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Mobile dating app Tinder will introduce verified accounts for lovelorn celebrities

Mar12
by on March 12, 2014 at 2:15 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Product Updates

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It’s quite possibly the perfect example of the ‘first world problems‘ meme. In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Tinder CEO Sean Rad revealed the mobile dating app would soon be updated with a verification program. Why? Apparently, celebrities are being shot down on the service because most of its users simply assume their accounts are fake. While Tinder requires new users to prove their identity with a Facebook account, it’s ineffective when celebrities are using Zuckerberg’s social network under a fake name. “This will allow celebrities to enter Tinder in a different way,” Rad said. It’s not clear when…

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Amazon Publishing expands to cover German-language fiction

Mar12
by on March 12, 2014 at 1:43 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

Amazon has announced that it’s expanding its  Amazon Publishing arm into German-language books, and it’s now looking to acquire fiction for Kindle-users and print-editions for sale through Amazon. Amazon first revealed it was entering the publishing fray with AmazonEncore back in 2009, and today the program constitutes eleven imprints, including Amazon Encore (rediscovered works), Amazon Crossing (translated works), Jet City Comics (comics and graphic novels), and Amazon Publishing itself, which deals with non-fiction, memoirs, and general fiction. AmazonCrossing, the translation-focused imprint, has already been converting English-language works into German since July 2012. Today’s news will see renewed focus specifically on…

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Yahoo Search now shows Yelp listings, reviews and ratings for local businesses in the US

Mar12
by on March 12, 2014 at 1:38 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

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A month ago reports started circulating about a possible Yahoo and Yelp partnership, which today is coming to fruition with a collaboration between Yahoo Search and Yelp’s local business reviews. Regardless of which device you’re using, Yelp will now serve up listings, user reviews and star ratings whenever you search for a company or venue located in the US. Google has offered a similar experience for some time through its ‘Places for Business’ platform, so it’s not surprising that Yahoo wants equally rich information across its own search products. Notably, Bing Local Search is also powered by Yelp, although Microsoft is currently…

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The lowdown on Lowdown: The iPhone app for smarter meetings

Mar12
by on March 12, 2014 at 11:12 am
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Insider

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‘Smart’ seems to be the big buzzword in recent times. Smart thermostats? Check. Smart TVs? Check. Smart elevators? Check. Smart keys? Check. Smart calendars? Check. Lowdown is the latest ‘smart’ service to hit our radar, launching for iPhone users just a few weeks back. While it is currently UK-only, plans are afoot to roll this out into other countries in the latter part of 2014, so now seems like a good time to get the lowdown, if you’ll pardon the pun, on what could become the next must-have mobile app for business folk around the world. The lowdown on Lowdown…

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UK tops Europe’s superfast broadband table

Mar12
by on March 12, 2014 at 11:03 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Mobile, UK

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The UK now has more subscribers to superfast broadband services than Europe’s five largest economies, with connections of 30Mbps or faster now available to 73 percent of the population, up from 60 percent in 2011, according to Ofcom. The figures were revealed today by communications watchdog Ofcom in its European Broadband Scorecard which looks at availability and uptake of fixed line and mobile broadband services across Europe. Most of the data was collected throughout 2013. The increase in availability of superfast packages has taken the UK from third to first for coverage among the ‘EU5’ (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the UK),…

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