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Our favorite typefaces from February 2014

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by on March 12, 2014 at 3:05 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Design & Dev, Insider, Lists, Roundups

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Sean Mitchell is an interactive designer based in Vancouver, British Columbia, and the editor of TypeRelease. February may have been a short month, but with it came a slew of new typefaces that we just had to share. Let’s take a look. Fontfabric: Glober Glober is characterized by excellent legibility in both Web and print. Latinotype: Showcase Showcase is a handmade font consisting of four styles and a set of ornaments & dingbats. Rene Bieder: Campton Campton is a simple sans–serif with a geometric skeleton. Blackletra: Haltrix An aggressive and angular script. Cultivated Mind: Pacific Northwest Letters Pacific Northwest Letters is a fun,…

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You can now make a book out of all your Facebook messages with Memeoirs

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by on March 12, 2014 at 3:00 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Insider, Product Updates

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Memeoirs, the service that lets you create a book out of all your old emails, has launched a new feature that integrates messages sent across Facebook. The feature was announced today by the company, although it has been live on the home page for a few days. Picking up where the previous incarnation left off, it now lets you turn your private Facebook messages into an entire book, should you so wish. To achieve this, all you need to do is connect your Facebook account to the service, select who you talked to that you’d like included in your book,…

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Mobile dating app Tinder will introduce verified accounts for lovelorn celebrities

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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

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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

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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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