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Google Search app for Android updated with an alarm that tells you when to get off the bus

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by on August 6, 2014 at 11:08 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Google, Insider

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Google started with search and that’s what it still does best. To that end, today it updated its Google Search app for Android 4.1 with a new Chromecast feature and a way to help commuters. Commuters can now set an alarm for when it’s time to get off the bus or train — a pretty great feature for anyone who reads on public transportation or is visiting a new city. For Chromecast owners, it added a Things to Watch feature, which does exactly what you think it’ll do. It suggests things to watch on your Chromecast via a Google Now…

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

Aug06
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

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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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