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Fitbit finally comes to Windows Phone, with live stats and real-time Bluetooth syncing

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by on July 28, 2014 at 6:52 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Insider

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Fitbit is a name synonymous with activity-tracking and wearables, with an estimated 67 percent of all trackers in the US shipping with the Fitbit brand last year. It’s also notched up more than one million app downloads on Google Play alone, though it remains tight-lipped about the specifics of its App Store figures. At any rate, Fitbit is finally expanding its mobile scope beyond that of Android and iOS by launching a version for Windows Phone users later today. This move isn’t entirely unexpected, and it does have a version for Windows 8 already, but this is significant in the…

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Meeet connects designers and developers to collaborate on their side projects

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by on July 28, 2014 at 5:40 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Design & Dev, Product Launches

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Side projects are tricky. You’ve usually got plenty of ideas, but finding the time to work on and eventually ship the product is another thing altogether. Meeet, a new online community of developers and designers, feels your pain. The network, which is currently in beta, matches up developers and designers to partner on a single side project, such as a website or an app. When you’re ready to ship, you can showcase your work to the rest of the community. When you fill out your profile, you add your skills and bio. Projects tag the skills they’re looking for, so it’s easy…

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Hitting the ground: What it takes to launch Uber, Hailo and Citymapper in a new city

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by on July 28, 2014 at 5:25 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Entrepreneur, Insider, Profiles and Interviews

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For most tech companies, expansion is all about country-by-county localization. When your service requires a city-by-city approach, the operation can be far bigger and more complicated. To find out what such a granular approach to expansion involves, we spoke to three companies at different stages in their growth but all focused on conquering the world, a city at a time. Uber Having raised a total of $1.5 billion from investors, 21st Century taxi company-cum-’urban logistics platform’ Uber is rapidly expanding around the world. Beyond North America, Uber has only just got started. It’s active in a total of 42 countries but mainly just…

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Blockchain’s Bitcoin wallet returns to App Store after being pulled by Apple

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by on July 28, 2014 at 5:01 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Insider, Product Updates

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Bitcoin fans who had previously been managing their cryptocurrency via an iOS device were dealt a blow when Apple removed what was claimed to be the last remaining Bitcoin wallet app from the iTunes Store. Blockchain, the two-year-old app that had garnered more than 120,000 users on iOS, was removed without warning. Now, fast-forward a few months and Blockchain’s redesigned app is back on the store and available once again. “The new Blockchain iOS Wallet marks an important moment for the Bitcoin ecosystem, as the first major Bitcoin company to have its app reinstated in the App Store this year,” the company said…

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The beginner’s guide to organizing content on mobile-friendly designs

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by on July 28, 2014 at 4:33 pm
Posted In: Analysis and Opinion, Around the Web, Design & Dev, How-To's

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As of March 2014, the average US consumer spends two hours and 42 minutes per day on their mobile devices, according to analytics service Flurry. Though the majority of this time is spent using apps (primarily games and Facebook), 14 percent of time spent on iOS and Android devices is spent on a Web browser. As such, implementing a mobile-friendly website for your business is imperative to giving the 61 percent of US consumers who own smartphones (as of 2013) the best possible digital experience. Successful mobile websites make it easier to read content, to navigate pages and menus, and can be easily…

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