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Pebble teams up with Misfit so you can use its e-paper smartwatch as a full-blown pedometer

Jun24
by on June 24, 2014 at 5:23 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Gadgets

Pebble continues to update its e-paper smartwatch, despite the approaching threat of Android Wear. Today the firm announced a new partnership with Misfit, the company behind the Shine fitness tracker, giving Pebble users the ability to count their steps and track other activities with the wrist-worn wearable. Pebble has teamed up with fitness specialists before, including RunKeeper, Strava and Puma. This latest effort transforms the Pebble and Pebble Steel into a full-blown pedometer though, putting pressure on other fitness wearables such as the Nike+ FuelBand, Fitbit, Jawbone UP and Samsung Gear Fit. The Misfit watchapp is available right now in the…

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Google Glass gets Shazam, Runtastic, Duolingo and 9 other new or updated Glassware apps

Jun24
by on June 24, 2014 at 4:53 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Google, Product Updates

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Google today announced no fewer than 12 new and updated Glassware apps for users of its futuristic head-mounted computer to check out. Runtastic is bringing its fitness prowess across to Google Glass, giving you an easy way to perform and track different workout routines. If you’re the type that struggles to keep motivated, there’s also the light-hearted Zombies, Run! which approximates what it would be like to be chased by the undead. Basketball enthusiasts are being treated to a new 94Fifty Basketball app that works with the company’s ‘Smart Sensor‘ ball. It’s aimed at dedicated players and up-and-coming athletes, giving feedback…

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Google+ gets Auto-Awesome Effects for cityscape shots and option to adjust previous photo edits

Jun24
by on June 24, 2014 at 4:08 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Google, Product Updates

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Google+ is already a useful place to store your photos, but today Google is going one step further with new manual and automatic editing tools. When you open a photo in the lightbox viewer and hit the ‘Edit’ button at the top of the page, you’ll see a new ‘Edits’ button at the bottom of the right-hand toolbar. As you continue to make adjustments, you’ll see that Google now separates and stacks them in sequential order, rather like different layers in Adobe Photoshop. This makes it easier to adjust individual effects, remove them completely, or apply them to other photos stored…

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Google+ gets Auto-Awesome Effects for cityscape shots and option to adjust previous photo edits

Jun24
by on June 24, 2014 at 4:08 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Google, Product Updates

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Google+ is already a useful place to store your photos, but today Google is going one step further with new manual and automatic editing tools. When you open a photo in the lightbox viewer and hit the ‘Edit’ button at the top of the page, you’ll see a new ‘Edits’ button at the bottom of the right-hand toolbar. As you continue to make adjustments, you’ll see that Google now separates and stacks them in sequential order, rather like different layers in Adobe Photoshop. This makes it easier to adjust individual effects, remove them completely, or apply them to other photos stored…

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Shareaholic: Google, Bing and other search engines are driving a smaller percentage of site traffic

Jun24
by on June 24, 2014 at 3:00 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

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Search engines such as Google, Yahoo and Bing are driving a smaller proportion of total site traffic on the internet, according to a new report. Social discovery and sharing platform Shareaholic today released new data which showed a drop in the number of people visiting sites because of recommendations from their preferred search engine. In the six-month period leading up to May, the percentage of overall traffic from Google dropped from 37.49 percent to 31.04 percent. Yahoo and Bing, which referred 1.31 percent and 1.15 percent of total traffic in December, dropped to 0.90 percent and 0.78 percent respectively in…

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