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Xbox One August update to add new activity feed, mobile purchases, low battery notification, 3D Blu-ray, more

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by on July 18, 2014 at 5:18 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Gadgets

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Microsoft today detailed what gamers can expect in the next Xbox One update, which is expected to arrive in August. There are eight additions and changes the company has highlighted: activity feed updates, expanded Friends area on Home, mobile purchases, low battery notification, disable notifications during video, 3D Blu-ray, OneGuide in more countries, and last seen time in Friends list. First up, the activity feed interface is being changed to a single column scrolling list “that is longer and includes more content.” Gamers will gain the ability to post text to their feed, to “like” and comment on feed items,…

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‘A new mobile expression’: Yo confirms seed-stage funding from Betaworks and Pete Cashmore

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by on July 18, 2014 at 4:38 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

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Remember Yo? Of course you do. Well, the single-button, zero-character communication tool that hogged headlines for weeks has just announced Pete Cashmore and Betaworks have participated in its $1.5 million seed-stage round. Betaworks, a seed-stage VC firm and startup studio based out of New York, made a separate announcement earlier today. And it seems that John Borthwick, CEO at Betaworks, has been a big fan of the service for months. “At the end of May, Matt Hartman invited Or Arbel, the co-founder of Yo, to visit Betaworks, and we started using the Yo app,” he says. “Since then, Yo has…

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Dell starts accepting Bitcoin for online purchases from consumers and small businesses in the US

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by on July 18, 2014 at 4:34 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

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Dell today announced it has started accepting Bitcoin for all items available on Dell.com (including Alienware products). The company says it is “piloting” the digital currency for consumer and small business shoppers in the US; presumably if the test goes well, the option will be expanded internationally. Dell teamed up with Bitcoin payment processor Coinbase to provide the new payment option. Dell touted the two managed to add Bitcoin support to Dell.com in just 14 days while Coinbase declared that Dell is “the largest ecommerce company to officially accept Bitcoin, with nearly $60 billion in annual sales.” Paying with Bitcoin…

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20 WordPress plugins for easier sharing, better posting and a more powerful blog

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by on July 18, 2014 at 4:20 pm
Posted In: Analysis and Opinion, Around the Web, Design & Dev, Lists

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This post originally appeared on the Buffer blog. There’s a saying you’ll often hear around Buffer’s content team: “There’s probably a plugin for that!” We’re often chasing new ways to work smarter, faster and more productively—and the same is true of our Buffer blog. We’re quick to grab any and all WordPress plugins that can give the blog an extra edge or can wire up a feature we’d love to test. Whenever we dream something up to try on the blog, the first place we turn is WordPress plugins. We’ve collected quite the list of favorites. How about you? As we’ve tried and tested new plugins on the…

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Google Alerts is given another design overhaul with a focus on discoverability

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by on July 18, 2014 at 3:52 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Google, Insider

You would’ve been forgiven for thinking Google Alerts were a thing of the past, but back in January the internet giant gave the popular notifications service a significant lick of paint, representing its first notable upgrade in a while. But now, Google Alerts has been given what could be described as its biggest aesthetic overhaul yet. The first thing you see when you access the page is a giant search box followed by your current alerts, which can be deleted or edited on the spot. Search & Current Alerts You’ll also now see a list of suggested alerts directly below…

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