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Lyft launches Lyft Plus premium car service with West Coast Customs-tweaked Ford Explorers

May08
by on May 8, 2014 at 5:00 pm
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Ride-sharing service Lyft has launched a pilot for a premium version of its service in San Francisco that will see passengers ride in SUVs specially designed by West Coast Customs, the car modding company originally featured in the MTV show Pimp My Ride. The Lyft Plus service will use the Ford Explorers, complete with custom grilles, 20-inch sport wheels and under-car LEDs, and they’ll also come kitted out with “special amenities with everything you need to recharge yourself and your devices,” the company said. Naturally, for the added service, you’ll pay an increased price – around twice as much as a standard Lyft…

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Lyft launches Lyft Plus premium car service with West Coast Customs-tweaked Ford Explorers

May08
by on May 8, 2014 at 5:00 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Insider, Product Updates

Ride-sharing service Lyft has launched a pilot for a premium version of its service in San Francisco that will see passengers ride in SUVs specially designed by West Coast Customs, the car modding company originally featured in the MTV show Pimp My Ride. The Lyft Plus service will use the Ford Explorers, complete with custom grilles, 20-inch sport wheels and under-car LEDs, and they’ll also come kitted out with “special amenities with everything you need to recharge yourself and your devices,” the company said. Naturally, for the added service, you’ll pay an increased price – around twice as much as a standard Lyft…

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Canalys: PC shipments up 5% in Q1 2014, Apple still first as tablets account for 41% and laptops take 38%

May08
by on May 8, 2014 at 4:45 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider, Mobile

In Q1 2014, the worldwide PC market experienced just 5 percent growth year-over-year to 123.7 million units, if you take into consideration desktops, laptops, and tablets. Tablet shipments grew a notably smaller 21 percent year-over-year to 50.8 million units, but still accounted for 41 percent of the market, while laptops had 38 percent. Meanwhile, the worldwide decline in laptops slowed to 7 percent and desktops remained flat. The latest estimates come from Canalys, an independent analyst firm which noted commercial shipments worldwide were lifted by the end of support for Windows XP, giving both laptops and desktops a much-needed boost….

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Canalys: PC shipments up 5% in Q1 2014, Apple still first as tablets account for 41% and laptops take 38%

May08
by on May 8, 2014 at 4:45 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider, Mobile

In Q1 2014, the worldwide PC market experienced just 5 percent growth year-over-year to 123.7 million units, if you take into consideration desktops, laptops, and tablets. Tablet shipments grew a notably smaller 21 percent year-over-year to 50.8 million units, but still accounted for 41 percent of the market, while laptops had 38 percent. Meanwhile, the worldwide decline in laptops slowed to 7 percent and desktops remained flat. The latest estimates come from Canalys, an independent analyst firm which noted commercial shipments worldwide were lifted by the end of support for Windows XP, giving both laptops and desktops a much-needed boost….

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Smart photo organizer Flayvr for iOS gets a shared timeline and more social features

May08
by on May 8, 2014 at 4:27 pm
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Flayvr, an app meant to replace your phone’s gallery by automatically sorting related photos and videos based on time and location, has just released a build for iOS that should make the app more more convenient and interactive. With this update, any photos or videos your friends and family share with you through the app will now be viewable in a “Shared Timeline”, where they are automatically organized and can be viewed in same space as your own images. You can then share these moments through SMS, email, Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp, or other media. Being able to see all the images shared between…

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