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Microsoft Launches Preview Of Skype For Outlook.com

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As reported on TechCrunch. by CATHERINE SHU Microsoft has announced that it is launching a preview of Skype for Outlook.com starting in the UK. The service will be made available in the U.S. and Germany in the coming weeks before it is rolled out to the rest of the world. With the rollout of Skype for Web, the VoIP service joins Microsoft’s suite of online tools, including SkyDrive. Since its launch six months ago, Outlook.com, meant to replace the Hotmail…

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AppArchitect Lets Anyone Build iOS Apps, No Coding Or Templates Necessary

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As reported on TechCrunch. by JORDAN CROOK Easy app creation, outside of the land of Ruby and Python, has become a huge phenomenon in the last year. And the latest company to join the fold,AppArchitect, is launching straight from our Disrupt NY stage. AppArchitect lets you build custom iPhone and iPad apps using a simple drag-and-drop interface. That’s right — you need zero coding experience to build your own iPhone app. It’s a brand new world.…

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Taking A Spin With Joyride, Which Aims To Liven Up Your Commute With Its Android App

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As reported on TechCrunch. by ANTHONY HA Last month, a startup called Joyride came out of stealth mode and announced that it has raised $1 million in funding. Since the company is building a platform for creating entertaining drivetime experiences, we decided that the best place to see the Joyride app in action was on the road. Co-founder and CEO Jeff Chen described Joyride as an attempt to “make drive times more fun and more interesting” — instead of…

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MightyText, “The iMessage for Android,” Targets iCloud With New Cross-Device Photo And Video Sync

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As reported on TechCrunch. by RIP EMPSON Today, our lives are spread across a growing array of digital devices, from smartphones and laptops to tablets and connected TVs. While each device tends to perform certain tasks better than others, as we use tablets to read books and shop, laptops for work-related tasks and smartphones to check the weather, stocks and email, increasingly, our devices are working together in concert and becoming interchangeable by keeping us connected…

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Swype Finally Rolls Out Of Beta, Hits The Google Play Store For $0.99

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As reported on TechCrunch. by GREG KUMPARAK Way back in March of 2010, Swype launched a super private Beta of its then totally mind-blowing (and now often imitated) swipe-to-type Android keyboard. While they’ve since shipped it out-of-the-box on dozens of handsets, opened the Beta to pretty much anyone, andsold for $100M, they’ve never gotten around to ditching that Beta tag — until today. (Three years in Beta? Who do they think they are, Google? ZING.) This…

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BBC iPlayer radio app finally starts broadcasting on Android and Kindle devices (video)

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As reported on Engadget. By Mat Smith While the iPhone didn’t even have a built-in FM radio to replace, Android hardware from all the major players has started to forgo the radio tuner in the last few years. Fortunately, Beeb listeners (at least) can finally access the iPlayer radio app, which has made the leap across from iOS. Not only will you be able to install it on your Android smartphone, but also Amazon’s Kindle Fire tablet…

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Google Now Could Arrive On The Web, Making The Timely Assistant Truly Cross-Platform

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As reported on TechCrunch. by DARRELL ETHERINGTON Google Now is one of the best things to happen to Android in a while, and now new code discovered in a sample page taken from Google itself suggests it could arrive on the desktop, not just via Chrome but through the Google homepage itself. Code snippets includeprovisions for letting a user set their home and work location, “Discover Google now” and change their current location, all in support of…

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You’ve Got The Whole World In Your Hands As Leap Motion Gains Google Earth Support

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As reported on TechCrunch. by DARRELL ETHERINGTON Leap Motion’s gesture-based controller launch is less than a month away, but so far we’ve heard relatively little about app support, besides the fact that the company is working hard on filling out its Airspace app store. Now, Leap Motion and Google are announcing support for Google Earth for Leap Motion tech, which will be built-in to the desktop Google Earth app for Windows, Mac and Linux as of version…

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Where’s Twitter Music For Android? Why Today’s Tech Companies Are Still Going iOS First

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As reported on TechCrunch. by SARAH PEREZ Where is Twitter Music for Android? Withtoday’s launch of Twitter’s new music discovery platform, the company has again made a move to sideline the install base of around half of the U.S.’s smartphone audience by failing to deliver a native application for users of non-Apple devices. It’s a strategy that still remains prevalent among tech companies today, both large and small. The companies’ reasons vary: for many smaller startups,…

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Mall App Tracks Shoppers With Ultrasonic Device

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As reported on TechCrunch. by VICTORIA HO The white device here (pictured next to a phone for scale) is in the process of getting mounted on store walls in Singapore malls. When active, the device will emit an ultrasonic signal that an app can pick up, and will allow participating stores to broadcast deals and rewards to shoppers. The device is called the iSenze, and is made by a startup in Singapore called Rainmaker Labs. Rainmaker’s bigger…

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