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Citymapper adds ‘Meet Me Somewhere’ feature to its native Android app

Jun13
by on June 13, 2014 at 1:19 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Insider, Product Updates

Citymapper, an app for easily navigating your way around a number of various urban metropolises, has added a new feature to its Android offering today which allows users to easily designate a place to meet when out-and-about. Although the feature isn’t entirely new – it’s been available on the Web and iOS versions for a while already – it is still a welcome addition. In order to use it, you simply need to click the Meet Me Somewhere option and select your current location. Alternatively, you can search for a specific address and share that instead. The feature follows the addition…

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32 of the best apps for Google’s Chromecast

Jun13
by on June 13, 2014 at 12:57 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Google, Roundups

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Google’s Chromecast is an unusual device. Unlike most streaming set-top boxes, it doesn’t come with a remote, a bevy of pre-loaded apps or even an obvious menu system. Instead, the Chromecast acts as a conduit for the apps and content you might find on your PC, laptop, smartphone or tablet. The latter two are particularly important – by tapping the cast button in supported apps, you can use your mobile device as a remote and easily tee up new goodies from your sofa. But knowing which mobile apps support Chromecast and, perhaps more importantly, which ones are worth bothering with…

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Accelerator spotlight: The 10 teams that just graduated from Amsterdam’s Rockstart

Jun13
by on June 13, 2014 at 12:35 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider, Roundups

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We no longer talk about every startup accelerator that we come across – there are simply too many. Still, from time to time we like to share the cohorts from programs that catch our eye around the world. Amsterdam’s Rockstart Accelerator held its latest demo day yesterday. Here’s what they had to offer: Bomberbot Bomberbot is a game that encourages children to code by teaching them key programming concepts in a fun way. It’s currently on trial in a small number of Dutch schools and will be gradually rolled out more widely in Europe. CoffeeStrap CoffeeStrap lets you learn new languages by…

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Stamplay: An easy, IFTTT-like way to create your own Web apps

Jun13
by on June 13, 2014 at 12:30 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Design & Dev, Profiles and Interviews

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While growing numbers of children learn to code in school, if not in kindergarten, there’s still a lot of we grown-ups whose skills are rudimentary at best and don’t go much farther than basic HTML editing. Although creating sophisticated software and understanding encapsulation, inheritance, and polymorphism will most probably remain unreachable for many of us, there are still some easier things that non-developers can do. One of the products that can significantly ease creation of simple web applications is Stamplay, a recent Seedcamp alumni that is working on what the company calls “IFTTT for apps.” Living up to this comparison, the service…

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Priceline snaps up OpenTable for a tasty $2.6bn

Jun13
by on June 13, 2014 at 12:27 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

Priceline, a platform for finding and booking hotels, flights, cruises, car hire and more, has announced that it will purchase online restaurant reservation platform OpenTable. Announced today, the deal sees OpenTable’s shares snapped up for $103 each, making a total company valuation of $2.6 billion. Priceline described OpenTable as a “great match” and said the purchase provides a “natural extension into restaurant marketing services”. Priceline also said that OpenTable would continue to be based in San Francisco and would remain operating as an independent business led by its current management team, so there shouldn’t be too many changes afoot. ➤…

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