle Fire tablets

Aug06
by on August 6, 2014 at 5:18 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Mobile

Microsoft today launched a new OneDrive app for Amazon’s Kindle Fire tablets and Fire phone. You can download it now directly from Amazon’s Appstore for Android. The app includes all the functionality that you would expect (it’s largely the same version as on Google Play): Browse all your OneDrive files and files shared with you. Share files by inviting people, sending a link, or sending files to another app. Open your OneDrive files in other apps. Quickly get to documents you’ve recently opened. OneDrive is now available on Windows PCs and tablets, Macs, Android, iOS, Windows Phone, as well as…

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Stripe updates email receipts with customizable design, resend option, refunds and charges support

Aug06
by on August 6, 2014 at 4:44 pm
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Stripe today updated its email receipts feature with a slew of improvements. The changelog below has all you need to know. A new, customizable design: The design has been refreshed and now you can customize your receipts by specifying your own header color. The default will still be selected based on the colors in the logo you upload. You can try it out on the dashboard. A receipt for every charge: You can now use the receipt_email parameter when creating a charge to send a receipt for that charge. Previously, receipts could only be sent to charges that belonged to…

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