Do you suffer from a tragic case of TL:DR (Too Long, Didn't Read)? If so the innovative NewsGIF might just be for you. News Flash NewsGIF is a website and iOS app that delivers the news to your desktop or pocket in the form of GIFs. After signing up the site collects a range of trending […]
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There's much more to Pinterest than pins and pretty pictures. One of the most popular platforms when it comes to audience engagement, Pinterest is slowly transforming into a lucrative space for brands and marketers. Here's a little look into the image-sharing superstar. Pin to win There are now 72.8 million Pinterest users globally, who use
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Inbox by Gmail is now available for all users, and to sweeten the deal Google has added some new features to its latest app. In with the new The previously invite-only app is sort of like Gmail on steroids – representing Google's ambitions to organise even more aspects of our lives. Aside from email, Inbox
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Twitter has just launched its Official Partners Program, which encourages brands to more effectively connect with customers. Choose your partner Twitter announced the news in a blog post. "The launch of the Twitter Official Partner Program brings together our strategic partners from the Twitter Certified Program and the Twitter Marketing Platform Partner Program," Twitter explained.
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Facebook has just released an update that brings an extra layer of security to notifications and emails. If the key fits Facebook announced the update in a blog post. "To enhance the privacy of this email content, today we are gradually rolling out an experimental new feature that enables people to add OpenPGP public keys
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You can accuse Google+ of many things, but lacking tenacity is not one of them. After mixed attempts at grabbing eyeballs from Facebook and Twitter, the plucky network has launched a Pinterest-esque service Collections. Click and collect Google+ Collections lets users create boards comprised of images, video and other content that are based around a particular
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Instagram is in many ways an anomaly in the world of social media. A frenetically popular platform that remains largely ad-free, still allows brands to connect to fans without paying, and doesn't really market to its users. Being owned by Facebook doesn't hurt, However Instagram might be edging more towards the mainstream with its new
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When you think about electronically transferring funds the name PayPal probably springs to mind. Now MasterCard is looking to get its own piece of the digital dollar pie. Pay off MasterCard is preparing to launch Send, a service that lets users securely transfer funds online. As long as they have a MasterCard credit or debit
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Microsoft has thrown its hat into the scanner app game buy expanding Office Lens for iOS and Android. It’s a snap Office Lens allows users to take a picture of a document, then convert it into a variety of electronic elements that work with the Office family. For example, photos can be morphed into a Word document,
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Today we're looking at the charmed life of Instagram, everyone's favourite platform whose popularity shows no sign of slowing. Picture this Instagram now have over 300 million active users. By some counts that's more than Twitter. Of these, a very respectable 75 million are daily active users. In fact, over 13% of all internet users
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