This beautiful note taking app for Mac and iOS uses hashtags to organize your notes

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Note taking apps are dime a dozen these days, but occasionally I stumble across a new one that does something smarter than the rest. Letterspace, an app for iOS and Mac, is a beautifully designed free app that organizes your notes in an interesting new way we’ve seen on only social media so far: hashtags. With Letterspace, you can hashtag key words inside your notes to help find them easier later, which is an ingenious way of surfacing the important part of a note, rather than requiring you to tag them separately. You’re also able to @mention people in your…



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Microsoft Sway content presentation app now allows Web content and document embeds

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Microsoft has been hard at work polishing its content creation tool Sway. The Web app now allows users to embed content from the Web, like videos, audio clips, maps and more. The updated version of the app lets you paste the HTML embed code from online interactive media — think content from YouTube, Vine, Flickr and Giphy, OneDrive documents and Google Maps — and add it to your Sways. In addition, Sway can now import content from PDF, Word and PowerPoint documents (including older .doc and .ppt file formats). You can do this by either uploading files or adding them…



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OneDrive for Business cloud storage comes to OS X and integrates with iOS app

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Microsoft has just launched its OneDrive for Business cloud storage service for Mac desktops, and integrated it into the OneDrive app for iOS. The latest update to OneDrive’s iOS app lets users access their OneDrive for Business accounts without the need for a separate app. Both services were previously integrated into a single app on Android last August. While users can now access their work and personal storage from the same app, IT administrators can still manage and secure OneDrive for Business files as before from Office 365. OneDrive for Business is also making its debut on OS X today,…



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Twitter’s Group DMs are the Internet’s best new secret meeting place

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Yesterday Twitter unleashed its long-awaited group DM feature. You can finally have private multi-person conversations on Twitter. While many of those discussions will be quick one-off chats about various subjects, like where to meet for lunch or which sports team will win Super Bowl (go sports team!), the new feature opens up a new way for Twitter users to interact without having to sign up for another social network or actually be friends on Facebook. I’d like to start a group DM. Ladies only. Inquire within. — Selena Larson (@selenalarson) January 28, 2015 Groups like the one started by Daily…



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Spotify and Sony team up to launch PlayStation Music, current Music Unlimited service to close

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Sony and Spotify have today announced a new joint partnership that will see the two companies launch a joint music streaming service called Playstation Music. Launching in “Spring 2015,” the PlayStation Music service will roll out in 41 markets initially and will be available to users of PlayStation consoles and Sony Xperia smartphones and tablets. PlayStation users will get a “deeply integrated” service, according to Spotify, and will be able to link PSN accounts to Spotify accounts for direct billing through their PlayStation Wallet. It’ll also enable things like background streaming from Spotify while playing games. As a result of…



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Witkit’s encrypted collaboration platform promises to end data breaches

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Canadian startup Witkit has launched an encrypted collaboration platform that it claims will prevent data breaches. The system is the product of three years work by the Vancouver based company, which raised $5 million in funding to develop it. Sean Merat, Witkit’s CEO, told TNW: “Our intention with Witkit is to make the first fully-encrypted global collaboration platform so companies and individuals can more easily reap the benefits of socialized teamwork…With our proprietary method of data encryption, we can ensure that users’ information is secure at all times, allowing individuals to be productive without worrying about a data breach.” Rather…



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1Password for iOS gets two-factor support and more

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1Password for iOS got a big update today. Version 5.2 for iOS, aka the “awesomesauce” edition, brings a slew of new features, including the ability to provide two-factor codes. The company built a new login creator that makes it easy to add hundreds of supported accounts with pre-filled information. You just select from a list and add the details that specific service needs, making it much easier to add accounts on mobile. For paid users of the app, a new one-time password feature allows you to use 1Password as your code generating app for your two-factor services. Many people already…



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SimilarWeb launches App Engagement Insights for Android developers

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Mobile app and website analytics platform SimilarWeb has just launched App Engagement Insights to give developers a better look at app usage and how they stack up against their competition, beginning with Android apps in the US and UK. Developers can use the new features to find out how many users have a particular app installed, and how many use it daily. The service sheds light on user interest, by identifying which apps are installed and used on the same device. It also shows how long an app is used per session on average, and features tools to benchmark apps…



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Why BlaBlaCar isn’t scared of Uber’s problems in India

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When BlaBlaCar announced last week that it was launching its ridesharing platform in India, commentators immediately leapt on the question of safety. Would the latest company trying to disrupt transportation on the continent find itself dealing with the same horrific issues as Uber? Naturally, that was the first question I put to BlaBlaCar’s COO and co-founder Nicolas Brusson when I sat down with him at the DLD Conference in Munich. He says the big difference between Uber and BlaBlaCar is choice and community: “There are two issues: culture – will people use it – and safety. On the safety issue,…



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Facebook Messenger testing voice-to-text conversions

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Facebook is testing a new feature as part of its Messenger app that allows you to automatically convert voice messages into text. David Marcus, vice president of Messaging at Facebook, announced the tests in a post on the social network. “We already offer a feature that enables people to send voice clips to their friends without having to type out the text. Today we are starting to roll out a small test that helps people read the voice clips they receive instead of having to play them out loud,” Marcus wrote. He added that the test is only running at…



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This is what Google’s new Calendar app for iOS looks like

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Back in November last year, Google ushered in a fully revamped calendar app for Android devices with a promise of one day bringing the changes across to the iOS version too. Now, it appears that new version is nearly ready for the prime time, as one tipster has leaked us screenshots of how the new app currently looks. Just like the Android version, the iOS update seems like it’ll be adding photos and map info straight to your calendar, and the whole thing has been overhauled in the visual department. We’ll have to wait for a full release to find…



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Spotify gets a fresh lick of paint and new features on Windows Phone

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Spotify has today announced an update for its Windows Phone app that brings a new darker look to the music streaming service. Available to download now for Windows Phone 8 (or higher) users, there’s a darker overall theme, revamped typography and some smooth new rounded icons. The company said it isn’t just aesthetics behind the dark look – it allows content to ‘pop’, “just like in a cinema when you dim the lights.” Apart from the new look, Spotify has also added the ‘Your Music‘ and new ‘Browse’ features, first seen on other platforms in the second half of last…



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Uber’s Travis Kalanick promises 50,000 European jobs in 2015 if regulators play nice

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Speaking at this year’s DLD Conference in Munich, Uber CEO Travis Kalanick struck a conciliatory tone and promised the company would deliver 50,000 European jobs in 2015 if regulators and governments work with it. Uber has just partnered with Boston to share data and technology and Kalanick indicated hew wants to forge similar agreements in Europe. He said: “We want to make 2015 the year we establish a new partnership with EU cities. We want to promote core city functions through partnerships on data and technology.” He continued: “By the end of 2015, if we make these partnerships happen, we’ll…



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UK police arrest suspected Lizard Squad member over PlayStation and Xbox Live attacks

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Lizard Squad, the group that claimed responsibility for taking down the PlayStation Network and Xbox Live over Christmas, have been pursued relentlessly by law enforcement authorities ever since. UK police have made their latest arrest of a man they claim is a member of the group today. The operation focused on the denial of service attack of #Playstation #Xbox systems & ‘swatting’ offences in #USA #DDOSattack #psndown — SEROCU (@SouthEastROCU) January 16, 2015 The South East Regional Organised Crime Unit (SEROCU) announced the arrest on its newly-created Twitter account. It cooperated with the FBI in the arrest of an 18-year-old…



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ClassDojo now helps teachers, parents and students communicate better

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ClassDojo, a teaching aid platform designed for use in schools, has today updated its core offering to include a range of new features and the ability to keep parents better informed of progress. Fully overhauled, the platform now provides a specifically tailored view for teachers, students and parents. For example, parents can view their child’s progress and message with teachers, teachers get a different view of their students progress (and contact with parents), and kids just get to track how well they are doing. As well as allowing text-based messaging between parents and teachers, the app also supports sending photo…



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Super-simple podcasting app Opinion comes to the iPad

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We were impressed when the oddly-named Opinion landed on the iPhone, with a simple approach to recording and editing podcasts on the go. Now, it’s gained iPad support. As with the iPhone version, Opinion for iPad lets you record snippets of audio and easily edit and rearrange them. It won’t let you get into layering in music and effects but as a mobile audio editing interface it’s better than anything else I’ve tried, allowing you to quickly get your recordings ready to share with the world. If you’re itching to get into podcasting this is a great first step. ➤…



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Google updates Maps mobile apps, brings direction sharing and better restaurant search

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Google just updated its Maps apps for iOS and Android, adding some neat new features to make them more useful when navigating around cities. The Android app now allows you to share directions via the system Share menu. So when you look up a destination, you can tap the menu button to send turn-by-turn textual directions to a contact via SMS or any other app. It also displays your Google contacts when you look up addresses. Both the iOS and Android app also have a new filter to help users look up restaurants by cuisine. In addition, iOS users can…



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Rdio brings its music streaming service to India

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Already available in 60 countries, Rdio has just launched in India. The streaming service offers more than 32 million songs in 43 languages, the largest catalog ever available in the country. Available via desktop browsers, Windows and on Android, iOS and Windows Phone, Rdio offers a programmed radio experience for free, and an on-demand subscription service with access to its entire library of music without ads, for $2 (Rs. 120) per month. The service features a wide range of tunes from Indian and international artists, as well as Bollywood movie soundtracks. Users can listen to stations based on artists, genres…



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Starlike app reveals your friends’ favorites

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Tired of your own social feeds? Wondering what your contacts are reading? AOL’s new app, Starlike, pulls all your contacts’ favorited tweets and liked items on Facebook and LinkedIn to give you a whole new stream of content to pore over. Once you’ve signed in with your social account, you’ll get a stream of your contacts’ favorite posts. From there you can fave, like and share them as well as Starlike items to keep in the app to read later. If you don’t like what you see from any user, simply tap their profile picture to mute their faved items.…



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