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This is PayPal’s new logo

Apr30
by on April 30, 2014 at 4:12 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Design & Dev

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PayPal today introduced a slight logo redesign for its online and mobile payments service. Frankly, it’s not too far removed from the logo that preceded it, with the same overall design that shows two ‘P’ characters resting on top of one another. PayPal is using a darker blue for the highlight, but it’s the same adjoining name in italics. Each ‘P’ in the new monogram is also filled in the center, which should make it more noticeable from afar. On its website, PayPal admits that the new logo is a small improvement over its forerunner. “Our new logo is not…

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Yahoo Screen arrives on Android

Apr30
by on April 30, 2014 at 3:49 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Insider

Following the arrival of Yahoo Screen on iOS in September, Yahoo Screen is finally available for Android users too. Yahoo Screen lets you stream skits from the likes of Saturday Night Live, Comedy Central, and Yahoo original programming. The native mobile apps basically brings together what’s already available in the browser. Following its arrival on iOS last year, Yahoo Screen later launched on Apple TV, followed by Roku too. ➤ Yahoo Screen | Google Play

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Catch up on a month of tech news from Eastern Europe: April

Apr30
by on April 30, 2014 at 3:45 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider, Roundups

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The tech market of Eastern Europe has been quite busy this last month with deals, announcements, and news stories mushrooming all over the place. In this round-up you can catch up with significant news that came from the region and see the big picture of what was happening in CEE in April. If you think I have missed something, or would like to draw my attention to an important story, feel free to ping me in Twitter (@shlema) or by e-mail at shlema@gmail.com. Startups and infrastructure Croatian coworking space Impact Hub Zagreb has launched an incubator programme. Estonian accelerator Startup Wise Guys has changed its…

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Hulu preps a free ad-supported service for mobile, as Hulu Plus passes 6 million users

Apr30
by on April 30, 2014 at 2:45 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

As digital TV platform Hulu announces that its subscription-based TV service Hulu Plus has now passed the 6-million subscriber mark, it seems the current free Web-based offering will be arriving on mobile devices soon too. The US company says that it will begin offering ad-supported TV shows on smartphones to free users this summer, followed by a “next generation of the Hulu Plus iPhone app.” Founded in 2007, Hulu is an online TV service that helps users discover premium content from around the world, and its ownership is shared between Hulu, NBCUniversal, Fox and Disney, with support from Providence Equity…

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Man vs. machine: Which is better at converting sales?

Apr30
by on April 30, 2014 at 2:33 pm
Posted In: Analysis and Opinion, Around the Web, Entrepreneur

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Ofer Yourvexel is the CEO of WRNTY, developing leading order taking apps and sales management software. Technology replaces people – that’s a fact. The things that made our society more productive could now be contributing to its decline as humans are less in demand. But have we arrived at the point where the salesman is no longer needed at all? Let’s find out in the ultimate battle of man versus machine. Artificial Intelligence vs. the Human Mind Behavioral targeting, big data, predictive analytics – these buzzwords, now a part of burgeoning businesses, claim to be able to help companies sell. With…

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