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Twitch drops highlight limitations and enables copyright appeal following user feedback

Aug08
by on August 8, 2014 at 2:59 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider, twitch

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Cult gaming site Twitch is tweaking the new copyright protection policy that it announced earlier this week, after revealing that it will remove the maximum length for highlight footage. The company has also introduced an appeal button for videos that are flagged as breaching copyright by its new Audio Recognition system — both changes are based on user feedback, it says. Yesterday’s announcement of measures to clean up the site’s video-on-demand content by detecting audio that breaches copyright drew a negative reaction from many Twitch users. Most were concerned by the lack of warning and legal-heavy wording of the policy, which threatens to affect a large chunk…

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Evernote offers a free safe haven for Fotopedia images

Aug07
by on August 7, 2014 at 11:22 pm
Posted In: Around the Web

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Last week came the stunning news that famed travelogue site Fotopedia was shutting down as of August 10. Apart from the shock and dismay that announcement generated, other practical concerns emerged — such as how and where contributors to the site would retrieve and safeguard their images from Fotopedia’s servers. With some three days left before deadline, Evernote has announced that photographers can now sync their Fotopedia account with Evernote. They can go to a Fotopedia/Evernote page on the site to add images to their account before the shutdown occurs. There is no charge for this service. “This is a Fotopedia importer into Evernote….

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Microsoft confirms the Windows Phone Store has over 300,000 apps

Aug07
by on August 7, 2014 at 11:11 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Design & Dev

Microsoft today updated its by the Numbers webpage to note that the Windows Phone Store has now passed 300,000 apps, as pointed out by WPCentral. We reached out to the company to confirm the figure. “We have more than 300,000 Windows Phone apps today and the Windows Phone Store continues to grow,” a Microsoft spokesperson confirmed with TNW. “In the past year alone the Windows and Windows Phone app catalog has grown 94%, while the number of active developers has grown by 50%.” When asked when exactly the milestone was reached, we were told the data “is as of end…

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Microsoft confirms the Windows Phone Store has over 300,000 apps

Aug07
by on August 7, 2014 at 11:11 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Design & Dev

Microsoft today updated its by the Numbers webpage to note that the Windows Phone Store has now passed 300,000 apps, as pointed out by WPCentral. We reached out to the company to confirm the figure. “We have more than 300,000 Windows Phone apps today and the Windows Phone Store continues to grow,” a Microsoft spokesperson confirmed with TNW. “In the past year alone the Windows and Windows Phone app catalog has grown 94%, while the number of active developers has grown by 50%.” When asked when exactly the milestone was reached, we were told the data “is as of end…

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Yahoo follows Google with plans to support end-to-end email encryption this fall

Aug07
by on August 7, 2014 at 10:42 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

Yahoo announced today at the Black Hat security conference that it will introduce an optional end-to-end encryption setup for its email service this fall, according to The Wall Street Journal. Google showed off a PGP-based encryption plugin for Gmail back in June. Forbes reports that Yahoo will modify the plugin for its own service. This would allow users that have the plugin installed to communicate securely between Gmail and Yahoo accounts. Microsoft has also been rolling out improved encryption for Outlook throughout 2014, with plans to complete its upgrades by the end of this year. ➤ Yahoo Joins Google Effort to Encrypt…

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