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Elections, fake news, and spam: WhatsApp has a tough year ahead in India next year

Jan03
by on January 3, 2019 at 3:00 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, India, Insider


In India, most people won’t ask you for a business card to get your contact info. Instead, they’ll ask you if you use WhatsApp. Your neighborhood grocer will accept orders for home delivering your weekly shopping list through the app. Your extended family – all 75 of your cousins, grandparents, and everyone in between – will keep in touch in a single group chat on the platform. And your country’s ruling political party will broadcast messages urging you to support them through the app. With more than 250 million users, WhatsApp is perhaps the single most impactful digital service in India.…

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Elections, fake news, and spam: WhatsApp has a tough year ahead in India next year

Jan03
by on January 3, 2019 at 3:00 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, India, Insider


In India, most people won’t ask you for a business card to get your contact info. Instead, they’ll ask you if you use WhatsApp. Your neighborhood grocer will accept orders for home delivering your weekly shopping list through the app. Your extended family – all 75 of your cousins, grandparents, and everyone in between – will keep in touch in a single group chat on the platform. And your country’s ruling political party will broadcast messages urging you to support them through the app. With more than 250 million users, WhatsApp is perhaps the single most impactful digital service in India.…

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25 of our favorite Mac apps (2018 Edition)

Jan03
by on January 3, 2019 at 2:11 pm
Posted In: Around the Web


It’s that time of year again, a time to look back and reflect on the best new apps and the trusted, reliable applications you just can’t get away from. TNW, as always, strives to provide an uncompromising list of favorites, while not including the must-haves that you’re probably already downloading — Spotify, Slack, etc. It’s our goal to help you find a handful of new apps, and to affirm that some of the best from last year are, still, the best at what they do this year. As usual, feel free to add your own favorites in the comments below.…

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25 of our favorite Mac apps (2018 Edition)

Jan03
by on January 3, 2019 at 2:11 pm
Posted In: Around the Web


It’s that time of year again, a time to look back and reflect on the best new apps and the trusted, reliable applications you just can’t get away from. TNW, as always, strives to provide an uncompromising list of favorites, while not including the must-haves that you’re probably already downloading — Spotify, Slack, etc. It’s our goal to help you find a handful of new apps, and to affirm that some of the best from last year are, still, the best at what they do this year. As usual, feel free to add your own favorites in the comments below.…

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Wicked Audio launches bonkers speaker/wireless headphone hybrid at CES

Jan03
by on January 3, 2019 at 2:00 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Plugged


Wicked Audio today announced a swathe of new audio products. The most interesting of which is arguably the Wicked Audio Syver — an AirPod-style wireless earphone/travel speaker hybrid. The Syver has an unusual capsule design. The top of the speaker flips open to expose the charging case, which houses the wireless earphones. According to Wicked Audio, the Syver comes with a decent IP65 rating, which means that it’s dustproof and water resistant. That’s probably helpful, considering the company is explicitly marketing the product at “travelers and adventure junkies.” Sadly, that’s all we know about it. The company hasn’t unveiled concrete…

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