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Microsoft launches Bing Rewards app for Windows Phone, 5 months after iOS and Android

Jun25
by on June 25, 2014 at 4:05 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web

Microsoft has launched its Bing Rewards app for Windows Phone, almost five months after it first arrived for Android and iOS. The Bing Rewards program launched way back in 2010 as part of Microsoft’s drive to increase its share of the search market. The tool basically lets users earn credits as they search the Web, which can later be redeemed for goods.     Though this version apes most of the features already available on Android and iOS, the Windows Phone incarnation of course lets you pin the app as a Live Tile to your homescreen to monitor credits. In terms…

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Online learning platform Udacity launches an Android app and four new Google-supported courses

Jun25
by on June 25, 2014 at 4:00 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Product Launches

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Udacity is expanding its online learning platform with a new Android app and four courses designed in collaboration with Google. After bringing some of its video lessons to the iPad and iPhone, Udacity is turning its attention to Google’s hugely successful mobile OS. The new Android app gives students the ability to stream lectures on the move and test their knowledge with quizzes. The company has also promised an offline mode at a later date, so users can download videos and watch them at any time. To coincide with the launch of Google’s I/O conference, Udacity is introducing four new…

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As HomeAway hits 1 million listings, it’s aiming to make vacation rentals as mainstream as hotels

Jun25
by on June 25, 2014 at 3:59 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, homeaway, Insider

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US vacation rental service HomeAway launched in 2005 for users to rent out their second homes, and now the company just announced a milestone of one million listings on its platform. HomeAway was arguably a pioneer in the collaborative consumption economy even before most people heard of the term, and before Airbnb came onto the scene with its 2008 launch. Recording faster growth in recent years However, it was only in recent years that HomeAway has seen its growth pick up pace. The company hit 500,000 listings in the second half of 2010, a little more than five years after its launch,…

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US Supreme Court ruling requires police to obtain warrants to search your cell phone

Jun25
by on June 25, 2014 at 3:17 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

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A new ruling (PDF) from the US Supreme Court has made it more difficult for police officers to search your cell phone if you get stopped. Law enforcement will, in general, need to get a warrant. The court’s decision makes for an interesting read, but this sums it up if you’re short on time: Modern cell phones are not just another technological convenience. With all they contain and all they may reveal, they hold for many Americans “the privacies of life,” Boyd, supra, at 630. The fact that technology now allows an individual to carry such information in his hand…

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US Supreme Court ruling requires police to obtain warrants to search your cell phone

Jun25
by on June 25, 2014 at 3:17 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

Police
A new ruling (PDF) from the US Supreme Court has made it more difficult for police officers to search your cell phone if you get stopped. Law enforcement will, in general, need to get a warrant. The court’s decision makes for an interesting read, but this sums it up if you’re short on time: Modern cell phones are not just another technological convenience. With all they contain and all they may reveal, they hold for many Americans “the privacies of life,” Boyd, supra, at 630. The fact that technology now allows an individual to carry such information in his hand…

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