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Spotify gets a new darker look as it strives for cross-platform consistency

Apr02
by on April 2, 2014 at 6:20 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider, music streaming, Product Updates

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Music streaming service has sported more or less the same look since its launch in 2008, and it’s finally time for a change. The new Spotify is rolling out gradually from today onwards to iPhone, desktop and Web users — and will “soon” be available across all platforms including Android. Spotify’s overhauled design comes with a darker theme — which particularly helps album art to stand out — as well as refreshed fonts and rounded iconography. Michelle Kadir, director of product, describes the darker interface as providing an experience akin to watching a movie in a cinema, where the lights are dimmed…

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Intel boosts its presence in China with a $100m fund focused on smart devices including wearables

Apr02
by on April 2, 2014 at 5:25 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Asia

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Intel is strengthening its presence in China with plans for an innovation center in the city of Shenzhen, as well as a $100 million fund focused on the development of smart devices in China, including two-in-ones, tablets, smartphones, wearables, and the Internet of Things among other technologies. Intel CEO Brian Krzanich announced the two initiatives today at the company’s developer forum in Shenzhen (as first spotted by CNET). The innovation center will focus on expanding Intel’s work beyond tablets — seeking to provide local manufacturers and software developers with access to Intel technology platforms and giving them support such as development tools…

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BlackBerry cuts ties with T-Mobile following disagreement earlier this year

Apr02
by on April 2, 2014 at 4:28 am
Posted In: Around the Web

BlackBerry announced today that it won’t be renewing T-Mobile’s license to sell its handsets after their agreement expires on April 25. However, existing BlackBerry customers on T-Mobile won’t see any difference in their service or support, according to BlackBerry. CEO John Chen explained that BlackBerry isn’t seeing eye-to-eye with T-Mobile at this point in time, but didn’t rule out cooperation in the future. Regretfully, at this time, our strategies are not complementary and we must act in the best interest of our BlackBerry customers. We hope to work with T-Mobile again in the future when our business strategies are aligned. The…

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Adobe will reveal details of its upgraded video suite at broadcasters’ conference

Apr02
by on April 2, 2014 at 4:01 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider, Product Updates

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Every year—just in time for the National Association of Broadcasters annual confab in Las Vegas—Adobe previews a slew of updates to its video editing suite, spearheaded by its flagship movie app, Premiere Pro. In keeping with that tradition, Adobe next week will offer sneak peeks of the new technology it plans to incorporate into its Creative Cloud video apps in advance of launch. Those upgrades and enhancements will ship in the next couple of months alongside additional updates to its Creative Cloud subscription lineup, Adobe said in a press briefing. For its video tools, the company is now focused on…

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