Day: August 23, 2013

Business Entertainment

Pandora Plans To Lift Its 40-Hour Free Mobile Listening Cap On Sept. 1

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As reported on TechCrunch. by ANTHONY HA During this afternoon’s earnings call, Pandora executives said that they would lift for the 40-hour monthly cap on free mobile listening that was announced back in February. This is actually the second time Pandora has instituted a free cap and then lifted it again — it last lifted the cap in September 2011. CFO Mike Herring said the decision was based on two factors. First, he described the cap as a…

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GetInspired365 Is A Discovery Site For Inspirational Videos

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As reported on TechCrunch. by CATHERINE SHU An industry has blossomed around people hungry for a quick hit of motivation.TED talks, Do Lectures and sites like Brainy Quote all exist to provide inspirational content for the time-strapped. GetInspired365 wants to draw visitors by showcasing upbeat videos sourced from around the Internet. Its founders hope that users will not only be inspired to achieve their own goals, but also to order a similar site from GetInspired’s Web design and hosting service. GetInspired365 was self-funded…

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Modus III Is A Portable Workstation That Wants To Turn Your iPad Into A Desktop

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As reported on TechCrunch. by NATASHA LOMAS To the untrained eye the evolution of technology can appear to be a rather futile oscillation. We had laptops. Then we threw away their keyboards and worked only on a screen. Then we decided touchscreen typing on tablets was annoying, so brought back a physical keyboard and added supports to hold the screen at that trusty old laptop screen angle that made so much sense… All of which probably…

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Microsoft explains 3D printing standards in Windows 8.1

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As reported on Engadget. By Timothy J. Seppala Whether you’re looking to print an Aston Martin or a birdhouse, Microsoft promises you’ll be able to do it more easily with Windows 8.1. Redmond is looking to iron out the wrinkles currently associated with 3D printing — like metadata loss during exporting and limited communication between apps and printers — and make 3D printing more like 2D printing so it becomes “more seamless and ubiquitous.” The software giant’s plan for making…

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Google expands word definition box, makes looking up ten-dollar words easier

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As reported on Engadget. By Mariella Moon Here’s one for the logophiles and the voracious readers: searching for words on Google now returns more than their definitions. So, next time you look up a fancy term, the definition box will also contain its synonyms, sample sentences and a drop-down menu that can translate the word into another language. The new results even give you a glimpse of a word’s origins and show a graph of how commonly it’s used…

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