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NFL Now app expands to set-top devices, with a premium option for instant in-game highlights

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by on August 7, 2014 at 12:00 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Insider, Product Launches

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Just in time before the regular season begins, the National Football League has announced the expansion of the NFL Now app to connected set-top boxes, including the Apple TV, Roku and Amazon Fire TV. The personalized video service will also offer a premium NFL Now Plus feature for $1.99 a month to provide in-game highlights, analysis, press conferences, shows and documentaries from the NFL Films vault. The NFL Now app allows fans to customize content based on their favorite teams, players or fantasy roster. The league boasts a Los Angeles-based studio to film original weekly content during the regular season. Viewers do not need to have…

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China is forcing public accounts on messaging apps like WeChat to register with their real identity

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by on August 7, 2014 at 10:48 am
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Asia, messaging apps, wechat

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The Chinese government is now forcing all public account owners on chat apps in the country to register with their true identities and obtain permission to disseminate news, as it steps up efforts in an initiative to “clean up” instant messaging services. The initiative took shape a few months ago, but the government has now issued a list of new rules via state media Xinhua. According to the statement, the project is aimed at public accounts, which are typically owned by either individuals or organizations seeking to communicate on a wider scale to their followers — in a similar way to Facebook’s pages….

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Edward Snowden granted permission to stay in Russia for another 3 years, says his lawyer

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by on August 7, 2014 at 10:40 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

Edward Snowden, the whistle-blower who revealed information about wide-scale monitoring of individuals by the US and UK authorities, has been granted a three-year residence permit in Russia, according to his lawyer. Russia Today reports that Snowden had not applied for political asylum but may be allowed to apply for Russian citizenship in the future, which would allow him to remain in the country indefinitely. His three years began on August 1. Another condition of the residence permit means that, while he can travel freely, he can’t go abroad for longer than three months at a time, his lawyer said in the report. With the US…

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Report: Samsung retains US smartphone market lead with 36% share of shipments in Q2 2014

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by on August 7, 2014 at 10:32 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Mobile

Samsung may have lost its position as the top smartphone vendor in China and top overall mobile vendor in India, but the Korean company still reigns supreme in the US smartphone market. That’s according to data from Counterpoint Research which estimates that Samsung accounted for 36.1 percent of smartphones shipped in the US between May and July 2014. Samsung’s figure is up 2.2 percent annually, second-placed Apple saw its share rise to 29.7 percent in Q2 2015 from 25.9 percent in Q2 2013. Elsewhere, LG posted year-on-year growth to take third place, ZTE’s market share declined slightly, while Motorola’s jumped from 3.6 percent to 4.5 percent….

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Messaging app Line now suggests relevant stickers as you type

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by on August 7, 2014 at 9:53 am
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Product Updates

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Line’s growing catalog of free and paid-for sticker packs help it to differentiate from other popular messaging apps; now it gives reminders when you have the perfect sticker to use in a conversation. With version 4.6 of its Android app, Line will now suggest stickers to use in real-time. Whenever you type a word or phrase that matches some of its colorful stamps, it will become bold and underlined, triggering a small sticker panel to appear on top. They’re small representations – so your conversation won’t be crowded out – and you can swipe horizontally if there’s more than one…

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