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Mystery solved: Amazon’s Giant Locker in SF is a promotional stunt for the Nissan Rogue

May16
by on May 16, 2014 at 4:29 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

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When an enormous Amazon locker showed up in San Francisco this week, many were curious about what was in the locker. Amazon has come out with it: the locker houses a Nissan Rogue that customers can win. The stunt is part of an advertising campaign that Amazon has inked with Nissan. If you visit the locker, which is located at Justin Herman Plaza, you can win a code by posting to social media with the #GiantLocker hashtag. Nissan representatives will then give you the code to a door on the locker. One lucky winner will take home the car, while other boxes…

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What designers need to make wearable tech exciting again

May16
by on May 16, 2014 at 3:56 pm
Posted In: Analysis and Opinion, Around the Web, Design & Dev, Insider

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Amin Zayani is the tech evangelist and maker-in-residence at Relayr. The Verge’s list of “best wearables of 2014” is mainly comprised of objects for around the wrist which can record fitness information and show phone notifications. It all seems tiresomely limited. Isn’t it amazing that the very first piece of wearable tech back in 1975 was a calculator watch – and that we have only advanced to glorified pedometers since? Wearable tech: Past its peak already? With news that Nike is pulling out of wearable tech, many are wondering if the industry is just one giant gimmick. Who thought that after…

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Yahoo Mail for Android updated with news, search, weather, sports, Flickr photos and videos

May16
by on May 16, 2014 at 3:17 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Google, Insider, Mobile

Microsoft Makes $44.6 Billion Bid For Yahoo
Less than a month after the iOS release, Yahoo today updated its Yahoo Mail app for Android with a slew of non-email features. You can download the new version now directly from Google Play. Similar to the iOS update, the new Android app no longer only shows your Yahoo Mail inbox. It includes a new top bar with icons for Mail, All Stories, and Today (the iOS version uses a bottom bar instead). Nothing has changed in the first tab. The second tab has a “personalized, visually rich news stream” that shows everything from “celebrity gossip to the latest political…

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Chrome still most used across desktop and mobile, Firefox falls below Safari and IE

May16
by on May 16, 2014 at 3:00 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Google, Insider

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Social discovery and sharing platform Shareaholic today updated its browser share report, showing how the market has changed in the last eight months. While Chrome continues to dominate in desktop and mobile usage, the biggest change we noticed is that Firefox has dropped from second place to fourth, below both Safari and Internet Explorer. Between the two reports, Chrome’s usage has remained flat, losing just 0.03 percentage points. As a result, it is still used more than Firefox, IE, and Opera combined. Firefox meanwhile lost 4.66 percentage points, Safari slipped 0.96 percentage points, and IE fell 3.13 percentage points. Here…

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Nokia Lumia 630 with digital TV tuner unveiled for Brazil ahead of FIFA World Cup

May16
by on May 16, 2014 at 2:29 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Gadgets, Latin America, Mobile

Microsoft hopes to capitalise on the furore of the FIFA World Cup with an edition of its Nokia Lumia 630 smartphone that features a digital TV tuner. The handset will be based on the dual-SIM model and includes a built-in Digital TV (DTV) signal receiver. So if you’re stuck in traffic before kick-off, or struggling to find a bar that isn’t already packed to the rafters, you can still watch all the action and root for your favorite national side. The smartphone is an exclusive for Brazil, so if you’re flying  out for the tournament this summer you’ll need to pick…

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