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YouTube partners with Indian carrier to offer pre-paid mobile streaming from just $0.15

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by on July 7, 2014 at 11:46 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Google, India

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YouTube is focusing on mobile in India after the Google owned-video site teamed up with operator Tata Docomo to offer a new range of ‘YouTube recharge’ data plans to its 3G customers. The operator claims the plans give customers access to YouTube for half of the regular price and provide greater flexibility. Customers can choose between 100 MB of video content for 9R ($0.15) — which is valid for up to 24 hours and provides 20-30 minutes of 240p quality playback – or 300 MB of content, which is valid for seven days and priced at 39R ($0.65). In addition to YouTube, subscribers…

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Offline over the weekend? Read all the tech news you missed right here

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by on July 7, 2014 at 10:26 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider, Roundups

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With Monday now in full swing, it’s too late for bemoaning all the things you intended to do this weekend but didn’t quite get around to – the next is only five days away – but there is something you can do about all the happenings in tech that you missed. So sit back, make a coffee and spend 10 minutes catching up on all the best tech news and features from The Next Web and beyond over the last two days. News from The Next Web over the weekend Report: NSA Surveillance Snares Ordinary US Citizens YouTube is Now Publicly Shaming…

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LokLok for Android lets you send doodles, photos and messages directly from your lockscreen

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by on July 7, 2014 at 9:31 am
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Insider

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Mobile messaging apps may be reaching both saturation point and convergence, but that doesn’t mean there isn’t room for more, right? Meet LokLok. LokLok sells itself as a connected lock-screen that is always in-sync with you and your favorite group of people. You can draw, write messages, or add photos to your screen, and it shows up on your friends’ screens – all without leaving the lock-screen. This could be a single person, or a whole group. How it works With LokLok set as your lockscreen, you tap twice to make it editable (i.e. you choose to doodle), or swipe…

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LokLok for Android lets you send doodles, photos and messages directly from your lockscreen

Jul07
by on July 7, 2014 at 9:31 am
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Insider

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Mobile messaging apps may be reaching both saturation point and convergence, but that doesn’t mean there isn’t room for more, right? Meet LokLok. LokLok sells itself as a connected lock-screen that is always in-sync with you and your favorite group of people. You can draw, write messages, or add photos to your screen, and it shows up on your friends’ screens – all without leaving the lock-screen. This could be a single person, or a whole group. How it works With LokLok set as your lockscreen, you tap twice to make it editable (i.e. you choose to doodle), or swipe…

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You can pre-order Microsoft’s Kinect for Windows now for $199 ahead of its July 15 launch

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by on July 7, 2014 at 9:20 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Gadgets, Product Launches

Microsoft’s online stores in the US and UK have seemingly confirmed that its next-generation motion sensing Kinect 2 device will be available for Windows PCs beginning next week. Although we knew it was on the way, we weren’t sure exactly when Microsoft would start offering the device to a wider developer audience. Now it seems we have that answer – it will go on sale from July 15 priced at $199 in the US and £159 in the UK. Pre-orders are open now. Originally conceived and launched as part of Microsoft’s Xbox gaming console, the original Kinect was recognized as…

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