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- Dwolla begins offering next-day payment processing to businesses
- Mind Candy moves beyond Moshi with World of Warriors strategy game, launching later this year
- Vimeo gets into the original content game after funding six new ‘High Maintenance’ episodes
- Virgin Media launches full slate of Quad-Play subscription bundles for broadband, landline, mobile and TV
- The Guardian gets personal with slick, redesigned adaptive mobile apps
- Apple’s upcoming product line-up will be the best in 25 years, says Eddy Cue
- Apple’s Eddy Cue explains the ‘no-brainer’ $3 billion deal to buy Beats
- Leap Motion takes a big step forward with the public beta of its next-gen software to track hands
- Dropbox reaches 300m users, adding on 100m users in just six months
- Videohance for iPhone offers expert video options but keeps shooting and editing simple
| Dwolla begins offering next-day payment processing to businesses Posted: 29 May 2014 04:30 AM PDT  Dwolla today announced the broad rollout of next-day transfers for qualifying businesses on its financial services platform, after completing a limited test with some of its government customers. Similar to the average bank, "next day" for Dwolla will probably still mean two business days once all the processes are factored in, but the transaction time should/ be roughly three times faster than normal. The service applies to both deposits and withdrawals. Dwolla operates with a $0.25 fee on transactions larger than $10. The startup managed to undercut existing banking fees, which typically cost around 3 percent, by going around existing... This story continues at The Next Web This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Mind Candy moves beyond Moshi with World of Warriors strategy game, launching later this year Posted: 29 May 2014 04:06 AM PDT London-based Mind Candy may be better known for its uber-popular Moshi Monsters, but it is now gearing up to launch a completely new game devoid of all things 'Moshi'. World of Warriors has been a '"top secret" work-in-progress for the past year, representing the company's first foray outside Moshi Monsters since it became a hit with kids around the world.. Available for Android and iOS, World of Warriors is being touted as an "epic combat strategy game with a unique skill element drawing from history's greatest warriors." No exact launch date has been given beyond "later this year", but you... This story continues at The Next Web This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Vimeo gets into the original content game after funding six new ‘High Maintenance’ episodes Posted: 29 May 2014 04:00 AM PDT  Taking a page from the Netflix playbook, Vimeo has invested in its first original TV show. The company is funding a further six episodes of the Web series High Maintenance, which has already released 13 episodes and a couple of video extras on the platform. The show was created by Katja Blichfield, a casting director for 30 Rock with an Emmy Award to her name, and husband Ben Sinclair, who plays the lead character in High Maintenance and is also the show's director, writer and producer. High Maintenance follows a nameless cannabis dealer in good ol' New York. Each episode... This story continues at The Next Web This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Posted: 29 May 2014 03:32 AM PDT  We knew it was coming, but UK media and telecoms giant Virgin Media has launched its full slate of so-called 'Quad-Play' bundles, pulling together broadband, landline, TV and mobile SIMs into single subscription packages. The first two of these bundles, the 'Big Kahuna' and the 'Big Bang', had been made available to existing Virgin Media customers already. But now they are joined by the 'Big Easy', 'Big Daddy', and 'Big Connection', though the latter of these doesn't actually include TV so this isn't technically a Quad-Play bundle. At any rate, anyone can now sign up to these deals. Starting from... This story continues at The Next Web This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| The Guardian gets personal with slick, redesigned adaptive mobile apps Posted: 29 May 2014 02:05 AM PDT  The past 12 months has perhaps been one of the biggest years in the Guardian's recent history. Besides the Edward Snowden NSA revelation scoops that elevated the UK publication into the global consciousness, a unified .com brand was launched, pulling its international properties under one digital roof, and its website went on to smash the 100 million unique monthly visitors milestone back in March. With that in mind, the Guardian is today rolling out completely redesigned native apps for Android and iOS, which sees the welcome mat laid out for iPad-optimized and Android tablet-optimized versions too (though these already exist... This story continues at The Next Web This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Apple’s upcoming product line-up will be the best in 25 years, says Eddy Cue Posted: 28 May 2014 09:54 PM PDT Apple executive Eddy Cue wants you to be very excited about what the company has up its sleeve. In fact, he believes Apple's upcoming range of new products is the best it's had for a quarter of a century, as he told Recode founders Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher at the Code conference today. "Later this year, we've got the best product pipeline that I've seen in my 25 years at Apple," he said. Cue didn't furnish the audience with specifics, of course,and this isn't the first time Apple has hyped upcoming launches while providing no details. Is his claim excessive... This story continues at The Next Web This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Apple’s Eddy Cue explains the ‘no-brainer’ $3 billion deal to buy Beats Posted: 28 May 2014 09:19 PM PDT  Apple confirmed the frenzy of speculation around its rumored acquisition of Beats today when it announced plans to buy the company for $3 billion. But why is it making the move? Eddy Cue, Apple's executive in charge of its iTunes business, told the audience at Recode's Code conference that there are three primary reasons behind this "no-brainer" deal: the talent at Beats, the quality of its headphones, and the Beats Music streaming service. But Apple already makes hardware and offers music services — so couldn't it create these products by itself? "We don't do everything," Cue told Recode founders Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher.... This story continues at The Next Web This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Leap Motion takes a big step forward with the public beta of its next-gen software to track hands Posted: 28 May 2014 08:00 PM PDT  Leap Motion's 3D gesture control has taken a big step forward today after the company made the second-generation version of its software available in public beta for developers. Currently, the Leap Motion software can only track all five fingers, but Version 2 is able to track "the actual joints and bones inside each of the user's fingers." This means that it can detect fingers the sensors can't see, allowing you to do things like fold your hands. The new tracking has been in the works for over a year, but today's release is only the first of "several major updates"... This story continues at The Next Web This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Dropbox reaches 300m users, adding on 100m users in just six months Posted: 28 May 2014 07:24 PM PDT  Dropbox announced today that it has hit a new milestone of 300 million users, tacking on 100 million users in just six months since it passed the 200 million mark in November 2013. The file-sharing service previously took one year to add on 100 million users from November 2012. Its growth in user numbers could be partially due to Dropbox's renewed focus on perfecting and rolling out affiliated services. Last month, the company made its business-focused service available to all corporate users. Dropbox also recently announced Carousel, a cross-device photo and video gallery, seeking to make it more convenient for users who use Dropbox... This story continues at The Next Web This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Videohance for iPhone offers expert video options but keeps shooting and editing simple Posted: 28 May 2014 04:26 PM PDT  Some people go to their local animal shelter every week in search of the perfect dog or cat. Other people go to Apple's iTunes store — arguably much more often than that — to hunt down the perfect video editor. Which brings me to Videohance, a new entry into the space that touts some expert video options while keeping the shooting, editing, and sharing process dead simple. With Videohance, you can shoot within the app with either a 1 x 1 square or 16 x 9 HD aspect ratio or you can do post production work on any video you already have... This story continues at The Next Web This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
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