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Google Keep updated with the ability to quickly search text in photos and a new look

Apr03
by on April 3, 2014 at 10:55 am
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Google, Product Updates

Google is rolling out an update to its Evernote rival Keep that introduces the ability to search for text in photos uploaded to the service. While Evernote has had this feature for a long time, we found that Google’s implementation located text in images instantly. Evernote, on the other hand, took a few minutes after a data sync to index the images that we tested. That said, Keep doesn’t highlight the searched phrase in the images it displays, which may be a downer for some. Also new in the update is the ability to tweak how lists are handled and…

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Sony will film three full matches from the 2014 FIFA World Cup in super hi-res 4K

Apr03
by on April 3, 2014 at 9:15 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

While we already knew that the 2014 football World Cup final was to be produced and broadcast in 4K, both Sony and FIFA have today announced plans to extend its super high-res coverage of the tournament. Indeed, three full matches will now be produced in 4K, including one match from the round of 16 on June 28 and one quarter-final game on July 4. However, it seems these won’t be broadcast live. Instead, they’ll be used as part of an official promo film (‘Official 4K Film’) that will be distributed digitally after the competition, and will feature a selection of…

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US government reportedly tried to get Jack Dorsey to fund a subversive ‘Cuban Twitter’ project

Apr03
by on April 3, 2014 at 9:07 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Cuba

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It seems like the US may have tapped into the subversive power of social media as it sought to stir dissent against Cuba’s communist government with the creation of a “Cuban Twitter,” the Associated Press reports. The project dubbed “ZunZuneo,” which began in 2009 and lasted more than two years, attracted tens of thousands of users. The plan was to build up a critical mass of mostly young Cuban people on the social network, which could then lead to “smart mobs” — mass gatherings that are organized in a moment’s notice — that could rise up against the government, according…

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Online food delivery service Just Eat goes public with a £360m IPO in London, valuing it at £1.47b

Apr03
by on April 3, 2014 at 7:49 am
Posted In: Around the Web, online food delivery, Product Updates, UK

Just Eat, an online food ordering and delivery service, has listed on the London Stock Exchange’s ‘High Growth Segment’ today, offering 138,502,501 ordinary shares at 260 pence each to raise £360 million (about $599 million). My view opening the market on the LSE this morning. #JUSTEAT pic.twitter.com/eTh628wnBg — David Buttress (@davidjusteat) April 3, 2014 The IPO values the company at £1.47 billion, much higher than the valuation range of £700 million and £900 million the company was earlier said to be looking at. Just Eat will be receiving £100 million from the public listing. Earlier, a company spokesperson told TNW that the funding will go towards efforts…

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