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5 reasons to move your startup to Southeast Asia

Jun10
by on June 10, 2014 at 8:57 pm
Posted In: Analysis and Opinion, Around the Web, Asia, Entrepreneur

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Thomas Clayton is the CEO of Bubbly, a social media startup backed by Sequoia Capital, SingTel Innov8, and JAFCO.  Most entrepreneurs get caught up in Silicon Valley envy and decide to place their startup headquarters there without a second thought. But for most startups, this won’t necessarily lead to immediate success and riches. The Valley certainly is the mecca of the tech world; however, the Valley also isn’t the place for every tech startup. It has become extremely noisy and hyper competitive for talent, which is making it increasingly difficult to break your company away from the herd.  With the capital required to start…

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Adobe releases Flash 14 and Air 14 with anisotropic filtering, Intel x86 Android support and Gamepad API

Jun10
by on June 10, 2014 at 8:42 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Design & Dev, Insider

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Adobe today released Flash Player 14 as well as the Air 14 Runtime and SDK. Both are considered major quarterly releases, and include new features, as well as the usual bug fixes and security updates. Both tools have received a new anisotropic filtering feature, which the company describes as a texture-sampling filter for enhancing the image quality of textures on surfaces that are at oblique viewing angles. Interested developers should know there are two ways to enable the feature: In AGAL, set one of the values – anisotropic2x, anisotropic4x, anisotropic8x, or anisotropic16x to the filter option in the sampling instructions….

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1Password for Android overhaul makes it a full-fledged app

Jun10
by on June 10, 2014 at 7:52 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Insider

The 1Password app for Android has, until now, been a read-only affair. If you wanted to add a site’s security information to your account, you had to use Windows, OS X, or (gulp) iOS. With today’s redesign, the app is ready for all your internet-security needs. Available right now on Google Play, 1Password for Android brings the app into parity with the iOS version of the password manager. In addition to looking about a thousand times better than the 1Password reader, here are the app’s features: Generate strong, unique passwords for every site and login with a tap Let 1Password remember…

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1Password for Android overhaul makes it a full-fledged app

Jun10
by on June 10, 2014 at 7:52 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Insider

The 1Password app for Android has, until now, been a read-only affair. If you wanted to add a site’s security information to your account, you had to use Windows, OS X, or (gulp) iOS. With today’s redesign, the app is ready for all your internet-security needs. Available right now on Google Play, 1Password for Android brings the app into parity with the iOS version of the password manager. In addition to looking about a thousand times better than the 1Password reader, here are the app’s features: Generate strong, unique passwords for every site and login with a tap Let 1Password remember…

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From cloud gaming to VR, Sony is poised to own the full-stack of the future of entertainment

Jun10
by on June 10, 2014 at 7:33 pm
Posted In: Analysis and Opinion, Around the Web, Insider

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Sony’s E3 keynote on Monday came as a flurry of game trailers and reveals, but the company also showed off its strategy for the future of entertainment. Sony certainly seems to have gotten its mojo back, and it’s clear that, right now, it has the best shot at having a full product line that offers gaming and content seamlessly across devices while also delving into unexplored territory like virtual reality. Since the PlayStation 4 is designed to act as a central hub, Sony set about future-proofing the console by including the performance necessary to make it last for years. Extending out from the…

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