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Voice-powered virtual assistant WonderVoice now has Pocket and Glympse integration

Mar28
by on March 28, 2014 at 3:05 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Insider

Remember WonderVoice, the app that wants to be Siri for Facebook? Well, it’s recently been given a bit of a spit-shine in the App Store. To recap, WonderVoice lets you ‘speak’ a command to like a post, listen to comments, save for later and more. And it’s not just Facebook it works with, you can also ask the app to tell you the best parking spots in your locale, and send messages by saying, for example, “Send message to Billy”. With the latest release, it not only sports a brand-spanking new design, but also integration with Glympse (previous coverage), meaning…

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What does the future of Bitcoin look like for e-commerce?

Mar28
by on March 28, 2014 at 2:25 pm
Posted In: Analysis and Opinion, Around the Web, Entrepreneur, Insider, Rackspace

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Garrett Heath is a technology storyteller with Rackspace. The meteoric rise of Bitcoin’s value—from a low of $13 to upwards of $1000 in 2013—caused the general public to take notice of this cryptocurrency. Once relegated to tech circles, last year saw major economists discussing the digital currency, international governments questioning its legitimacy and speculation on well-known hedge funds acquiring it in their portfolios. Last year was truly the coming out party for Bitcoin. But is the time right for businesses and e-commerce sites to begin accepting it as a method of payment? “We see a range of emotions towards Bitcoin adoption in the…

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Apple’s first retail store in Turkey will open in Istanbul on April 5

Mar28
by on March 28, 2014 at 12:31 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

Fifteen months after it launched iTunes in Turkey, Apple has finally revealed a date for its bricks-and-mortar retail store in the country. While we’ve known it was coming for a while, Webrazzi reports that the outlet will be opening on April 5, in the garden of Zorlu Centre, Istanbul. Apple’s Istanbul Store ©Webrazzi Apple launched its first retail store in Brazil back in February, and given the timing of its simultaneous job postings for these countries back in 2012, it’s not surprising to see Turkey follow so soon after. ➤ Apple announces the opening date of its first Apple Store…

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Cut the Rope 2 arrives on Android, as franchise downloads top 500 million

Mar28
by on March 28, 2014 at 12:25 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Product Launches

A few months after its App Store debut, developer ZeptoLab has released Cut the Rope 2 on Android. It’s a free download in the Google Play store and will be landing in the Amazon Appstore on March 30. The non-existent price tag is notable, given that it shipped for $0.99 on iOS last year. That’s likely representative of the higher number of app purchases in the App Store, and it’ll be interesting to see whether the new Android version includes any microtransactions to compensate. To cap off today’s Android release, ZeptoLab announced that the Cut the Rope franchise has passed…

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Cut the Rope 2 arrives on Android, as franchise downloads top 500 million

Mar28
by on March 28, 2014 at 12:25 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Product Launches

A few months after its App Store debut, developer ZeptoLab has released Cut the Rope 2 on Android. It’s a free download in the Google Play store and will be landing in the Amazon Appstore on March 30. The non-existent price tag is notable, given that it shipped for $0.99 on iOS last year. That’s likely representative of the higher number of app purchases in the App Store, and it’ll be interesting to see whether the new Android version includes any microtransactions to compensate. To cap off today’s Android release, ZeptoLab announced that the Cut the Rope franchise has passed…

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