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China Telecom will start selling Microsoft’s Xbox One in September as its exclusive carrier partner

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by on July 25, 2014 at 4:45 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Asia, Product Updates, xbox one

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One of China’s three largest telecommunications firm, China Telecom, revealed at a press conference yesterday that it will be the exclusive carrier partner of Microsoft’s Xbox One and will start selling it in September (as first reported by Reuters). The press event was for the unveiling China Telecom’s internet of things effort in the form of a smart home series called “Yue Me,” featuring several products including a set-top box and a smart TV. The Xbox One looks set to fit right within China Telecom’s move to conquer the living rooms of the Chinese. Microsoft confirmed in April this year…

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News summary app Clipped gets automated infographics as it readies API

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by on July 25, 2014 at 12:27 am
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web

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Clipped, an app that automatically generates summaries of news articles using natural language processing (NLP), has released a major update on iOS that creates custom infographics and offers improved accuracy. The startup is also taking sign-ups for an API that will open up its NLP engine to other developers. With the move, Clipped has dropped official support for Android, but founder Tanay Tandon said he is working with a group of developers to create an open source version for Android. Similar to the Summly app acquired by Yahoo last year, Clipped uses machine learning to scan an article and then…

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Madefire Motion Books arrives on Android

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by on July 24, 2014 at 10:30 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Product Launches, Product Updates

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Madefire’s Motion Books, the digital comics publishing platform that combines images, sound and interactivity, has launched on Android and is now available on the Google Play Store. Titles are available via in-app purchase. In addition, Madefire has announced a new Print Books category designed to offer an authentic comics reading experience, featuring simple page view, pinch and zoom navigation for a large catalog of comics and graphic novels. A new interface for all storefronts promises to make it easier to navigate and discover books. Publishers such as IDW, Valiant, Oni Press, Top Cow, Liquid Comics, and others have signed on to the new Print Books category…

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Pinterest shares diversity numbers: 40% female, 50% Caucasian

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by on July 24, 2014 at 8:48 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

Pinterest today released a diversity report for its organization, revealing that it’s composed of 40 percent female employees and 50 percent Caucasian. The figures were shared by Pinterest engineer Tracy Chou, who called for greater transparency last year about the proportion of women tech employees in the industry. Since then, a number of major companies have piled on to share their diversity figures, including Google, Facebook and Twitter. In terms of gender ratios, Pinterest fared noticeably better than other tech companies. While just 21 percent of its tech segment is female, that’s better than Twitter’s 10 percent and Facebook’s 15…

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Why stress sucks and how to escape it

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by on July 24, 2014 at 8:33 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, How-To's, LifeHacks

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This post originally appeared on the Crew blog. I’ve never been good at dealing with stress. In high school, I used to pluck out my own eyelashes. That’s how bad I was at dealing with stress. People would be like, “Oh Andrea why don’t you have eyelashes?” And I would be like, “BECAUSE THEY GIVE ME ALLERGIES!” I took my social studies final with a wet paper towel over my eye because I was convinced it would block out any allergens. That’s where I was in my life at that time. I had no idea how to cope with stress,…

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