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Hands on with Bolt, Instagram’s Snapchat competitor

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by on July 29, 2014 at 10:18 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Insider

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Instagram Bolt launched today with a catch; you have to be in New Zealand, South Africa or Singapore to install. An unusual rollout strategy, but it’s the first time I’ve ever been in one of the rollout countries for an app like this! Bolt’s premise is pretty similar to Snapchat: send images to your friends with very low friction. After a pretty simple signup process (that makes sure you’re in a launch country by requiring your phone number) and asking you to take a selfie for your profile photo, you’re thrown straight into the camera. From there, it’s as simple as taking…

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Hands on with Bolt, Instagram’s Snapchat competitor

Jul29
by on July 29, 2014 at 10:18 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Insider

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Instagram Bolt launched today with a catch; you have to be in New Zealand, South Africa or Singapore to install. An unusual rollout strategy, but it’s the first time I’ve ever been in one of the rollout countries for an app like this! Bolt’s premise is pretty similar to Snapchat: send images to your friends with very low friction. After a pretty simple signup process (that makes sure you’re in a launch country by requiring your phone number) and asking you to take a selfie for your profile photo, you’re thrown straight into the camera. From there, it’s as simple as taking…

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Instagram prepares to launch its Bolt messaging app, but only in 3 countries

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by on July 29, 2014 at 8:59 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web

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Instagram today announced the launch of its Bolt app, but only to three countries: New Zealand, Singapore and South Africa. The new app lets you send one-tap photo and video messages to your friends. While Instagram has marked the release, the app has yet to show up on the App Store and Android in New Zealand, at least not for TNW Weekend Editor Owen Williams. Update: The app is now live in New Zealand. An Instagram spokesperson explained the limited launch as such: We decided to start small with Bolt, in just a handful of countries, to make sure we can…

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Peloton releases an iPad app for streaming cycling classes on your own indoor bike

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by on July 29, 2014 at 8:37 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web

Peloton is expanding its indoor cycling regimen with the release of an iPad app that lets you stream live and on-demand classes. While Spinning remains the most well-known indoor cycling brand, Peloton entered the scene last year with a crowdfunding campaign for its bike. In April, the startup raised $10.5 million. Since Peloton’s bikes cost $2,000, the new app is an affordable alternative for folks who already have an indoor bike and have been interested in the company’s classes, which are filmed at its New York studio. You’ll get 20 credits for live classes and 4 on-demand rides to try…

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The key to better work? E-mail less, flow more

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by on July 29, 2014 at 7:52 pm
Posted In: Analysis and Opinion, Around the Web, Entrepreneur, How-To's, LifeHacks

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This post originally appeared on the Crew blog. Have you ever felt like all you do is check your e-mail? Well, you may not spend ALL your time checking your e-mail but you do spend about 28 percent of your time doing it. That translates into about 13-hours a week or 650 hours a year of e-mail checking. For those of us who work in a job where e-mail isn’t our main responsibility, checking and responding to e-mails each day can take us away from our primary work, which results in less productivity. In fact, our incessant need to respond to e-mails at work is actually…

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