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Twitter now automatically embeds linked tweets inside tweets on its web version

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by on July 31, 2014 at 2:52 am
Posted In: Around the Web

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Twitter’s iOS and Android mobile apps began to embed tweets that have been linked in a tweet last month, and now the feature (which prompts us to make Inception-related jokes) has rolled out to Twitter.com. Embedding tweets is easy to do, just write your message and then include a link to the tweet that you wish to embed. There’s no feature that automates the process at this point. The move smartens up how these tweets appear in your timeline, and allows you to get the gist of a linked tweet immediately without having to click through to find out. Any links…

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Samsung’s Milk Music streaming service now has a $3.99/month premium tier with offline music

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by on July 31, 2014 at 2:20 am
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, music streaming, Product Updates

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Samsung took a plunge into the music-streaming fray with its own US-only internet radio service Milk Music in March — which was free and without ads. Now that could change though, as the Milk Music Google Play app has just been updated to introduce a premium-tier offering, as reported by Android Police. UPDATE: Samsung tells TNW that ad-free listening will still continue on both the free and premium versions of Milk Music — what you’re paying $3.99 for is offline listening and unlimited song skips. It also revealed that Milk Music has passed three million downloads. See the company’s full statement at…

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Cracking China: How Tencent is working with the best Western mobile game publishers

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by on July 31, 2014 at 12:49 am
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Asia, Mobile Gaming, Profiles and Interviews, wechat

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China’s mobile gaming is a hot space with lots of potential for growth, and Chinese internet giant Tencent clearly knows that. Tencent, the operator of popular social networks and apps in China including WeChat, now reaches over 180 million daily users on its game distribution channels. It reported CNY1.8 billion ($291 million) revenue from online games in the first quarter of 2014, about triple the amount from the previous quarter. The paying user base for mobile games also more than doubled compared to Q4 2013. Meanwhile, the Chinese government estimated the mobile gaming economy generated almost $2 billion last year –and even this…

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The trouble with crowdfunding: When an interesting product blinds you to red flags

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by on July 31, 2014 at 12:35 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider, Investigations

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Writing about crowdfunding campaigns is a minefield. We don’t cover many, but when we do, we’re very careful to only bring you the highest quality projects. On one recent occasion, we may have missed the mark. There are so many crowdfunding campaigns vying for attention that we reject well over 95 percent of the pitches we receive. After all, in most cases, they’re nothing more than pipedreams. At their best, crowdfunding campaigns bring fantastic products like the Pebble smartwatch and Oculus Rift into the world. At their worst, they can be scams designed to extract money from over-enthusiastic coolhunters. The…

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Report: Android reached record 85% smartphone market share in Q2 2014, Xiaomi now fifth-largest vendor

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by on July 31, 2014 at 12:06 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Google

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Market research firm Strategy Analytics has put out new numbers for the second quarter of 2014 that estimate the Android platform’s share of the global market at a record 84.6 percent. Strategy Analytics reported 295.2 million smartphone shipments during the period, just 0.1 million off from IDC’s number. Growth seems to have tapered off, with the firm recording the market’s slowest growth level in five years. Android widened its lead on all its competitors. The share of Apple iOS reportedly fell from 13.4 percent a year ago to 11.9 percent, while Microsoft dropped from 3.8 percent to 2.7 percent, and BlackBerry…

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