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Instapaper freshens up with a new logo, website redesign and text highlighting feature

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by on May 8, 2014 at 2:05 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Design & Dev, Product Updates

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Instapaper today revamped its save-it-for-later bookmarking service with a brand new logo, website design and text highlighting feature. The typography used for the old Instapaper logo and app icon was hardly catastrophic – it was quite nice, in fact – but the company has seen fit to tweak it somewhat. The new logo uses a thicker font, although the diagonal strokes are thinner than before, mimicking the brush strokes of a caligraphy pen. It feels closer to the typographic style used in a broadsheet newspaper, and developer Betaworks will be incorporating it into all of Instapaper’s apps, extensions and websites…

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Firefox OS 1.3 arrives with dual SIM support, continuous autofocus, flash, smart app collections, and more

May08
by on May 8, 2014 at 1:34 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Design & Dev, Insider, Mobile

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Mozilla today released Firefox OS version 1.3 to its partners for implementing in their smartphones. There are many new features for both users and developers, and the first phone to feature them is the ZTE Open C, which is available for sale as of today on eBay. First and foremost, Firefox OS users can expect dual-SIM dual-standby (DSDS) support, which gives you two lines on compatible phones, a popular feature in emerging markets. DSDS lets dual-SIM devices individually manage two different SIMs for calling, texting, or data through the “SIM Manager” interface. As for the camera, version 1.3 adds continuous…

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Davina McCall-backed UK startup Hopster brings its interactive learning app to iPhone and iPod Touch

May08
by on May 8, 2014 at 1:03 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Product Updates, UK

Hopster, the UK company on a mission to make educational videos and interactive learning more fun, has announced that its app is now compatible with iPhone and iPod Touch devices. First launched about five months ago for the iPad, the company says its first app has been consistently rated in the top 20 apps for kids aged five or under. Its early success led to the company bringing forward today’s launch in order to expand the service to any device running the iOS operating system. Alongside the new app launch, Hopster said it has also secured “a seven-figure” investment from UK backers, and…

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Health startup Counsyl launches an inherited cancer screening test and a medical record platform

May08
by on May 8, 2014 at 1:00 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

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Counsyl, a startup that’s reinventing the modern clinical lab through robotics and custom software, today announced the launch of a new screening test that checks for inherited cancer risks. The company is also kicking off its Counsyl Complete platform for sharing test results between doctors and patients. Through its automated lab, Counsyl offers a faster screening process at a fraction of the cost. Insured patients can expect to pay between $150-$300 out of pocket on average for an inherited cancer screening, potentially saving as much as 70 percent from competing services. Counsyl promises to deliver its test results in two…

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Social bookmarking service Delicious sold by YouTube founders

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by on May 8, 2014 at 12:43 pm
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The social bookmarking service Delicious has been acquired by Science-Inc from Avos Systems, a company run by YouTube’s founders Chad Hurley and Steve Chen. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Science-Inc, a tech advisory firm run by former Myspace chief Michael Jones, confirmed the deal today in a blog post. It said that Delicious will “be the cornerstone property in our burgeoning data content group” and that “the understanding of trending content is unparalleled” thanks to its billion daily links. Loyal Delicious users apparently have no cause to fear the demise or closure of the service though. Science-Inc’s COO Mike Macadaan said that “in…

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