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BMW Mini drivers in the UK can now get parking help from JustPark’s new in-car app

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by on August 6, 2014 at 11:01 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider, Product Launches

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JustPark, a service for finding and booking parking spaces, has announced that BMW Mini drivers can now find, book, pay for and navigate to a parking space using its new in-car app. According to the company, the average driver wastes 106 days of their life searching for a parking space – that’s 2,544 hours, or enough time to fly from London to New York more than 300 times – and that circling for a spot is responsible for up to 30 percent of traffic on urban streets. The in-car app has been designed to ease this congestion by providing a…

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Pinterest adds a full-blown messaging service to help you send and chat about Pins

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by on August 6, 2014 at 11:00 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider, Product Updates

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Pinterest is rolling out a traditional messaging service to its site and mobile apps, giving users an easier way to send, save and discuss Pins with one another. A massive number of technology companies have tinkered with messaging in the last 12 months (see Path, Vine and Instagram) and while those have occasionally felt quite superfluous, Pinterest is hoping its own implementation will be more complimentary and relevant to its core offering. Plenty of people use Pinterest as a digital scrapbook for personal projects or upcoming events. If you’re renovating your kitchen, planning a birthday party or daydreaming about your perfect round-the-world trip,…

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YouTube buys video creation app Directr to bolster video ad sales

Aug06
by on August 6, 2014 at 9:59 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Google, Insider

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Google’s YouTube has acquired Directr. The iOS app lets small businesses, shoot, edit and upload marketing videos. The Directr team will join the YouTube Video Ads Team. YouTube will leave the app in the App Store, but make it entirely free. While the initial app is currently free, additional features are available via in-app purchases. In fact, according to a post about the acquisition, end users probably won’t notice too much of a difference within the app: For now, everything you love about Directr is staying the same and we’ll continue to focus on helping businesses create great video quickly and easily….

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Sidecar launches Shared Rides topping off the least original day in the shared economy

Aug06
by on August 6, 2014 at 9:24 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Insider

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This is just ridiculous. Now Sidecar has announced its own shared rides feature. Like Uber and Lyft, Sidecar’s Shared Rides will match you up with someone heading your direction along your Sidecar’s route. Sidecar says that riders can save up to 50 percent off a regular fare by sharing a car with a stranger. You know, besides the driver. While Uber’s UberPool announcement seems a bit dubious since Lyft held a media event earlier in the week, Sidecar says that it has been testing the new service in San Francisco since May. It states that 13,000 customers have requested Shared Rides in that time. While…

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The ‘magic’ of business: Uncovering the trick to making your startup fail less

Aug06
by on August 6, 2014 at 9:10 pm
Posted In: Analysis and Opinion, Around the Web, Entrepreneur, Insider

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Callum Laing is the CEO of Entrevo Asia and the founder of Fitness-Buffet, an employee fitness business in 11 countries. Magic has always fascinated me. As a kid, there was the sense of awe and wonder – and the desire to do the impossible. Then as an adult, even though it’s much less cool and sometimes downright cheesy, I have to sheepishly admit I’m still fascinated by it. It’s not showmanship of magic, but the misdirection. Look over there, whilst the real stuff happens over here! Part of what makes a good trick believable is that we cannot conceive how much effort…

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