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Vevo’s Android app gets a new UI and better video discovery options

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by on July 9, 2014 at 2:52 pm
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Vevo has released an update for its Android app that brings it in line with the iOS version by ushering in a new UI and features designed to make it easier to discover new videos. Announced today, the app has a new Home screen with a real-time feed of premieres, original Vevo shows, recommended playlists and news about your favorite artists, as well as a redesinged Browse screen. Among other tweaks, there are also improvements for video playlists – you can now watch them in shuffle mode or copy Vevo-curated playlists to your own account. You can also now view related videos while watching another….

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Pre-Order 101 Ready-To-Use Excel Formulas

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by on July 9, 2014 at 2:48 pm
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The venerable Mike Alexander and I wrote a book last Spring and now you can pre-order it at Amazon (ships next month). 101 Ready-To-Use Excel Formulas

This book is not a list of worksheet functions and a description of their arguments. It contains fully formed formulas that solve real world problems. For example, there’s a whole chapter on financial formulas like creating an amortization schedule and calculating depreciation. I know financial stuff isn’t everyone’s cup of tea, that’s why we included 101 formulas. Mike wanted to write a book called One Ready-to-Use Excel Formula, but I said “Wait, what if we increased that number so there’s something for everyone?” I’m always looking out for you, dear reader.

You definitely want to buy one for yourself. But you should also buy one for that person in the office that needs it. You know that person who adds up the numbers in a spreadsheet on a calculator and then types the sum into Excel? Leave a copy of this book anonymously on his desk. Your boss might even reimburse you for it.

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Sick of wonky weather forecasts? Climendo tells you the best providers based on their prior predictions

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by on July 9, 2014 at 2:13 pm
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If you’re anything like me, you’ve probably had your fill of weather-related apps. But that doesn’t mean you’re not interested in getting one-up on mother nature by pre-empting any storms that may or may not be heading your way. Depending on which weather forecast you look at, the outcome may look slightly different. This is where Climendo, a Swedish startup that compares and combines weather forecasts for your specific location, comes in. It’s an aggregator, if you will. It’s just brought a particularly interesting new feature to its iPhone app, one that tells you which provider was the most accurate…

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Issuu launches Clip to help users and publishers share the best of its 16m publications

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by on July 9, 2014 at 2:00 pm
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Publishing platform Issuu now hosts 16 million publications but sharing highlights from all those magazines, books and documents hasn’t been easy until today with the launch of a new feature called Clip. Clip allows readers to highlight any section of a page and share it with a comment to popular social networks or via email. You can also browse clippings that others have made from any publication to see what they’re interested in. Publishers can create their own clippings to promote particular content, and they’ll receive analytics about the popularity of all the clippings from their documents, giving them insight into what’s working…

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Google Maps now lets you measure distances between two or more points

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by on July 9, 2014 at 1:41 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Google, Insider, Product Updates

Google Maps on the desktop has been updated with a new feature that lets you work out the distance between multiple places by plotting your route on the map. To use the option, you just need to right click anywhere on a map and select ‘Measure Distance’ and then select a destination to see the distance between two points. Additional stops, turns or destinations can be calculated with additional clicks. You can also drag any of your dropped route lines if you want to tweak them a bit or if you want to make them align with actual roads for more accurate route measurement,…

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