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How much is peace of mind worth? Native Union JUMP mobile charger now available to buy for $49.99

Jun23
by on June 23, 2014 at 1:00 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Gadgets, Insider, Product Launches

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Following a highly successful Kickstarter campaign during which it raised nearly 10 times its target funding, Native Union’s JUMP cable is now available to buy in the US and UK. The device itself is a small portable battery charger designed to let you recharge between a quarter and a third of your smartphone’s battery, according to the company. While that might not sound too impressive considering some of the other portable battery chargers we’ve looked at before, the JUMP isn’t trying to charge your phone two or three times, it’s trying to be small and unobtrusive, which it mostly manages….

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How much is peace of mind worth? Native Union JUMP mobile charger now available to buy for $49.99

Jun23
by on June 23, 2014 at 1:00 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Gadgets, Insider, Product Launches

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Following a highly successful Kickstarter campaign during which it raised nearly 10 times its target funding, Native Union’s JUMP cable is now available to buy in the US and UK. The device itself is a small portable battery charger designed to let you recharge between a quarter and a third of your smartphone’s battery, according to the company. While that might not sound too impressive considering some of the other portable battery chargers we’ve looked at before, the JUMP isn’t trying to charge your phone two or three times, it’s trying to be small and unobtrusive, which it mostly manages….

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Whyd for iPhone is a social network that lets you ‘bookmark’ music from across the Web

Jun23
by on June 23, 2014 at 12:17 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Insider

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There’s no shortage of apps designed to help you find, discover, and enjoy new music, but that isn’t stopping a steady flow of new services to the space. This includes the likes of Amazon with its new streaming service, while the mighty Apple acquired Beats just last month. Back in January, Whyd opened the doors to its own Web-based music service. But it’s not another subscription service à la Spotify or Beats. No, Whyd is essentially a social, community-based online bookmarking platform that lets you save all your favorite tunes from across the Web, including YouTube, SoundCloud, Vimeo, and Deezer, while…

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Whyd for iPhone is a social network that lets you ‘bookmark’ music from across the Web

Jun23
by on June 23, 2014 at 12:17 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Insider

Whyd
There’s no shortage of apps designed to help you find, discover, and enjoy new music, but that isn’t stopping a steady flow of new services to the space. This includes the likes of Amazon with its new streaming service, while the mighty Apple acquired Beats just last month. Back in January, Whyd opened the doors to its own Web-based music service. But it’s not another subscription service à la Spotify or Beats. No, Whyd is essentially a social, community-based online bookmarking platform that lets you save all your favorite tunes from across the Web, including YouTube, SoundCloud, Vimeo, and Deezer, while…

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Technorati quietly killed its once-authoritative blog ranking system in May

Jun23
by on June 23, 2014 at 11:56 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

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There was once a time when Technorati.com meant something to online publishers. It was their professional reputation, and featuring on it was the goal of many. Technorati hosts its own ranking system to determine the influence of websites, based on their subject matter and a range of factors, including in- and outgoing links, which establish authority and credibility. It is the place where you want your site to rank high, and we at The Next Web were among the many who once used it as an indicator. It’s notable, then, that Technorati actually quietly removed its ranking system — which was perhaps the best-known and most…

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