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Facebook open sources Pop for iOS, the extensible animation engine behind Paper

Apr28
by on April 28, 2014 at 5:25 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Design & Dev, Mobile

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Facebook today open sourced Pop, the engine behind Paper’s smooth animations and transitions, over on GitHub. Pop uses dynamic instead of traditional static animations to control the scrolling, bouncing, and unfolding effects in the social news app. Facebook software engineer Kimon Tsinteris, who co-founded Push Pop Press before joining the social networking company in August 2011, notes that iOS has always excelled at supporting static animations. “The Apple-provided Core Animation framework makes linear, ease-in, ease-out, and ease-in-ease-out animations simple to leverage,” he explains. Tsinteris adds, however, that his animation engine goes a level higher: “With Pop, we are able to…

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Facebook launches Business Manager, a tool for advertisers to manage ad accounts, Pages, apps, and permissions

Apr28
by on April 28, 2014 at 5:09 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Social Media

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Facebook today launched Business Manager at business.facebook.com, a new tool that lets large advertisers manage all of their ad accounts, Pages, apps, and permissions from one place. Business Manager is currently available to a “limited number” of US advertisers, but the company says it plans to it roll out internationally “within a few weeks.” Since Business Manager integrates all your Facebook advertising campaign management efforts into one tool, here’s what it will show you if you’re advertising for your own company: The Pages, ad accounts and apps linked to your brand. The people on your team who can access these…

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Facebook launches Business Manager, a tool for advertisers to manage ad accounts, Pages, apps, and permissions

Apr28
by on April 28, 2014 at 5:09 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Social Media

Internet Market Considers MIcrosoft Bid for Yahoo
Facebook today launched Business Manager over at business.facebook.com, a new tool that lets large advertisers manage all of their ad accounts, Pages, apps, and permissions from one place. Business Manager is currently available to a “limited number” of US advertisers, but the company says it plans to it roll out internationally “within a few weeks.” Since Business Manager integrates all your Facebook advertising campaign management efforts into one tool, here’s what it will show you if you’re advertising for your own company: The Pages, ad accounts and apps linked to your brand. The people on your team who can access…

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Adobe issues fix for Flash flaw allowing attackers to remotely control Windows, OS X, and Linux computers

Apr28
by on April 28, 2014 at 4:08 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Insider

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Adobe today released a security bulletin addressing a critical vulnerability (CVE-2014-0515) in its Flash product that could allow an attacker to remotely take control of an affected system. The company says it is aware of reports that the security hole is being exploited in the wild for Windows machines, but notes Macs and Linux computers are also vulnerable. Affected versions include Flash Player 13.0.0.182 and earlier versions for Windows, Flash Player 13.0.0.201 and earlier versions for Mac, as well as Flash Player 11.2.202.350 and earlier versions for Linux. As such, Adobe recommends that users update their product installations to the…

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HealthBerry: a platform for health services to better engage with patients via social channels

Apr28
by on April 28, 2014 at 3:30 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Product Launches, UK

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HealthBerry, a new platform for providing health care professionals with feedback posted on social channels, has announced that 18 NHS hospitals and three GPs have already signed up for the service in the UK. Essentially, the HealthBerry system aggregates feedback left across channels like Facebook and Twitter, as well as more specific ones like Patient Opinion and Care Connect, among others. By getting better feedback, the organizations are better armed with information on which to base potential service changes, or so the theory goes. While it might not be the most glamorous area of tech, new goals within the NHS to improve digital accessibility and to better facilitate the…

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