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Offline over the weekend? Read all the tech news you missed right here

Jun16
by on June 16, 2014 at 10:20 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider, Roundups

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With Monday fully upon us, the weekend’s fun and frolicking is now just a quickly fading memory, but while you were out there making merry you probably missed all the latest and greatest happenings in the world of tech. Fear not, though. We were paying attention so you didn’t have to. All you need to do is make a coffee and find 10 minutes to catch up on all the news and features you missed from the The Next Web and beyond over the last two days. News from over the weekend at The Next Web Apple Approves First Bitcoin Wallet…

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Indian chat app Hike adds private mode and 100MB file sending, as it hits 20m users

Jun16
by on June 16, 2014 at 10:11 am
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, hike app, India

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We’re all familiar with ephemeral messaging, but how about password-protect chats? That’s a new feature that has been added to Indian chat app Hike, which announced that it has passed 20 million registered users today. In addition to the aforementioned ‘Hidden Mode,’ Hike users can now transfer files of up to 100MB in size across the service — that includes MP3s, PDFs .docxs and more. Locking away conversation might sound appealing to unfaithful partners, but Hike CEO Kavin Bharti Mittal explains many users in India simply crave addition privacy: A major cultural factor in India is that most kids still…

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Indian chat app Hike adds private mode and 100MB file sending, as it hits 20m users

Jun16
by on June 16, 2014 at 10:11 am
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, hike app, India

hike
We’re all familiar with ephemeral messaging, but how about password-protect chats? That’s a new feature that has been added to Indian chat app Hike, which announced that it has passed 20 million registered users today. In addition to the aforementioned ‘Hidden Mode,’ Hike users can now transfer files of up to 100MB in size across the service — that includes MP3s, PDFs .docxs and more. Locking away conversation might sound appealing to unfaithful partners, but Hike CEO Kavin Bharti Mittal explains many users in India simply crave addition privacy: A major cultural factor in India is that most kids still…

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The BBC’s Playlister ‘save it for later’ music service now lets you export tracks to iTunes

Jun16
by on June 16, 2014 at 10:05 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Product Updates, UK

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In addition to Spotify, Deezer and YouTube, BBC aficionados can now export their Playlister mixes to iTunes for purchase and audio playback. The service, unveiled last October, allows listeners to bookmark the tracks they hear on BBC iPlayer and then quickly bring them over to their preferred music streaming service. The concept is similar to ‘save it for later’ services Pocket and Instapaper – when you stumble across a fantastic tune, Playlister is a simple way to quickly tag it. In an age where every music streaming service is trying to crack recommendations and natural discovery, it reinforces the BBC’s armada…

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Micromax becomes the first Indian phone maker to launch Window Phone devices

Jun16
by on June 16, 2014 at 8:50 am
Posted In: Around the Web, India

Micromax has become the first Indian smartphone-maker to introduce Windows Phone devices, after the Canvas Win W121 and Canvas Win W092 were announced. The five-inch Canvas Win Q121 is priced at Rs. 9,500 (US$158), and sports an eight-megapixel rear camera and two-megapixel front-facing camera, with a Qualcomm Snapdragon 200 quad-core processor and 1GB RAM. The device includes 8GB of on-device storage, which can be upgraded to 32GB with memory cards. The Canvas Win W092 is the cheaper of the two, priced at Rs. 6,500 (US$108). It has the same spec, but a downgraded five-megapixel camera on the front and a 0.3-megapixel snapper on the back….

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