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WordPress.com now automatically strips all formatting for text pasted from Microsoft Word

Mar25
by on March 25, 2014 at 6:08 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Design & Dev, Product Updates

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If you run a blog directly through WordPress.com, rather than a self-hosted site using the free software from WordPress.org, you’re going to encounter some handy new features when you next create a new post. Prefer to write in Microsoft Word? Now, when you paste anything across from the insanely popular word processor, none of the code will come along with it. That means you won’t have to worry about any unwanted formatting, such as peculiar line breaks, fonts and font sizes. In addition, the Visual Editor now comes with a ‘Paste as Text’ mode so that regardless of which word…

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Download issue 3 of TNW’s iPad magazine, SHIFT: The Empowered Individual

Mar25
by on March 25, 2014 at 5:44 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Voice

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This past weekend we welcomed a bunch of young and ambitious designers, artists and photographers to our offices in Amsterdam for a long weekend of hard work on our latest issue of SHIFT. The work included usual activities like making photos, deciding on design and layout and a lot of photography. This weekend was more diverse though. We also biked around town, climbed across some rooftops, practiced some (special kind of) yoga and made a lot of drawings. The result is a nice collection of original artwork, articles and fresh design. Some parts look like a photography magazine, others focus…

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BBC’s iPlayer Radio for iOS gets favorites with BBC iD syncing, recent searches, and more

Mar25
by on March 25, 2014 at 5:21 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Product Updates, UK

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The BBC updated its iPlayer Radio for iOS app today with a handful of useful new features, making what was already an impressive piece of software just a little bit sweeter. Favorites is the biggest addition, giving radio enthusiasts the ability to save their favorite shows for easy access later. They’re added by tapping the information symbol (shown with a white “i”) next to any listing, followed by the favorites option on the back of the card. Chosen shows are then stored in a dedicated tab at the bottom of the screen; the Alarm option that used to be in…

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BitTorrent Sync updated with improved file and folder sharing across desktop and mobile, Windows Phone support

Mar25
by on March 25, 2014 at 5:01 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Insider, Mobile

BitTorrent today released BitTorrent Sync version 1.3 with a few new features, as well as Windows Phone support. You can download the new file sharing tool now for Windows, Mac, Android, iOS, and Windows Phone over at BitTorrent.com/Sync. Android and iOS users that have been using BitTorrent Sync to date will be happy to know that sharing files and folders across desktop and mobile devices is now much easier (full changelog here). Windows Phone users, meanwhile, can also celebrate as they now have their own app. ➤ Windows | Mac | Android | iOS | Windows Phone See also –…

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3 myths about keeping your startup a secret

Mar25
by on March 25, 2014 at 4:55 pm
Posted In: Analysis and Opinion, Around the Web, Entrepreneur

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This post originally appeared on the Clarity.fm blog and has been republished with permission. “Transparency” has become a buzzword in the startup world. Many companies are sharing things previously deemed top secret—their web traffic sources, employee compensation, and project management processes. This is great. It allows those in the startup world to build a community, help each other, and ultimately make more companies successful. Even so, there are many leaders that believe this sort of sharing could drag them down. When I was a student entrepreneur, I was always worried that leaking my company secrets would put us at risk….

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