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Cinamatic goes beyond Vine with filter adjustments, ability to import clips and background music

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by on June 27, 2014 at 12:54 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Product Updates

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Last month, the makers of Hipstamatic launched a new iOS video-editing app called Cinamatic. Inspired by the tap-and-hold recording gesture pioneered by Vine, it offered a simple way to capture and edit square-format videos. The app was updated yesterday with native iPad support, as well as a number of extra photo-editing features that go beyond what Vine and Instagram currently offer. Intensity control is the most notable addition, giving users the ability to adjust the strength of a filter. Some of Cinamatic’s effects feel quite garish and overblown, so the ability to dial these back is certainly welcome. Similar to…

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How to build a globally successful startup from a small country: Lessons from Prezi

Jun27
by on June 27, 2014 at 11:16 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider, Profiles and Interviews

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Building a startup anywhere is hard, but it’s especially difficult if you’re based in a country that isn’t a huge market itself. One company that has managed to make it big despite such a restriction is Prezi, which designs and creates ‘zooming’ presentation software – a cloud-based presentation and storytelling tool for sharing ideas on a virtual canvas. We sat down with co-founder Adam Somlai-Fischer. Prezi has been used by over 40 million people and 80 percent of Fortune 500 companies. Prezi was established in Budapest, Hungary in 2009 and the word ‘prezi’ is the Hungarian short form of ‘presentation.’ Along with co-founders Peter Arvai and Péter Halácsy,…

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Facebook extends its custom gender options to UK users

Jun27
by on June 27, 2014 at 10:34 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider, Product Updates, UK

Facebook users in the UK can now choose from more than 70 different gender types following an expansion of the extended options outside of the US. The move is being made to “better reflect society”, according to The Independent, and in addition to being able to select a gender beyond simply male or female, users can also now specify which pronoun they’d like used when referring to them on the platform. For example, “Wish him a happy birthday!”, “Wish her a happy birthday!” or “Wish them a happy birthday!”   To tinker with these settings, go to your About page, select ‘Edit’ next to Gender,…

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Akamai: Global average web speed up 24% annually to 3.9 Mbps, 20% of connections now above 10 Mbps

Jun27
by on June 27, 2014 at 7:45 am
Posted In: akamai, Around the Web, Insider, internet speed

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The global average internet speed is continuing its steady increase, growing 1.8 percent quarter-over-quarter and 24 percent year-on-year to reach 3.9 Mbps, according to Akamai, which today published its quarterly State of the Internet report for Q1 2014. Given the trend, Akamai said it is likely that the global average connection speed will finally hit the 4 Mpbs broadband threshold in the second quarter. South Korea remained on top for its internet speed, which even climbed 8 percent quarter-over-quarter to 23.6 Mbps, placing it a full 9 Mbps ahead of second-ranked Japan, which in turn saw a 12 percent growth rate…

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