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Twilio’s social good foundation releases an open-source toolkit for rapid emergency response

Mar13
by on March 13, 2014 at 4:00 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

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Twilio.org, the nonprofit foundation of cloud telephony provider Twilio, today announced a new toolkit with a set of communication apps designed for rapid deployment during an emergency. Twilio launched its social good initiative last fall, offering organizations $500 in credits and a 25 percent discount on its products. The foundation’s goal is to send “a billion messages for good.” Meghan Murphy, Twilio’s Senior Manager of Community and Twilio.org, said in an interview that the company decided to create the rapid response kit because it had noticed that efforts to build new communication services in reaction to disasters often came too…

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Titanfall developer Respawn Entertainment is ‘talking to Aspyr’ about a Mac version

Mar13
by on March 13, 2014 at 3:26 pm
Posted In: Around the Web

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Could Titanfall be coming to the Mac? Developer Respawn Entertainment is currently in talks with Aspyr, a publisher that has released games such as Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, Bioshock Infinite and Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic on the platform. Vince Zampella, co-founder of Respawn Entertainment, said on Twitter that his studio “is talking to Aspyr” and believes “they should do it.” While it’s far from a done deal, it shows the company is keen to bring its futuristic shooter to a platform that isn’t controlled by Microsoft. Titanfall will be available on PC, Xbox 360 and…

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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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