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Twitter’s Crashlytics Answers gives developers real-time engagement metrics for their apps

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by on July 15, 2014 at 5:30 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Design & Dev, Insider

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Dual-platform crash-reporting tool Crashlytics has announced Answers, an analytics tool for iOS and Android apps that have been deployed or are in beta. The new feature helps developers measure growth, engagement and retention. The Crashlytics dashboard tracks app data while in beta and after being launched in the Google Play and iTunes App Store. With Answers, developers can now see vital information about how their apps are performing for engagement and stability. The dashboard looks similar to the analytics used by Web sites to track user visits. The feature tracks app data and will alert developers when a pattern seems amiss. This is especially helpful…

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Facebook announces free Wi-Fi program for students in Forest City, NC

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by on July 15, 2014 at 5:12 pm
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Facebook today announced a pilot initiative to support free internet via Wi-Fi to students, launching first in Forest City, North Carolina, in partnership with Pangaea, a nonprofit provider of high speed internet. Forest City is a part of the Rutherford County school district, which recently started a program to provide a laptop to every middle and high school student in the area. While over 6,000 students have received a computer through the program, the district found that almost half of these students lacked an internet connection at home to go with the devices. Facebook has a data center in the town, so it was a…

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Microsoft starts shipping Kinect for Windows v2 sensors and releases free SDK 2.0 public preview

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by on July 15, 2014 at 4:52 pm
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As planned, Microsoft today started shipping its Kinect for Windows v2 sensor, priced at $199. At the same time, the company has also released the free SDK 2.0 public preview, which you can download now directly from Microsoft.com. Microsoft wouldn’t say how quickly it is filling pre-orders. The company merely revealed “thousands” of Kinect for Windows v2 sensors were sent off to developers worldwide today, and that more will be leaving the warehouse in the coming weeks as the company works “to fill orders as quickly as possible.” We’ve known for a while now that the Kinect for Windows v2…

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Skype says group video calling has increased four-fold since going free, adds the feature to modern Windows

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by on July 15, 2014 at 4:06 pm
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Skype today updated its modern Windows app (read: Metro version) with free group video calling. As a result, the feature is now available on Windows tablets and Windows 2-in-1 devices, not just in Windows desktop mode. Skype says it optimized the group video calling experience for modern Windows “so that the three most talkative people – plus yourself – are visible at the same time.” That being said, you can be on a call with up to 10 people: their videos will come to the forefront when they start speaking and you can double tap on them to see them…

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Box getting Office 365 integration while business customers get unlimited data

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by on July 15, 2014 at 4:00 pm
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Cloud-storage service Box is giving all business users unlimited storage and will introduce integration into Microsoft Office 2013 this fall. Now a businesses can give all its employees access to its Box account without worrying about hitting a data cap. The removal of storage limits for business clients goes into effect today with new and current customers enjoying the new feature. Previously, Box’s enterprise customers were the only ones with unlimited storage. The company also announced integration with Microsoft Office 365. This fall, a beta of Outlook 2013 integration will be available with Office 365 integration available later on. With Box integration, Outlook…

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