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- Google Street View now lets you explore even more historical sites in India
- An avatar-maker and Tencent games come out top in App Annie’s first China iOS apps index
- Samsung Galaxy S5 mini and Young 2 headed to the UK from August 7
- Review: Macphun’s Tonality brings out your inner Ansel Adams
- PlayStation Now game streaming service hits open beta today on PS4 in the US and Canada
- How to create a better Facebook Group that thrives, using Facebook’s own research
- Facebook’s Internet.org begins offering basic internet services for free in Africa
- Shazam’s seamless music recognition service lands on the Mac
- This website is a guide to the best cities for digital nomads and perpetual travelers
- Xiaomi gets slapped with a $20,000 fine for misleading consumers in Taiwan
| Google Street View now lets you explore even more historical sites in India Posted: 31 Jul 2014 04:22 AM PDT  Google has announced that you can now explore detailed Street View imagery of 76 different historic sites in India directly from Google Maps or via the Google Cultural Institute portal. So, if you've ever wanted to check out 360-degree imagery of the Ellora Caves or any of the country's other iconic sites, you can now do so from the comfort of your armchair. The new locations were added with the help of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) and takes the number within India to more than 100 if you include the previously launched locations, like the Taj Mahal. As well as adding... This story continues at The Next Web The post Google Street View now lets you explore even more historical sites in India appeared first on The Next Web. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| An avatar-maker and Tencent games come out top in App Annie’s first China iOS apps index Posted: 31 Jul 2014 03:17 AM PDT  App-ranking and market intelligence firm App Annie has released its first-ever apps index for China, albeit only for iOS right now. A ranking for Android apps will likely take more time to cobble together, as Google Play doesn't have a presence in China and App Annie would have to tie up with third-party Android app stores instead. The index found that surprisingly, an avator-creator called 'MYOTee' took the top spot by downloads among all iOS apps in China — and even worldwide — in June, although it was "well outside the top 100″ in May. App Annie noted that it saw a whopping... This story continues at The Next Web The post An avatar-maker and Tencent games come out top in App Annie’s first China iOS apps index appeared first on The Next Web. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Samsung Galaxy S5 mini and Young 2 headed to the UK from August 7 Posted: 31 Jul 2014 03:08 AM PDT  Samsung has confirmed that the slightly smaller version of its flagship smartphone, the Galaxy S5 mini, will go on sale in the UK from August 7. The device may be called 'mini' but it still offers a solid mid-range spec list, which includes a 4.5-inch 720p HD display, 1.4Ghz quad-core processor, 1.5GB RAM and an 8-megapixel camera on the rear. For comparison, the bigger brother S5 model comes with a 16-megapixel camera, 2GB RAM and a 2.5Ghz quad-core processor. The S5 mini does also offer the same fingerprint scanner and heart rate monitor, though. The company said the S5 mini... This story continues at The Next Web The post Samsung Galaxy S5 mini and Young 2 headed to the UK from August 7 appeared first on The Next Web. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Review: Macphun’s Tonality brings out your inner Ansel Adams Posted: 31 Jul 2014 03:00 AM PDT  It's been at least a dozen years since digital photography has become ubiquitous, and a curious phenomenon has emerged. People are returning to the craft's monochromatic roots. In the face of all the great native color digital cameras on the market, a significant number of photo enthusiasts have discovered a secret: They want to be Ansel Adams when they grow up. Macphun, which makes Mac standalone photo editing software and plug-ins for Adobe and Apple pro editing packages like Photoshop, Lightroom and Aperture, has launched a new black and white conversion app called Tonality for transforming full-color landscapes, portraits and other images into photorealistic monochrome or duotone... This story continues at The Next Web The post Review: Macphun’s Tonality brings out your inner Ansel Adams appeared first on The Next Web. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| PlayStation Now game streaming service hits open beta today on PS4 in the US and Canada Posted: 31 Jul 2014 02:56 AM PDT  Sony is launching a public beta for its PlayStation Now video game streaming initiative in the US and Canada today (July 31). For now, the service will be available exclusively on the PlayStation 4, although Sony has reiterated that it'll be coming to other platforms such as the older PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita handheld and PlayStation TV micro-console. Over 100 titles will be available to rent through the PlayStation Store, with different prices for 4-hour ($2.99), 7-day ($5.99), 30-day ($7.99) and 90-day ($14.99) loan periods. These prices could be altered – Sony says a $1.99 tier will be added in... This story continues at The Next Web The post PlayStation Now game streaming service hits open beta today on PS4 in the US and Canada appeared first on The Next Web. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| How to create a better Facebook Group that thrives, using Facebook’s own research Posted: 31 Jul 2014 02:15 AM PDT  Facebook Groups are a great way interact with people that share the same interest. With a digital population of 1.28 billion active monthly users, creating and maintaining a healthy group of like minded individuals seems like it should be simple. It can be if you follow use data culled from nearly 500,000 groups. In 2013 Facebook and Carnegie Mellon University conducted research (PDF link) on nearly half a million Facebook Groups for three months to see what makes a Facebook group thrive. During the study 57 percent of the groups died (no longer posting updates). Don't let your group disappear, use the data from... This story continues at The Next Web The post How to create a better Facebook Group that thrives, using Facebook’s own research appeared first on The Next Web. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Facebook’s Internet.org begins offering basic internet services for free in Africa Posted: 31 Jul 2014 12:34 AM PDT  Facebook's Internet.org group has kicked its mission to provide global internet access up a notch after announcing the launch of its first app in Zambia, Africa. The app provides "basic access" to 13 different services — including Facebook, Facebook Messenger, Google search and Wikipedia — for free. Customers of Zambian operator Airtel will be the first to get their hands on it, but Facebook plans to continue to develop the experience and introduce the app in other markets in due course. "With this app, people can browse a set of useful health, employment and local information services without data charges. By providing free... This story continues at The Next Web The post Facebook’s Internet.org begins offering basic internet services for free in Africa appeared first on The Next Web. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Shazam’s seamless music recognition service lands on the Mac Posted: 31 Jul 2014 12:28 AM PDT  Shazam is bringing its hassle-free music recognition service to the Mac. Available as a free download, the app works quietly in the background and picks up the tracks playing around you. That can be on your Mac, or in the nearby vicinity – similar to Shazam on mobile, the service will use your microphone to tag music that you can hear elsewhere. The Mac app sits in the Menu Bar and with a single click, it drops down to reveal a mini-player of sorts with all of your latest tags. The app shows the artist and track name, some artwork and... This story continues at The Next Web The post Shazam’s seamless music recognition service lands on the Mac appeared first on The Next Web. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| This website is a guide to the best cities for digital nomads and perpetual travelers Posted: 30 Jul 2014 11:49 PM PDT  If you're lucky enough to be able to work from anywhere for a living (as some 'digital nomads' do), taking a break to travel, or engaged in other activities that let you explore new places, then a new website which ranks cities based on their ease of working might be worth your attention. Nomadlist.io is developed by Peter Levels, who created motivational website Gofuckingdoit.com and is back tackling an issue that aligns with his interest of working from anywhere. The site itself is simple enough. It uses an up-voting system (like Hacker News, Product Hunt and others) to rank cities based on votes... This story continues at The Next Web The post This website is a guide to the best cities for digital nomads and perpetual travelers appeared first on The Next Web. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Xiaomi gets slapped with a $20,000 fine for misleading consumers in Taiwan Posted: 30 Jul 2014 10:37 PM PDT  It's been a rocky journey for popular Chinese smartphone manufacturer Xiaomi recently, what with having to face criticisms that it has ripped off Apple's products and privacy issues with the Redmi Note. Now there's another bump in the road for it after Taiwanese authorities found out that Xiaomi hasn't been all that truthful about the number of products it made available during each flash sale in the country, and slapped a NTD600,000 ($20,000) fine on the company. UPDATE: Xiaomi has released a cheeky apology poster on its Weibo official account, saying sorry to Taiwanese authorities for selling a grand total... This story continues at The Next Web The post Xiaomi gets slapped with a $20,000 fine for misleading consumers in Taiwan appeared first on The Next Web. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
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