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Amazon Kindle update lets you share books with the whole family
2014-11-14

Amazon has announced a Kindle update that will let you share books with someone else. The new Family Library feature gives you access (...)

WhatsApp now lets you disable read receipts
2014-11-14

While a lot of people were happy to see WhatAapp now notifies you when somebody reads your messages, not everyone took so well to (...)

17 streaming video firms form an alliance... without Netflix or YouTube
2014-11-14

A new industry group, the Streaming Video Alliance (SVA), has formed to work on industry-wide standards and best practices in internet (...)

Telenav’s Scout GPS navigation app goes social with real-time location sharing, group chat and more
2014-11-14

Earlier this year, navigation company Telenav announced that its US-focused mobile Scout app was switching to OpenStreetMap from TomTom (...)

US Department of Justice planes reportedly mimicked cell towers to grab data
2014-11-14

The US Department of Justice is reportedly using aircraft deployed with specialised electronic equipment to mimic cellphone towers (...)

The UK’s NHS breaches data laws 6 times a day including social media snafus
2014-11-14

Patient records are lost or inappropriately shared by the NHS an average of six times a day, according to new research (PDF) (...)

Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian returns to company as CEO resigns
2014-11-13

Reddit today shared details of a significant leadership shuffle that sees CEO Yishan Wong stepping down and co-founder Alexis Ohanian (...)

Google to sunset Wallet for digital goods purchases
2014-11-13

In a world filled with payment processors for dealing with online in-app purchases, Google has decided to step out of the game. The (...)

The MINE app lets you keep tabs on news about everybody in your network
2014-11-13

As you forge business connections and build up your professional network, keeping track of what all your contacts are up to can get (...)

How (and when) to design a mood board
2014-11-13

Mikael Cho is the co-founder of Crew, a network that connects short-term software projects with handpicked developers and designers. (...)

Amazon and Hachette bury the hatchet over e-book dispute
2014-11-13

Amazon and publisher Hachette have announced they’ve resolved their dispute and signed a new multiyear deal, which will take (...)

21 of the best typefaces from October 2014
2014-11-13

Sean Mitchell is an interactive designer based in Vancouver, British Columbia, and the editor of Type Release. Did October bring (...)

Facebook proposes changes to its T&Cs, and gets down to basics with new privacy guides
2014-11-13

Facebook is today introducing a new Privacy Basics section to its site, serving up tips and how-tos to manage information on your (...)

Spreaker Studio: Podcast live from your Android device
2014-11-13

Spreaker, the podcast listening and creation app, which claims to now have over 4 million active users, is splitting in two. While (...)

UK telecoms watchdog: EE and O2 offer fastest 4G downloads, while Three lags behind
2014-11-13

The UK telecoms regulator Ofcom has released a report looking at the performance of 3G and 4G connectivity in the UK across major (...)

YouTube for iOS gets new music dashboard and ‘Mix’ mode for auto-generated playlists
2014-11-13

Just as YouTube revealed a new music subscription service, the Google-owned service has given its iOS app a lick of musical paint (...)

Uber introduces Paytm digital-wallet payments in India in response to new e-commerce ruling
2014-11-13

Uber has been ramping up its presence in India in recent times, and today the increasingly ubiquitous taxi service announced that (...)

Demystifying the Bézier curve
2014-11-12

How does a Bézier curve work under the hood? If you design vector graphics for a living — or aspire to do so — you might just (...)

Samsung opens up Simband wearable to developers on top of its SAMI health platform
2014-11-12

At the Samsung developer conference today, Samsung president and chief strategy officer, Young Sohn announced that the company was (...)

Samsung Galaxy Note 4, Note Edge and Gear S smartwatch to get live traffic updates, ‘Car Mode’ and more
2014-11-12

Samsung is bringing live traffic data and other new driving-related functionality to users of some of its Galaxy devices following a (...)

Google’s DoubleClick for Publishers is down, removing ads from sites across the Web
2014-11-12

Around 9:40 AM EST, several websites using Google’s DoubleClick ad service started experiencing problems as Google’s servers apparently (...)

Why economic uncertainty is not a bad thing for entrepreneurs
2014-11-12

Gregg Schwartz is the Director of Sales and Marketing at Strategic Sales & Marketing, an industry-founding lead generation company (...)

Get 82% off this complete iOS design course
2014-11-12

Interested in designing delightful apps, but don’t know where to begin? The best way to get started is to develop a strong foundation (...)

Tor and Mozilla team up for a more private and powerful Web browsing experience
2014-11-11

Today the Tor Project announced that it will be teaming up with Mozilla, the maker of the Firefox browser, and the Center of Democracy (...)

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