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Flow brings its beautiful team task-management tool to Android

Mar13
by on March 13, 2014 at 2:54 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Insider

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Three years ago, we said hello to Flow, calling it “…probably the most beautiful task management app yet.” And six months back, MetaLab gave Flow a massive overhaul. In a nutshell, Flow helps teams (and individuals) get things done. Which is all very well and good in itself, but when your service still lacks a native Android incarnation in 2014, it can lead to concerns from (potential?) users. “We’ve had hundreds and hundreds of requests to make an Android version from our users,” says MetaLab’s Greg Voakes. And today, Flow for Android has finally arrived. As with the iOS incarnation, Flow…

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Flow brings its beautiful team task-management tool to Android

Mar13
by on March 13, 2014 at 2:54 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Insider

Flow
Three years ago, we said hello to Flow, calling it “…probably the most beautiful task management app yet.” And six months back, MetaLab gave Flow a massive overhaul. In a nutshell, Flow helps teams (and individuals) get things done. Which is all very well and good in itself, but when your service still lacks a native Android incarnation in 2014, it can lead to concerns from (potential?) users. “We’ve had hundreds and hundreds of requests to make an Android version from our users,” says MetaLab’s Greg Voakes. And today, Flow for Android has finally arrived. As with the iOS incarnation, Flow…

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Google+ follows Facebook with larger thumbnail images and headlines for link posts

Mar13
by on March 13, 2014 at 2:09 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Google, Product Updates

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Google is changing the way links are displayed in Google+ posts. As reported by Google Plus Daily, if you link to a webpage that contains a sizeable image, the subsequent post will now show a larger thumbnail. It has a ragged edge along the bottom, almost like it’s been torn from a scrapbook, and displays a far larger title or headline underneath. The new post format also includes a snippet of text from the webpage in question and a link to the source’s Google+ webpage. Given both the image and headline are clickable, the update should increase referrals from Google+…

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Google+ follows Facebook with larger thumbnail images and headlines for link posts

Mar13
by on March 13, 2014 at 2:09 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Google, Product Updates

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Google is changing the way links are displayed in Google+ posts. As reported by Google Plus Daily, if you link to a webpage that contains a sizeable image, the subsequent post will now show a larger thumbnail. It has a ragged edge along the bottom, almost like it’s been torn from a scrapbook, and displays a far larger title or headline underneath. The new post format also includes a snippet of text from the webpage in question and a link to the source’s Google+ webpage. Given both the image and headline are clickable, the update should increase referrals from Google+…

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Apple patent adds fuel to rumors that it will launch health and activity-related wearable devices

Mar13
by on March 13, 2014 at 1:33 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Gadgets, Insider

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A patent application granted to Apple and published today by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) suggests that Apple could still be planning to launch its much rumored ‘iWatch’ or other health and activity-related wearable device. The description in the filing is specifically for “Wrist Pedometer Step Detection”, which sounds a lot like the job done by existing fitness bands like the Nike+ Fuelband (and SE) or Fitbit. However, from the sounds of the methods described, it seems that the patent is looking to do away with erroneous step counts and would enable any device it was used…

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