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Sky News launches catch-up TV service for Sky+ HD customers

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by on May 8, 2014 at 10:30 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Product Updates, UK

UK broadcaster BSkyB (Sky) has launched a catch-up news service that allows Sky+ HD subscribers to peruse any of the news items they want at their own leisure. The addition is the first news content to be included as part of Sky’s on-demand offering, which also includes TV shows and movies. As well as providing access to the day’s news, content will also include specially commissioned documentaries as well as providing the option to revisit world changing events from the last 25 years via ‘The Vault’. On top of all this, there will also be special shows, like Week in Review, “a quick…

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Hipstamatic takes on Vine with Cinamatic, a new iOS app for shooting square-format videos

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by on May 8, 2014 at 9:11 am
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Product Launches

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Vine ushered in a new era of quick, sharable videos shot and edited with a mobile device. Instagram followed suit last summer and today, Hipstamatic is joining the fray with a new iOS app called Cinamatic. The premise isn’t exactly revolutionary. You can capture one, or multiple square-format shots in quick succession and then instantly stitch them together for a slick-looking video. In line with its Hipstamatic and Oggl photo-sharing apps, the team has also developed a catalog of analog-inspired filters to give each short masterpiece a retro feel. Initially, there are five to choose from – Darwin, Andrei, Marc,…

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India’s Flipkart is launching an Amazon Prime-like subscription service called Flipkart First

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by on May 8, 2014 at 8:09 am
Posted In: Around the Web, flipkart, India

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Flipkart, India’s top e-commerce company, is taking a leaf out of the Amazon playbook after it announced Flipkart First, a paid-for subscription service that gives customers VIP benefits much like the Amazon Prime service. The company isn’t revealing how much that First membership will cost at this point, nor is it saying when the service will launch. Nonetheless, the fact that it is introducing it is an interesting move to engage its local community, particularly since global giants Amazon and eBay are increasing their focus on India. When it does launch, Flipkart First will provide customers with the following benefits: To get the ball rolling, Flipkart…

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Live in the UK? Adpoints now lets you earn Nectar points by watching ads on your phone

May08
by on May 8, 2014 at 8:00 am
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Product Updates, UK

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Adpoints, the UK-focused Web platform that encourages you to watch video advertisements in exchange for Nectar points, has launched a version of its site designed for smartphone and tablet browsers, thereby allowing users to keep earning points while out and about. Having grown to more than 400,000 members through its desktop website since launching in 2012, the company decided it was high-time to tap into the potential of the mobile market. For users, watching the videos earns an average of around 4 Nectar points, a spokesperson told TNW. For the advertisers providing the content for the Adpoints platform, it gives access…

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