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Yoozon hosts CMS sites using Dropbox, no FTP required
2014-11-28

If you’re building a website with WordPress or a similar CMS, you’ll find it relatively easy to use and update – but what about (...)

Yahoo and Flickr mix social computing, geolocation and computer vision to boost image recognition tech
2014-11-27

Not long ago, the concept of image recognition was considered the wave of the future, somewhere on the sidelines of public consciousness. (...)

The art of endurance: How to boost your willpower and concentration
2014-11-27

This post originally appeared on the Crew blog. Last month, I came up with the brilliant idea of attempting to hold a forearm plank (...)

Yandex’s new browser is a bold UI experiment that takes the best from Chrome and Opera
2014-11-27

Russian internet giant Yandex has launched an alpha version of its new Chromium-based browser for Windows and Mac OS X that incorporates (...)

Search and play specific soundbites from movies with PlayPhrase.me
2014-11-27

With more than 60,000 phrases across almost 90 movies and TV shows, PlayPhrase.me is a pretty addictive Web app that lets you search (...)

Musixmatch brings its lyrics cataglog to the Web, replete with song-synchronization for karaoke nuts
2014-11-27

We’ve written about Musixmatch before, a company that provides millions of officially licensed lyrics via its API. And now, (...)

Jolla Tablet will get a 3.5G version if its crowdfunding campaign hits $2.5 million
2014-11-27

The crowdfunded Jolla Tablet broke the $1 million barrier in just over a day. Now having more than tripled its original $380,000 (...)

How Latin American mobile game Trivia Crack conquered the US market
2014-11-27

The numbers don’t lie: mobile game Trivia Crack is now one of the most popular apps in the US, currently occupying the eighth (...)

EU votes to back a proposal to break Google search away from its other services
2014-11-27

Following a four-year antitrust investigation in the region, the European Parliament has voted to break up Google and separate (...)

iCracked officially brings its on-demand iPhone repair service to the UK
2014-11-27

In this age of 24/7 connectedness, where there’s a problem, a solution is usually not too far behind. This is certainly the case (...)

Geometry Wars 3 brings back retro-cool addictive gameplay
2014-11-26

I loved Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved on the Xbox 360. It might be the game I’ve poured the most hours into out of everything I own. (...)

The anatomy of a marketing email that drives results
2014-11-26

Janet Choi is the Marketing Manager at Customer.io. Most writing in email marketing is terrible. Experiencing lame email copy can (...)

WSJ: GoPro is reportedly launching a line of personal drones
2014-11-26

If you’ve ever done a black flip over a canyon of lava or just wanted to shoot video of your bike ride, you’ve used a GoPro. Now (...)

Bigger screen iPhones are eating away at iPad usage according to Pocket study
2014-11-26

Everyone says they wish phones weren’t so big, yet we all seem to appreciate the extra real-estate once we have our own phablet. (...)

How to get your first 1,000 followers on every social network
2014-11-26

This post originally appeared on the Buffer blog. You’re taking the dive into a new social network, or you’re itching to grow (...)

9 Mac apps, 1 bundle: Name your own price!
2014-11-26

Black Friday isn’t only about great gadgets: we’ve got an incredible bundle of nine must-have apps for your Mac, plus a tutorial (...)

Google launches Play and Analytics in Cuba following Eric Schmidt’s call to end the US embargo
2014-11-26

Following on from the recent release of its Chrome browser in Cuba, Google is expanding its product offerings in the Communist state. (...)

Kim Dotcom on extradition, government spying and fighting for the freedom of the internet
2014-11-26

It has no doubt been a long few years for Kim Dotcom, the founder of file-sharing service Mega who’s currently being chased by the (...)

Interview: Xiaomi VP Hugo Barra talks India, Android One, Lollipop and 4G
2014-11-26

Xiaomi’s Global VP Hugo Barra spoke to TNW yesterday in Bangalore at the launch of the Redmi Note 4G, the company’s first 4G device (...)

Amazon offers its unlocked Fire Phone at $199
2014-11-26

Seeing its grand plans to launch a mobile shopping device go up in flames, Android Police reports that Amazon has decided to sell (...)

Typegenius online app shows designers the best font match
2014-11-25

Most designers pride themselves on their ability to choose the font combinations they use in their projects, thank you — except (...)

Mozilla shows off Firefox’s new search interface
2014-11-25

Mozilla recently announced that it was partnering with Yahoo to provide the default search engine in Firefox going forward. Today, (...)

Ideal Gifts: Adobe Ink & Slide pen-ruler set is the ultimate digital artist’s tool
2014-11-25

In the Ideal Gifts series, The Next Web team shares personal recommendations for gifts to give this holiday season. I’m one of those (...)

Dropbox’s integration with Microsoft’s Office apps is now live for iOS and Android devices
2014-11-25

It was only earlier this month that Dropbox announced a deal with Microsoft to allow document editing capabilities from directly inside (...)

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