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LinkedIn’s SlideShare gets its first ever native mobile app, kicking off with Android

Apr16
by on April 16, 2014 at 11:36 am
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Insider

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File and presentation-hosting platform SlideShare has finally delivered a native mobile app, kicking off today with Android. Launched initially in 2006, SlideShare lets users upload PowerPoint, PDF, Keynote or OpenDocument files to share publicly or privately. LinkedIn acquired the company in a $119 million deal back in 2012. While SlideShare has typically always worked well on the mobile Web, a glaring omission has been its absence from Google Play and Apple’s App Store. While one of these facets has been remedied, if you’re an iOS user you’ll have to sign up as a beta tester for now. SlideShare for Android…

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King partners with Tencent to bring a localized version of Candy Crush to China

Apr16
by on April 16, 2014 at 10:31 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Asia, king, tencent, wechat, weixin

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Mobile game-maker King is eyeing China after it partnered with Internet giant Tencent to bring a localized version of Candy Crush Saga, its flagship title, to the world’s largest mobile market. There’s no definitive launch date for the Chinese version of Candy Crush — both companies only say it will arrive “soon” — but when it does land, it will be a major coup for Tencent which has secured a country exclusive. Chinese gamers on iOS or Android devices will need to visit Tencent’s Mobile QQ or its Weixin Game Center to get hold of the title. That distribution is…

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BSkyB now lets you watch and record TV by clicking a tweet

Apr16
by on April 16, 2014 at 10:26 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider, UK

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BSkyB (‘Sky’) is trialing a new Twitter-based tool that lets its subscribers watch and record movies and TV shows by interacting with a tweet. If you see ‘#WatchOnSky’ within a tweet from Sky, it can be expanded to reveal ‘Watch’ and ‘Record’ icons that link directly to Sky’s mobile TV service Sky Go. Indeed, this will only work via Twitter on mobile, and you will need to ensure your Sky+HD box is linked to your Sky iD. Sky and Twitter have previously partnered to broadcast Champions League clips within tweets too, but this latest move represents one of the first…

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BSkyB now lets you watch and record TV by clicking a tweet

Apr16
by on April 16, 2014 at 10:26 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider, UK

2014-04-16 11.16.46
BSkyB (‘Sky’) is trialing a new Twitter-based tool that lets its subscribers watch and record movies and TV shows by interacting with a tweet. If you see ‘#WatchOnSky’ within a tweet from Sky, it can be expanded to reveal ‘Watch’ and ‘Record’ icons that link directly to Sky’s mobile TV service Sky Go. Indeed, this will only work via Twitter on mobile, and you will need to ensure your Sky+HD box is linked to your Sky iD. Sky and Twitter have previously partnered to broadcast Champions League clips within tweets too, but this latest move represents one of the first…

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How cryptocurrencies can curb unsustainable growth in government power

Apr16
by on April 16, 2014 at 9:47 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

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Stripe now supports it, as does Square. Gaming behemoth Zynga is taking notice, while some companies have even offered to pay staff salaries with it. This thing even has its own ATM. We’re not talking cash or even gold doubloons though. We’re talking Bitcoin, baby. Cryptocurrency is based on the concept that cryptography is used to manage a currency’s creation and subsequent transactions, as opposed to the status quo which sees centralized authorities take the helm. It’s fair to say that such virtual currencies have soared in recent times, with Bitcoin very much the poster child of the fledgling peer-to-peer…

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