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What I learned from building my first physical product and mobile game without code

Jul07
by on July 7, 2014 at 4:30 pm
Posted In: Analysis and Opinion, Around the Web, Design & Dev, Entrepreneur

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Len Kendall is the founder of CentUp. Prior to starting a company, he worked in PR where he helped put out fires and manage digital communications. “Software may be eating the world,” but there’s still something extremely rewarding about making a physical product. Like most of the people reading this blog post, I’ve spent most of my career on digital endeavors, from websites to words and PowerPoint decks. Alongside those digital properties, I was also into games. I began to notice the zombification of smartphone users who constantly walk around with their heads down, glued to a screen. This summer, I felt inspired to design my own smartphone game and decided…

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BBC iPlayer Radio app finally launches for Windows Phone

Jul07
by on July 7, 2014 at 4:12 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Insider

Good news for Windows Phone users in the UK – the BBC  has finally brought its iPlayer Radio app to Windows Phone 8, almost two years after it first launched for iPhone. Though iPlayer Radio was available via the main iPlayer mobile app, this sees the standalone version launch for the first time on Microsoft’s mobile operating system. However, as with the main iPlayer app, it seems as though the Radio incarnation for Windows Phone is also a mobile Web wrapper, so it’s not a completely native experience. But it’s finally on Windows Phone, which is a start.    You…

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Kim Dotcom’s Megaupload extradition hearing has been delayed again

Jul07
by on July 7, 2014 at 3:37 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

As the BBC reports, notorious web entrepreneur Kim Dotcom has had his extradition hearing delayed once again. Despite being accused of what’s thought to be the world’s largest copyright-related crime, authorities have failed to go ahead with an official hearing. Dotcom had his Megaupload empire cut short in 2012, when US authorities found that the website was being used to store and share movies in a way deemed as illegal. Following the closure of the popular file-sharing website, Dotcom’s New Zealand mansion was raided by US and New Zealand authorities for potential leads. An application of extradition was then drawn…

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Brands on Chinese messaging app WeChat can now reach users via its self-serve advertising platform

Jul07
by on July 7, 2014 at 3:29 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Asia, Product Updates, wechat

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After WeChat allowed official account owners to set up shop on Weixin — the version of its popular messaging app offered in China — it is now offering even more options by opening up access to its advertising platform (as first spotted by Tech in Asia). The system is still in open beta and only open to official accounts with more than 100,000 followers, which lets WeChat gather feedback and make necessary improvements. The ads within Weixin will be in the form of a text link at the bottom of an official account page that users already follow (which they have to click through to read),…

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MTV creates a new social media-powered music-video chart

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by on July 7, 2014 at 3:12 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

Global music brand MTV is turning to the global throng of internet users to establish a new socially-powered music-video chart. The Your MTV Top 20 chart will be compiled based on fan interactions with the week’s most popular global music videos from across MTV’s own properties, including websites, social platforms and apps, while also tapping data from The Echo Nest. For the uninitiated, The Echo Nest is a ‘music intelligence’ company that offers products to help developers and media firms integrate rich music data across their products, and was snapped up by Spotify back in March. More specifically, MTV will tap…

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