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Google Wallet gets gift cards, requesting money, sending it from your debit card for free, and Spanish support

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by on July 16, 2014 at 8:11 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Google, Mobile

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Google today updated its Google Wallet app for Android and iOS with new features, including gift cards, requesting money, sending money, and Spanish support. You can download the new version now directly from Google Play and Apple’s App Store. First off, in addition to support for loyalty cards and offers, the app now lets you manage your gift cards and redeem them in stores. Adding cards to Google Wallet is as simple as snapping a picture of them or typing in the card info (gift cards received electronically can be saved by tapping “Save to Google”), and using them merely…

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Meet Overcast, a new iPhone podcast app from Instapaper founder Marco Arment

Jul16
by on July 16, 2014 at 7:43 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Product Launches

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I’ve tried a number of podcast apps in the past and my favorite, by a small margin, is Pocket Casts. It’s not perfect though and Marco Arment, the founder of Instapaper and co-founder of Tumblr, is the latest to step into the fray with a minimalist iPhone app called Overcast. How it works The podcast player sports a clean design that, with a sidelong glance, could be mistaken for Instacast with its orange accents and sparse menus. Veteran podcast listeners will appreciate its on-screen instructions for how to import shows from either Pocket Casts or Instacast – it’s a basic…

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Chrome 36 launches with rich notifications improvements, new incognito design, doodles on Android, and more

Jul16
by on July 16, 2014 at 6:55 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Design & Dev, Google, Insider

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Google today released Chrome version 36 for Windows, Mac, and Linux (Update: Android as well, see below). Among the changes are various additions and improvements, as well as the usual bug fixes and performance tweaks; you can update to the latest release now using the browser’s built-in silent updater, or download it directly from google.com/chrome. Here’s the Chrome 36.0.1985.122 changelog provided by Google: Rich Notifications Improvements. An Updated Incognito / Guest NTP design. The addition of a Browser crash recovery bubble. Chrome App Launcher for Linux. Lots of under the hood changes for stability and performance. There aren’t many details…

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Airbnb updates design and introduces controversial new Bélo logo

Jul16
by on July 16, 2014 at 6:48 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Design & Dev, Insider

Airbnb today unveiled a new flat site and mobile design and replaced its logo with something that resembles an upper-case A, amongst other things. One glaring issue is that it looks nearly identical to the logo for Automation Anywhere. The new design removes all the drop shadows from the site and mobile apps (iOS and Android) and uses a system-wide font. It’s cleaner and easier to navigate which is helpful when you’re trying to book a spare bedroom in Hawaii for your next vacation. The new logo, which Airbnb calls Bélo, is supposed to be “the universal symbol of belonging.” Sure, why not. Here’s…

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Facebook launches Ads Manager for Android, iOS, and the mobile Web

Jul16
by on July 16, 2014 at 6:18 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Mobile

Facebook today launched Ads Manager within its Android and iOS apps, as well as its mobile website. The new tool means advertisers can now manage their Facebook ads on the go. More specifically, marketers can pause or resume campaigns, edit budgets and schedules, view insights, and respond to alerts. Facebook says the new feature is rolling out globally “in the coming days,” though very slowly: all advertisers can expect to get it “by the end of the summer.” The launch comes on the same day as Google released its AdWords Express app for Android and iOS. We’re assuming this is…

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