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General Assembly teams up with Google, Microsoft and others to launch new tech scholarship program

Apr17
by on April 17, 2014 at 3:00 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Google, Insider

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General Assembly, the New York-based startup that offers educational courses in web development, UX design and other technology-related skills, today launched a scholarship program to train individuals from underrepresented groups. Called the Opportunity Fund, General Assembly is starting out with a small pilot for 17 students in the ‘Big Apple’. The company has allocated $170,000 in total and already attracted support from some of the biggest names in the technology industry. Microsoft will be focused on scholarships for veterans while Google, through its Google for Entrepreneurs program, supports women on the scheme. “Women-led tech companies achieve 35 percent higher return on…

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RunKeeper releases Breeze, an iPhone 5s app for tracking your steps and helping you stay active

Apr17
by on April 17, 2014 at 3:00 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web

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RunKeeper is expanding beyond running with Breeze, a new iPhone 5s app for tracking how many steps you take in a day via the smartphone’s M7 co-processor. While the main RunKeeper app is a staple among fitness enthusiasts, Breeze is designed with us sedentary folks in mind. The app’s interface has a beautiful, calming look that’s worthy of iOS 7. Breeze is iPhone 5s only because it relies on the special M7 motion processor that Apple included in its latest phone. The M7 logs data like steps taken in the background without waking up the more power-hungry A7 chip, allowing…

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Polling app Poutsch relaunches as Voice – a name you can actually pronounce and spell

Apr17
by on April 17, 2014 at 2:47 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Insider, Product Updates

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There has been no shortage of polling apps launched in the past few years and one of the most interesting was Poutsch (we called it “Quora for polls“) but with a name that was difficult to pronounce and spell for many English speakers, it was bound to struggle. So, today it’s relaunching as Voice. While Poutsch felt very much ‘desktop first’ with an ‘encyclopedia of polls’-type approach and a simplified iOS app, Voice is putting the mobile experience front-and-center. Firstly, the iOS app (nothing for Android or Windows Phone yet) feels perfectly in step with the new desktop website. Both…

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Evernote and Moleskine’s new business notebook gives you more ways to share and organize pages

Apr17
by on April 17, 2014 at 2:10 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Gadgets, Product Launches

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I’ve tried going digital-only for all off my note-taking needs, but in the end I always revert back to pen. It’s the physical act of writing something down that helps me to remember. Evernote tackled the problem over a year ago by developing ‘Smart Notebooks‘ with Moleskine. Now it’s back with an upgrade for enterprise customers, aptly called the ‘Evernote Business Notebook’. The key difference is that each page is separated into different sections, giving you the option to share only a part of your handwritten notes with other people. In practise, this means each sheet of paper is divided…

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Our favorite typefaces from March 2014

Apr17
by on April 17, 2014 at 2:07 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Design & Dev, Roundups

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Sean Mitchell is an interactive designer based in Vancouver, British Columbia, and the editor of TypeRelease. Another month means another set of beautiful typefaces for you to check out. Here were our favorites from March. Sudtipos: Courtesy Script Pro Courtesy Script Pro captures the elegance and propriety of finely practiced Spencerian penmanship. The Northern Block: Rein Grotesk Rein Grotesk is a low contrast typeface with a strong, neutral personality. Hoefler & Co: Surveyor A monumental family of typefaces designed for print and screen. Stawix: Crique Grotesk Crique Grotesk is inspired by neo–humanist and geometric industrial tones. Yellow Design Studio: Gist Rough Gist Rough…

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