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Runtastic overhauls its GPS fitness-tracking app, and now tells you how much water to drink

Mar27
by on March 27, 2014 at 12:00 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Insider

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App developer Runtastic has carved a sizable ‘niche’ for itself in the digital fitness realm in recent years, notching up north of seventy million downloads since its foundation in 2009. This figure includes all platforms and its myriad of apps – which covers ones for homebodies and others specifically for those wishing to get a six-pack. But the app with which Runtastic is perhaps best known for is the one called – funnily enough – Runtastic, a GPS fitness tracker that lets you monitor, analyze and record your every movement on the tracks or on the roads. Today, Runtastic for…

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Instagram now has more mobile users in the US than Twitter, according to a new report

Mar27
by on March 27, 2014 at 9:11 am
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In a new report that will make painful reading for those at Twitter, E-Marketer claims that Instagram, the Facebook-owned photo app, now has more smartphone-based users in the US than Twitter. According to the figures — reported by the Financial Times — Instagram has 35 million US mobile users, while Twitter has 30.8 million. More generally, Twitter claims 240 million active users worldwide each month — across both desktop and mobile devices — which keeps it ahead of Instagram, which counts 200 million, for now at least. The research comes at an interesting time for Twitter. The company is pushing…

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ClassDojo’s mobile app now lets parents and teachers message each other to keep kids in line

Mar27
by on March 27, 2014 at 9:00 am
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ClassDojo, the behavior management platform for teachers, is rolling out a new messaging feature designed to give parents and teachers an easier way to converse. Launching out of beta way back in 2012, ClassDojo lets teachers add pupils’ names and customize the behaviors they want to encourage. During class, positive behavior is reinforced by dishing out feedback points, using any computer, tablet or smartphone; these feedback points are displayed in real-time in the classroom with audio-visual cues. It also compiles this data into reports, letting teachers monitor progress, trends and share information with parents. Two million teachers have signed up…

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Sony agrees to $68 million deal to sell more of its company buildings in Tokyo

Mar27
by on March 27, 2014 at 7:25 am
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Sony agreed a deal to sell two company buildings in Tokyo for $156 million earlier this month, and now the Japanese firm is cashing in again after announcing the 7 billion yen ($68 million) sale of more real estate in the city: Building 5 and its premises at 22-6, Higashigotanda 2 cho-me, Shinagawa-ku. Real estate firm Sumitomo Realty & Development is the buyer in both cases — Sony expects to pocket 5 billion yen ($49 million) after deductions from the sale, which it anticipates will close next month. The Japanese firm announced a major reorganization in February, selling its Vaio laptop business,…

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