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Google releases the source code for its I/O 2014 app as a template for developers

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by on July 30, 2014 at 10:39 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Google

Google today published the source code for its I/O 2014 app in hopes of teaching developers some of its best practices for Android apps. While you may have used the I/O 2014 app to plan your schedule at the conference, Google had bigger plans for the app. It’s designed to serve as a kind of template for other Android apps. Google describes a number of features, APIs and design approaches that went into the app: “Fragments, Loaders, Services, Broadcast Receivers, alarms, notifications, SQLite databases, Content Providers, Action Bar, the Navigation Drawer, the Google Drive API, Google Cloud Messaging, material design, the…

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Hands on: Will Lytro’s Illum camera, aimed at photographers, live up to its vision?

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by on July 30, 2014 at 9:50 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Product Launches

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Lytro’s Illum, the first professional light field camera, will be available at consumer outlets worldwide and will ship all pre-orders on Friday, August 1. The camera retails for $1599 and is available in the US from Amazon, Best Buy, Target and B&H. The camera combines a unique mix of 3D graphics and computational photography to produce distinctive “living pictures” that can change focus, depth of field, and perspective tilt at a viewer’s command. It’s targeted to professional photographers and enthusiasts keen to experiment with alternative photographic techniques and interactive storytelling. The refocus and perspective shift features offer new opportunities to convey a narrative or…

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The truth about bringing your business ideas to life

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by on July 30, 2014 at 8:32 pm
Posted In: Analysis and Opinion, Around the Web, Entrepreneur, How-To's

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Json SurfrApp is the founder of IWearYourShirt.com. His new book, Creativity For Sale, is an in-depth look at how to turn passion into profit. You have an idea, now what? If you’re anything like me you have ideas all the time. Maybe your ideas come to you in the shower, while driving somewhere, while reading a book, or during some other activity. For many of us, it’s not coming up with an idea that’s the hard part, it’s what the heck to do next. A few weekends ago, I got to spend some time with my good friend Greg Hartle at a Startup Weekend event…

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How Google+ Pros can optimize Google My Business for success

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by on July 30, 2014 at 6:56 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Google, How-To's, Social Media

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Britt Klontz is a PR Consultant at Distilled, a creative online marketing agency.  If you’re already a Google Plus pro, you know how powerful the platform can be as a community builder for your brand. The same goes for Google Local, Google Analytics and YouTube pros. In the past, however, being an expert on just one of these platforms hasn’t guaranteed competence with any of the others, let alone that you’d have the time and energy to manage all of them successfully. That’s all changed with the advent of Google My Business, which combines all of your favorite Google services into…

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BitTorrent releases its privacy-focused chat app Bleep as a closed pre-alpha for Windows

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by on July 30, 2014 at 6:00 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

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Following internal alpha testing, BitTorrent is offering its new server-less messaging app as a closed pre-alpha for Windows 7 and Windows 8. Formerly referred to as BitTorrent Chat, the company has announced its official name as ‘Bleep’ and released a screenshot of the app’s current design. The key differentiator for the service is that it doesn’t rely on a central server to store your data; instead, Bleep will offer device-to-device communication with public key encryption. Whenever you start a conversation, BitTorrent will also generate a temporary encryption key to keep everything extra secure. Jaehee Lee, Senior Product Manager for BitTorrent said: “Why…

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