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Xbox Video can now resume playing on other devices, SmartGlass navigation improved, and next One update detailed

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by on April 1, 2014 at 3:00 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Gadgets, Insider

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Microsoft today updated its Xbox Video service and Xbox SmartGlass app. At the same time, the company detailed what’s coming in the next Xbox One update, including bringing TV elements to more global markets and a new option for using OneGuide on multiple devices. First up, after you rent or buy a movie, Xbox Video now lets you start watching on one screen and pick-up right where you left off on another. While the service is available on the Xbox One, Xbox 360, Windows 8, Windows Phone 8, and XboxVideo.com, the fine print says this feature is only available on…

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How to build a tech ecosystem: The essential building blocks for your city

Apr01
by on April 1, 2014 at 2:25 pm
Posted In: Analysis and Opinion, Around the Web, Entrepreneur

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Carlos Eduardo Espinal is a partner at Seedcamp, an early stage mentoring and investment program that engages startups through monthly Seedcamp Events. I’m continuously excited when I hear about how many new ecosystems are evolving and growing across Europe and around the world. It truly is an exciting time in history for us to live in with many new innovations being generated by smaller companies rather than a concentrated few. Aside from helping economies move forward through the creation of jobs and wealth, a thriving ecosystem allows startup founders to connect with other founders and share stories about how to overcome technical and commercial…

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LithiumCard: A Slimline battery pack designed to turbo-charge your gadgets

Apr01
by on April 1, 2014 at 2:13 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Gadgets, Insider, Product Reviews

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With six days still to go on its Indiegogo campaign, the LithiumCard’s goal of becoming the “thinnest and only battery-powered HyperCharger” is well on track. Indeed, $140,000+ raised of its $30,000 funding goal is nothing to be sniffed at. LinearFlux, the company behind the contraption, is currently gearing up to hit mass-production mode, with early backers possibly receiving their slimline chargers as early as this month. We managed to grab a hands-on with a pre-production prototype ahead of the official roll-out, and here’s how it looks. LithiumCard: A slimline charger At 53.9mm x 85.6mm x 5.5mm, the LithiumCard has the…

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BT Sport will be made available to stream via Chromecast in the UK

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by on April 1, 2014 at 1:57 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider, UK

Good news for sports fans in the UK: BT Sport will be made available to stream via Chromecast. Google launched Chromecast in the UK and ten new countries just a couple of weeks back, but the BBC was the only broadcaster on board for the UK launch. Now, according to a report in the Financial Times, BT is making its sports channels available to stream directly to your TV via Google’s £30 HDMI dongle. This means that any BT broadband subscriber will not only be able to watch the English Premier League on their phones, tablets and computers, but they…

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The best tech April Fools’ Day jokes of 2014

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by on April 1, 2014 at 1:36 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider, Roundups, Shareables

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April Fools’ Day jokes are by and large disappointing — Google aside — but there is some hope outside of Mountain View. Here’s what companies other than Google did that was actually interesting. Tumblr — Tumblr Pro Tumblr pranked a lot of its young userbase after it added a button to allow users to upgrade to ‘Tumblr Pro’ on its microblogging service. Clicking to upgrade to the free service, users are shown a video designed to inspire creativity within… and are ultimately rewarded only with a hat for their avatar. I activated Tumblr Pro and this happened???????????????? pic.twitter.com/OOqiCtvqp0 — LadyPipit’s…

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