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- AppyParking’s awesome parking app for London drivers is now available on Android
- BBC iPlayer recorded its best ever month in March, with 320 million programme requests
- Explore an eerie African ghost town engulfed by the desert
- Word up: Vocabulary.com brings its addictive word-learning app to Android
- You can now use Paym to transfer money with just a mobile number in the UK
- This website puts your money on the line to help you achieve your goals
- Alibaba invests in online video and mobile search in the lead up to its hotly-anticipated IPO
- Ubertesters rolls out new offline and bug reporting features to tempt ex-Testflight users
- Apple refreshes its MacBook Air range with faster processors, while dropping all prices by $100
- Coursera launches a program to crowd-translate its online classes into new languages
| AppyParking’s awesome parking app for London drivers is now available on Android Posted: 29 Apr 2014 04:44 AM PDT Back in January we wrote that AppyParking could be the ultimate parking iPhone app for London drivers. And the good news this week is that it's now available on Android too. AppyParking saves you from having to search the streets for paid-for (or free) parking, and covers resident parking bays, pay-and-displays, single-yellow lines, disabled parking, motorcycle and electric charging bays, car parks, and even petrol stations and prices. In addition to this, it also guides you to your (parking) destination, reminds you where you parked your car, and lets you have a nosy around the area through Street View. ... This story continues at The Next Web This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| BBC iPlayer recorded its best ever month in March, with 320 million programme requests Posted: 29 Apr 2014 04:06 AM PDT The BBC today released the March edition of its iPlayer performance report, revealing new record highs for its Internet-based TV and radio service over the four-week period. Requests for TV and radio content rose to 320 million, breaking the previous high of 315 million documented in January. It also represents a hefty 18 percent increase on the same period last year. The BBC also launched an iPlayer redesign in mid-March, which might have contributed to the uptick in usage. TV performed particularly well, rising to 248 million requests. The previous record was again set in January, with 242 million requests across... This story continues at The Next Web This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Explore an eerie African ghost town engulfed by the desert Posted: 29 Apr 2014 04:00 AM PDT  Ashley Hefnawy is an editorial assistant and a content producer for Shutterstock's blog. This post was originally published on the Shutterstock blog and has been adapted with permission. Abandoned places that once bustled and thrived with people, ghost towns are remarkable because they provide a vision of what once existed. While there's a historical background to any city, ghost towns possess especially interesting ones, since their histories are all that remains. Kolmanskop, which means Coleman's Hill in Afrikaans, is located in Namibia's southern Namib Desert. It was settled by German miners after a diamond discovery in 1908. The inhabitants who took over built homes... This story continues at The Next Web This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Word up: Vocabulary.com brings its addictive word-learning app to Android Posted: 29 Apr 2014 03:38 AM PDT  If you frequently while away a few hours playing Angry Birds, Words With Friends, or Candy Crush Saga, there's every chance you engage without even a glimmer of guilt. However, if you do often feel like you're being just a little bit unproductive with your time, well, you could check out Vocabulary.com's mobile apps. Kicking off on the Web back in 2011, Vocabulary.com's mission from the start has been to help you improve your, well, vocabulary. It analyzes books, periodicals, and more, pulling out the "most essential English vocabulary words", ones that you may use in an academic or business... This story continues at The Next Web This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| You can now use Paym to transfer money with just a mobile number in the UK Posted: 29 Apr 2014 03:13 AM PDT  Right on schedule, the Payments Council today launched its new mobile-centric Paym bank transfer service in the UK. Once you've contacted your bank and registered your phone number, other people can transfer money into your account without specifying a sort code or account number. Likewise, you can send money to any contact in your address book that has already paired their bank account with Paym. Thankfully, all Paym-supported transfers are conducted through existing payments and mobile banking apps in the UK, so there's no need to download yet another rarely used app for your smartphone or tablet. Most major UK banks are... This story continues at The Next Web This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| This website puts your money on the line to help you achieve your goals Posted: 29 Apr 2014 03:08 AM PDT Gofuckingdoit.com. The name pretty much says it all: this website is aimed at those who have a burning desire to do something in their life but don't the motivation to actually get it done. The site was started by the founder of YouTube channel Panda Mix Show, as part of his bid to launch 12 new startups in 12 months. Rather than simply pledging to meet your goal, Gofuckingdoit.com asks users to put down a deadline, some money and a person who they will pay if they do not carry out their goal within the time provided. We checked in about the security of payment information and... This story continues at The Next Web This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Alibaba invests in online video and mobile search in the lead up to its hotly-anticipated IPO Posted: 29 Apr 2014 02:46 AM PDT  Alibaba is gearing up for one of the largest technology IPOs in history with more significant strategy and investment moves. The latest, this week, saw the company lead a $1.2 billion investment in Chinese online video service Youku Tudou and link up with browser-make UC Web to launch a mobile search joint venture. Youku Tudou, which is comparable to a Chinese version of YouTube, is taking on investment from Alibaba and Yunfeng Capital, which will hold 16.5 percent and 2 percent shares respectively. The deal values Youku Tudou — which is listed on the NYSE and was created following a billion dollar merger in... This story continues at The Next Web This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Ubertesters rolls out new offline and bug reporting features to tempt ex-Testflight users Posted: 29 Apr 2014 01:33 AM PDT  Ubertesters, a platform for testing mobile apps across a range of different operating systems, has added support for the Jira and Mantis bug reporting systems, and is currently testing out PhoneGap integration, among other new features. Since Apple acquired the company behind Testflight earlier in the year and removed support for testing Android apps, we've seen an increase in the number of end-to-end app testing platforms looking to step into the void. To this end, Ubertesters has announced that it now integrates the Jira and Mantis bug reporting systems for better issue reporting, and that it is currently testing out PhoneGap integration... This story continues at The Next Web This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Apple refreshes its MacBook Air range with faster processors, while dropping all prices by $100 Posted: 29 Apr 2014 01:25 AM PDT Apple quietly refreshed its ultra-slim MacBook Air today with a new, marginally faster processor. Each model has also received a $100 price cut; the 11-inch variant now starts from $899, while the 13-inch model starts from $999. The MacBook Air now features a 1.4GHz dual-core Intel Core i5, which is a fraction more powerful than the 1.3GHz version that was fitted before. The latest version also offers a higher Turbo Boost speed; 2.7GHz rather than 2.6GHz for improved over-clocking. The rest of the MacBook Air remains unchanged. It still boasts the same sleek, aluminium unibody design and 4GB of RAM, Intel... This story continues at The Next Web This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Coursera launches a program to crowd-translate its online classes into new languages Posted: 28 Apr 2014 11:57 PM PDT  Coursera is launching an initiative to help expedite the translation of its online learning platform into non-English languages. The Global Translator Community (GTC) is a program that essentially allow volunteers to crowdsource translated subtitles for the 600-plus video courses on its site. "Like many things here at Coursera, the GTC emerged from our learners. In classes ranging from Machine Learning to Social Psychology, we noticed learners spontaneously organizing to translate lecture subtitles for the benefit of their classmates. At the same time, we heard many Courserians asking us for even more translations," the company explains on its blog. Initially, Coursera... This story continues at The Next Web This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
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