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- Context design: How to seize the ‘magic moment’
- Nintendo is creating a YouTube affiliate program to split ad revenue with video creators
- Start for Android is a versatile lock screen replacement with more than just looks
- Hands-on with The Order: 1886, the steampunk-inspired PS4 shooter that’s now slated for 2015
- BBC iPlayer for Windows Phone 8 gets live TV and adaptive bitrate player, but sheds radio content
- Uber hits back at London critics, says it gives ‘consumers more choice and drivers better futures’
- Research projects that Twitter will hit nearly 400m users by 2018, with over 40% in Asia-Pacific
- Adidas miCoach Smart Ball uses sensors and a companion app to help you ‘bend it like Beckham’
- Moto E review: The new standard for entry-level Android smartphones
- Evernote inks its first-ever reseller agreement, as it links up with NTT Docomo in Japan
| Context design: How to seize the ‘magic moment’ Posted: 27 May 2014 06:51 AM PDT  Ami Ben David is the co-founder of EverythingMe. A seasoned veteran with experience as a founder, an executive and a VC, Ami is in charge of EverythingMe's marketing and strategy. Following my first piece contextual mobile product design, I want to talk about designing mobile products in an environment of uncertainty. After all, if context is about understanding and anticipating people, look at the people around you – can you always understand and anticipate them? Probably not, but they still like you (I hope). This is the problem contextual products have, how to get it almost always right (but sometimes wrong), and... This story continues at The Next Web This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Nintendo is creating a YouTube affiliate program to split ad revenue with video creators Posted: 27 May 2014 06:34 AM PDT  Nintendo is creating a new YouTube affiliate program that will share advertising revenue with channel owners who record and upload videos featuring footage of its popular games. The console maker announced the plans in a pair of tweets earlier today. NeoGAF forum member Cheesemeister3k quickly translated them, revealing the Japanese firm's intentions. 【YouTube映像に関するお知らせ】任天堂は以前より、不適切なものを除いて、YouTube上の任天堂の著作物を含む映像を正式に許諾しています。許諾した映像には広告がつくことがあり、その広告収益は従来のポリシー同様、Googleと任天堂で分配されます。(1/2) — 任天堂株式会社 (@Nintendo) May 27, 2014 【YouTube映像に関するお知らせ】その上で、より積極的な任天堂著作物の利用を希望される方に向けて、広告収益の一部を受け取れるアフィリエイトプログラムを準備しています。アフィリエイトプログラムの詳細については、後日続報いたします。ご理解の程、よろしくお願いいたします。(2/2) — 任天堂株式会社 (@Nintendo) May 27, 2014 Just over 12 months ago, Nintendo was criticised for inserting its own ads before and after videos that featured footage from its games. The company claimed ad revenue and, in the process, blocked channel owners'... This story continues at The Next Web This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Start for Android is a versatile lock screen replacement with more than just looks Posted: 27 May 2014 06:30 AM PDT  Keeping your Android device feeling fresh and new is half the battle to staving off the continual impulse to upgrade, and an easy way to do this is by installing a new launcher or lock screen replacement that gives your phone a new look and feel. There are certainly no shortage of options to choose from, but Start for Android by Celltick is a relatively new entrant to the market which just been overhauled to provide more options, UI tweaks and a more refined performance. Celltick's changes haven't been made just for the sake of it; the company said many of them are... This story continues at The Next Web This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Hands-on with The Order: 1886, the steampunk-inspired PS4 shooter that’s now slated for 2015 Posted: 27 May 2014 06:00 AM PDT  PlayStation developer Ready at Dawn has pushed back its alternate-history shooter, The Order:1886, until an early 2015 release. The game had previously been touted as one of the key exclusives this year for the PS4. The Order: 1886 follows a group of elite soldiers in a fictionalized version of 19th-century London. Members of The Order fight against monsters and humans with the help of a substance called "Blackwater" that prolongs their lives, heals them and gives them special powers. We sat down for a quick hands-on with The Order at a Sony pre-E3 event earlier this month. The game certainly... This story continues at The Next Web This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| BBC iPlayer for Windows Phone 8 gets live TV and adaptive bitrate player, but sheds radio content Posted: 27 May 2014 05:23 AM PDT  More than 12 months after its initial debut, the BBC today updated its iPlayer app for Windows Phone 8 with a long-awaited feature: Live TV. It's bizarre to think that this wasn't available before, but starting today Lumia device owners can download the app and watch their favorite channels live over the internet. The latest version also includes an adaptive bitrate player, so video playback should remain buttery-smooth regardless of the viewer's connection. The BBC says its upgraded iPlayer app should be more stable than the previous version and work with a wider range of Windows Phone devices – although... This story continues at The Next Web This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Uber hits back at London critics, says it gives ‘consumers more choice and drivers better futures’ Posted: 27 May 2014 04:42 AM PDT  With just over two weeks before a planned protest by London taxi drivers, Uber has issued a statement defending the way its private car service is operated in the capital. "London cabbies are iconic – arguably the best taxis in the world," Rose Johnson, marketing and community manager for Uber said. "However, there is room for all and there is room for more and better. We are bringing competition to an industry that hasn't evolved in years." The London Taxi Drivers Association (LTDA) has taken issue with the way Uber calculates its fares. The company is licensed as a private hire... This story continues at The Next Web This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Research projects that Twitter will hit nearly 400m users by 2018, with over 40% in Asia-Pacific Posted: 27 May 2014 03:49 AM PDT  Marketing research firm eMarketer has released its first-ever forecast of Twitter users worldwide, and projects that the social network will have nearly 400 million users by 2018, with over 40 percent of them in the Asia-Pacific region. By the end of this year alone, the Asia-Pacific region will account for 32.8 percent of all Twitter users, exceeding its 23.7 percent share in North America, according to eMarketer's estimates. This is despite a ban on the social networking site in China, which has one of the region's largest portion of internet users. eMarketer notes that if China opens up to Twitter... This story continues at The Next Web This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Adidas miCoach Smart Ball uses sensors and a companion app to help you ‘bend it like Beckham’ Posted: 27 May 2014 03:04 AM PDT  Adidas today launched the miCoach Smart Ball, a football (or soccer ball, for our American readers) that it claims can coach you to take better free-kicks, penalties, long passes, shots and corners. Inside is a small, suspended bundle of sensors that analyze the ball as it moves through the air. Adidas then combines this data with some fancy algorithms to work out where you hit the ball, as well as the speed, bend and trajectory of the kick. The technology-equipped ball then sends this information to a companion iPhone app over Bluetooth Low Energy, so you can review all of the... This story continues at The Next Web This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Moto E review: The new standard for entry-level Android smartphones Posted: 27 May 2014 02:58 AM PDT  Motorola's Moto G smartphone shocked everyone. Mid-range handsets rarely delight avid smartphone enthusiasts, as they're often riddled with compromises and offer little in the way of innovation. The Moto G bucked this trend with stellar performance for its low-cost price-tag, alongside a clean design and minimal tweaks to the Android experience. Now, Motorola is back with the Moto E, an entry-level smartphone that aims to supersede the higher-end feature phones and bevy of slow, cheaply made Android handsets. With the tagline "goodbye dumphone," Motorola is pitching a low-end smartphone for the masses. This is about mid-range performance, coupled with a... This story continues at The Next Web This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Evernote inks its first-ever reseller agreement, as it links up with NTT Docomo in Japan Posted: 27 May 2014 02:08 AM PDT  Evernote has inked several partnerships with carriers all over the world to offer their customers a Premium subscription for free for a limited period of time, but now it has arrived at a new kind of deal with NTT Docomo in Japan — its first-ever reseller agreement. The two companies announced today an agreement to offer Evernote Business in Japan through Docomo's sales channel, starting July 1. This will help make for an easier billing process for existing Docomo customers, which likely means that they can include the subscription payment as part of their monthly telecom contract instead of having a... This story continues at The Next Web This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
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