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Reddit Live is now official, lets anyone create their own breaking news live blog

Jul23
by on July 23, 2014 at 5:45 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

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Today, Reddit officially launched its own live-blogging platform. The company calls it Reddit Live and the feature has actually been in “semi-open beta” for a few months now – you may have stumbled across its threads covering Twitch Plays Pokemon and the conflict in Ukraine. During the initial beta period, only Reddit employees were able to create these live streams and authorize trusted “reporters” to contribute. Now, anyone can use Reddit Live and submit their ongoing threads to a dedicated subreddit. Unlike traditional Reddit posts, these threads will update in your browser automatically and in real-time. They also support embedded tweets,…

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Truefilm photo app for iPhone throws a variety of specialty edits into the mix

Jul23
by on July 23, 2014 at 5:41 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Product Launches

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What developer Marvin Lee means when he says his new Truefilm photo editing app for iPhone is a “combination of AfterLight, Facetune and Over” is that its editing tools span — rather lightly in some cases — the key areas in which each of those apps individually excel. AfterLight (99 cents) is a general all-purpose editing app that covers basic photographic adjustments and throws in a batch of filters and photo frames for good measure. Facetune ($2.99) as its name implies, is more specialized and concentrates on improving skin tones and masking imperfections. Over ($1.99) is a typographic app that lets you create handsome, whimsical titles as well…

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Truefilm photo app for iPhone throws a variety of specialty edits into the mix

Jul23
by on July 23, 2014 at 5:41 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Product Launches

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What developer Marvin Lee means when he says his new Truefilm photo editing app for iPhone is a “combination of AfterLight, Facetune and Over” is that its editing tools span — rather lightly in some cases — the key areas in which each of those apps individually excel. AfterLight (99 cents) is a general all-purpose editing app that covers basic photographic adjustments and throws in a batch of filters and photo frames for good measure. Facetune ($2.99) as its name implies, is more specialized and concentrates on improving skin tones and masking imperfections. Over ($1.99) is a typographic app that lets you create handsome, whimsical titles as well…

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Get lost: How over reliance on digital maps could lead us mentally astray

Jul23
by on July 23, 2014 at 4:18 pm
Posted In: Analysis and Opinion, Apps, Around the Web, Insider, Investigations, Social Media

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As we navigate our way through the world, sometimes we just need to stop and Instagram the flowers. Be sure when you do, the path is on your turn by turn navigation. You wouldn’t want to have to read any unnecessary road signs. Make sure you tweet about missing your exit to your house though, since the GPS didn’t alert you quick enough to make the proper lane change. This is how many of us navigate through the world now, and it is so very dysfunctional. With every additional technology that assists in exploring the physical world around us, we are…

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a couple of laughzillas on a blue diamond background

Get lost: How over reliance on digital maps could lead us mentally astray

Jul23
by on July 23, 2014 at 4:18 pm
Posted In: Analysis and Opinion, Apps, Around the Web, Insider, Investigations, Social Media

google map pin
As we navigate our way through the world, sometimes we just need to stop and Instagram the flowers. Be sure when you do, the path is on your turn by turn navigation. You wouldn’t want to have to read any unnecessary road signs. Make sure you tweet about missing your exit to your house though, since the GPS didn’t alert you quick enough to make the proper lane change. This is how many of us navigate through the world now, and it is so very dysfunctional. With every additional technology that assists in exploring the physical world around us, we are…

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