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Wix ShoutOut lets you create simple, good-looking newsletters easily

Jul09
by on July 9, 2014 at 1:02 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web

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Wix, a platform that allows you to create free websites, has launched a new product that provides you with the ability to create and distribute newsletters. ShoutOut is the first product to run on the WixHive API, which Wix developed to allow each standalone app to share their own actionable data. Aimed at those who want a quick-and-easy solution to creating newsletters, contacts can be collected automatically via the website, or they can be imported from external email applications. Newsletters can be created and distributed within the Wix dashboard, and they each sport social sharing capabilities and come with an analytics…

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Vimeo focuses on music as it gives its newly-acquired video-creation app Cameo its biggest update yet

Jul09
by on July 9, 2014 at 12:59 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Insider

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Almost four months after Vimeo snapped up Cameo, the stylish video-creating iPhone app has been given its first major lick of paint by its new owner. To recap, Cameo launched initially for iPhone in October last year, entering what was already a pretty crowded space. While there are similarities with short-form video-creating apps such as Vine and Instagram, Cameo takes the concept further by offering a two-minute maximum sequence length, though individuals clips can be no longer than six seconds long. You can change the order of the clips, add music and invite friends to contribute with their own footage…

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The WiFi’s down: Panic!

Jul09
by on July 9, 2014 at 12:03 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Shareables

It might not happen to you too often, but when it does, we bet you notice pretty quickly. That’s right. The WiFi has cut out. Well, it hasn’t, otherwise we couldn’t have brought you this short and to-the-point sketch from comedian Julian Smith about the grip it holds on some people, but if it had, that’s pretty much exactly the state you’d find us in. ➤ YouTube [Via Gizmodo] Featured Image Credit – Shutterstock

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Google’s Chrome Remote Desktop extension now supports some Linux systems

Jul09
by on July 9, 2014 at 10:35 am
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Google, Product Launches

Google has announced that its Chrome plugin, which allows users to remotely access other computers via the Chrome browser or a Chromebook device, now provides access for Linux users too. It’s already supported Windows and Macs for some time – it first launched back in 2012 – and recently launched an Android app for using the feature too. Users keen to get started can find more details of the set-up process here, but you’ll need to be running the Ubuntu or Debian (or related) Linux OS for it to work. ➤ Introducing Chrome Remote Desktop for Linux (Beta)! [Google Product Forums]    

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Singapore forces ISPs to block piracy sites with latest amendment to its Copyright Act

Jul09
by on July 9, 2014 at 10:01 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Asia, pirate bay, Singapore

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The Singapore parliament has just passed an amendment to the city-state’s Copyright Act that targets sites such as The Pirate Bay. The bill introduces an “order to disable access to flagrantly infringing online location” — which means that a copyright owner can submit an application to the High Court, after which a network service provider can be ordered to block the offending site. As CNET notes, copyright owners could previously issue a take-down notice, but service providers weren’t forced to comply and typically wouldn’t act on it. This new amendment changes the game quite a fair bit, and is good news for those…

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