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Square launches in Canada, streamlines payments on the world stage
Posted On 24 Oct 2012 By Jon Fingas. Under: Uncategorized.
For all of Square's fast growth, it's been exclusively the domain of US shopkeeps; others had to scrounge for an alternative, if there was one at all. The payment pioneer clearly isn't content to isolate itself or anyone else, as it's making its inte...
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Dropbox for iOS removes the photo resolution cap, stretches out to iPhone 5 size
Posted On 23 Oct 2012 By Jon Fingas. Under: Uncategorized.
As much of a boon as Dropbox has been for iOS users, it's been held back for shutterbugs wanting a one-for-one translation of their images. Any cloud photos saved for posterity were shrunk to iPhone 4S size and largely negated the point of a local co...
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Facebook opens mobile ads for apps to all developers, keeps them on the money train
Posted On 17 Oct 2012 By Jon Fingas. Under: Uncategorized.
It's no secret that Facebook saw FarmVille for iOS as writing on the wall: it had to either tap into mobile app revenue or risk losing income (and marketing-savvy developers) whenever someone left the web. Following a beta this summer, the company's ...
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Netflix streaming launches in Sweden, lets you get your Bron on
Posted On 15 Oct 2012 By Jon Fingas. Under: Uncategorized.
Sweden is home to some of the world's better known movie makers and some very high speed data connections, but it has only had so much love from movie streaming services that you'd think would be a natural match. Netflix is making that union a realit...
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Apple agrees to license for Swiss railway clock in iOS 6, knows what time it is
Posted On 12 Oct 2012 By Jon Fingas. Under: Uncategorized.
When Swiss federal railway organization SBB and the Mondaine Group pointed out that the iOS 6 clock face looked remarkably like theirs, they weren't so much upset as clearing their throat politely -- it would be nice to get credit, if you don't mind....
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Google mobile web revamp brings hidden sidebar, feels all too familiar
Posted On 10 Oct 2012 By Jon Fingas. Under: Uncategorized.
Google+ has it. Facebook has it. Even Spotify and Evernote have it. "It" is the hidden sidebar, and that subtle if over-repeated interface has spread to Google's mobile home page. Visit from an iOS or Android device and the front end will resemble th...
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Google mobile web revamp brings hidden sidebar, feels all too familiar
Posted On 10 Oct 2012 By Jon Fingas. Under: Uncategorized.
Google+ has it. Facebook has it. Even Spotify and Evernote have it. "It" is the hidden sidebar, and that subtle if over-repeated interface has spread to Google's mobile home page. Visit from an iOS or Android device and the front end will resemble th...
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Behringer iNuke Boom Junior shrinks a giant iOS dock, won’t trigger as many earthquake warnings
Posted On 05 Oct 2012 By Jon Fingas. Under: Uncategorized.
As enraptured as we might be with Behringer's monolithic iNuke Boom, the 8-foot-long frame and 10,000W output don't really lend themselves to a home installation. Not unless we want to produce false positives on the USGS' earthquake meters, anyway. W...
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Sandia Labs’ MegaDroid project simulates 300,000 Android phones to fight wireless catastrophes (video)
Posted On 03 Oct 2012 By Jon Fingas. Under: Uncategorized.
We've seen some large-scale simulations, including some that couldn't get larger. Simulated cellular networks are still a rare breed, however, which makes Sandia National Laboratories' MegaDroid project all the more important. The project's cluster o...
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MoviePass launches iPhone app and card combo, takes unlimited viewing to all US theaters
Posted On 02 Oct 2012 By Jon Fingas. Under: Uncategorized.
While MoviePass was in early beta, it got more than a small amount of pushback from theaters that didn't like someone changing the price formula without their explicit say-so. The company just found an end-run around that conspicuous obstacle. It's r...
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