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Microsoft is officially confirming today that it’s bringing Cortana to iOS and Android. The software giant is planning to release separate apps for each mobile operating system to enable its digital assistant to run outside of Windows. Microsoft is only providing an early look at those apps today, but the company notes that you’ll be…
Sometimes it slips Kristin Parisi’s mind that she’s disabled. After 25 years in a wheelchair—the result of a car accident when she was 5 years old—her means of transportation no longer registers as abnormal. “It’s one of those things I forget—that I’m disabled—until someone tells me I am,” the 30-year-old public-relations executive says. That reminder…
Entry Text NEW YORK (AP) — While saying that it still a music company at heart, Spotify says it is expanding is lineup to include podcasts, news radio and video streaming.The company says it wants to help people create a soundtrack for their day that includes not only music but videos, newscasts and other content….
1. The manner in which Instant Articles are seen within Facebook’s News Feed is nearly as important as they way they’re hosted. Yes, they load faster. But the way they are previewed in the feed—differentiated fonts, auto-playing video—gives them a second advantage over everything around them. 2. The first batch of articles is very very…
My Tinder match decisions had grown more rapid and decisive. Handsome but no bio and all shirtless gym selfies? Dick is abundant and low value. Lists only an Instagram as a bio? Dick is abundant and low value. Quotes Jack Kerouac’s “The only ones for me are the mad ones…” Dick is abundant and low…
January 21, 2015 What Does a Better Push Notification Feel Like? I really dislike headline push notifications. They’re boring, they’re impersonal, and when breaking news occurs, every news outlet sends one so I end up with 5-6 variants on a headline. That’s boring and it makes me tune out and probably turn off notifications. To…
As part of Salon’s expansion on to emerging platforms, I am proud to announce the launch of the Salon app for Apple Watch. The app extends our fearless journalism, breaking news, analysis and opinion to an even more personalized experience on an exciting new content platform. Enlarge The Salon app for Apple Watch will display…
We have just had the latest version of our SeaNav US iOS app rejected by Apple because we support the Pebble Smartwatch and say so in the app description and meta-data (we also state in the review notes that “This application was approved for use with the Pebble MFI Accessory in the Product Plan xxxxxx-yyyy (Pebble Smartwatch)”. See copy of…
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Users were posting ads seeking the services of thugs, mostly retired soldiers, gangsters, crooks and gym coaches, according to the app’s description. A Kunming reporter apparently placed a fake listing on the app and was soon sent the number of a hired thug in Shanghai. The man promised to be able to put anyone in…