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Publishing platform Medium launches a read-only app for iOS

Mar20
by on March 20, 2014 at 11:55 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, medium

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Medium has introduced its first mobile app for iOS today, as it had promised last week. The app is read-only and allows users to access a range of published articles by first signing in using their Twitter account — which comes as little surprise since Twitter is a major component of its Web platform and, of course, founder Ev Williams also started Twitter too. After signing in, the app — which is stunningly beautiful with a simplistic UI — ‘hand-picks’ a reading list based on the people that you follow, popular stories and any Medium collections that you are subscribed…

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Netflix CEO argues for strong net neutrality and slams ISPs for ‘extracting a toll because they can’

Mar20
by on March 20, 2014 at 9:35 pm
Posted In: Around the Web

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Update: Comcast has responded to Netflix’s blog post. The statement can be read in full at the bottom of this article. Netflix chief executive Reed Hastings argued for a stronger form of net neutrality today, while blasting large Internet service providers (ISPs) for throttling its service until it pays additional fees. “Some big ISPs are extracting a toll because they can — they effectively control access to millions of consumers and are willing to sacrifice the interests of their own customers to press Netflix and others to pay,” he said in a blog post. Netflix’s founder was frank about the…

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Twitter is testing one-tap video playback across its mobile apps for Amplify partner clips

Mar20
by on March 20, 2014 at 7:58 pm
Posted In: Around the Web

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Across its iOS and Android apps, Twitter is testing a new video experience that allows users to play clips with a single tap and see preview thumbnails in the timeline. The implementation is almost identical to how Vine videos are currently shown in its official mobile apps, with an image that stretches the width of the tweet and a blue play button in the center. Tap once and the video will begin automatically, with a pre-roll if necessary and a cross for dismissing the video in the top-right hand corner. A secondary tap will reveal some basic playback controls at the…

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10 strategies to get more smartphone sales

Mar20
by on March 20, 2014 at 7:13 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Design & Dev, Entrepreneur, Entrepreneurship, Insider, Roundups, startup, YEC, yec.co, Young Entrepreneur Council

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By now, many of us have spent thousands of dollars making sure our customers can access our websites and products on just about any device. We get it: mobile is here and it’s here to stay. But for some e-commerce businesses, having a mobile presence isn’t necessarily translating into more smartphone sales. Is it a technology problem or something else? To find out more, I asked a panel of YEC founders the following question: I want to get more customers to make purchases using their smartphones. What is one tech improvement we can make that will help me move the…

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Firefox 29 beta arrives with new Sync tool, customization mode, and Mozilla’s user interface overhaul Australis

Mar20
by on March 20, 2014 at 6:41 pm
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Following the release of Firefox 28 just two days ago, Mozilla today updated its Firefox Beta channel to version 29 for Windows, Mac, Linux, and Android. This is a massive release: Firefox Sync has been revamped and is now powered by Firefox Accounts, there’s a new customization mode, and the major user interface overhaul Australis has finally arrived. First and foremost, you can try the new Firefox Sync by simply creating an account: all four platforms support it. According to Mozilla, the revamped feature “makes it even easier to setup and add multiple devices.” For those who don’t know, Mozilla…

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