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TaskRabbit reveals an all-new micro-task platform will launch by the end of July

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by on June 17, 2014 at 4:43 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

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We’ve followed TaskRabbit‘s evolution since its early days, from when it first went mobile on iOS, through its international expansion and onto its arrival on Android. And today, the micro-task marketplace revealed some significant changes are on the horizon. For the uninitiated, TaskRabbit lets people outsource their chores and tasks to the community – this could be anything from painting and ironing, to mowing the lawn and rewiring their house. Tasks are organized into categories (e.g. DIY, Gardening), while a highlights reel displays ‘trending’ tasks to show the most popular outsourcing options in their locale. TaskRabbit is available in around…

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Jolicloud’s new Drive app gives Chrome and Chrome OS users an easy way to browse cloud-based files

Jun17
by on June 17, 2014 at 4:00 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Insider, Product Launches

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Cloud-based storage aggregator Jolicloud has launched a new Chrome app which allows users to view and keep track of all of their files stored in services such as Dropbox, Google Drive and OneDrive. Initially, Jolicloud started out building Joli OS, a lightweight, cloud-based operating system. However, with a changing device ecosystem, the company announced in May this year that it would be discontinued. Since then, we’ve been waiting to see which direction Jolicloud would go in next. Today we got that answer: Drive. And according to the company’s founder and CEO, Tariq Krim, this is not a pivot, it’s a continuation of the company’s original goal of simplifying cloud…

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The 2015 Knight-Mozilla OpenNews Fellowship is open for developers now

Jun17
by on June 17, 2014 at 3:32 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

You may or may not know that Mozilla and the Knight Foundation have been partnering since 2011, with a view towards shaping the future of journalism through technology. In 2012, OpenNews came to light, a rebrand of sorts of the existing Knight-Mozilla News Technology Partnership. Now, for the fourth year running, Mozilla has announced that applications are open for the 2015 Knight-Mozilla OpenNews Fellowships. Fellows are anyone who loves coding, and they’ll spend 10 months doing just that while trying to fix problems within journalism while embedded in a bona fide newsroom. Some big-name news brands are on board again,…

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7 Web design disasters that drive people crazy

Jun17
by on June 17, 2014 at 3:20 pm
Posted In: Analysis and Opinion, Around the Web, Design & Dev

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Garrett Heath is a technology storyteller with Rackspace. While working on an article about responsive design, I realized how frustrating it is when companies design for a desktop only experience. I use a laptop for much of my Web browsing, but when I’m on the go it drives me nuts when there is a poor mobile experience. This got me thinking about some of the other UX blunders that make us all want to pull out our hair. A poorly designed website has real impacts, whether page views or sales—faster than Facebook acquiring a billion dollar company, we bounce away to another with a…

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Opera for Android now makes it easier to close and restore tabs

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by on June 17, 2014 at 3:09 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Insider

Opera may be one of many third-party browser apps available for Android, but with its latest update things just got a little more swish. To close tabs, you can now use a simple upwards swipe. Or, if you accidentally banish the wrong tab, you can now reopen recently-closed tabs via the main menu button too. Other enhancements with the latest update include bug-fixes such as resuming failed-downloads, and a handful of other UI fixes and tweaks. ➤ Opera | Google Play

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