Chromecast now lets your guest cast to your TV without signing onto your Wi-Fi

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You got a friend over and they just discovered a really awesome video of a goat yelling on YouTube. You can crowd around their smartphone or you can ‘cast’ it to your Chromecast and watch screaming barn-yard animals in blazing HDTV glory. Of course, this usually involves signing them onto your Wi-Fi network, which if you have a rather convoluted password, can be a pain. But, if your friend has an Android phone with 4.3 or later, you can set it up where they don’t even need to log into your Wi-Fi to share items on the big screen. By…



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Wakelet is another content curation platform, but it’s particularly good looking

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From Wikipedia to Delicious, Pinterest to Flipboard, people have collaborated to share links and ideas for as long as the Web has been ‘a thing.’ With this in mind, a startup called Wakelet hopes that people take to its new, attractive, multimedia approach to online knowledge-sharing. Wakelet allows anyone to assemble collections of links, videos and images on any topic they like. The idea here is to augment traditional Google search results with topic-based, human-curated collections.. That’s hardly a new idea but the implementation here is particularly slick. If you find a collection (called a ‘Wake’) that you’re particularly interested…



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You can now create playlists using SoundCloud’s iOS app

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SoundCloud’s online streaming platform has been accessible from iOS devices for some time now, and earlier this year it got an update designed to get users to listen to more music. Today, it’s getting another update with the same goal in mind: playlist creation on iPhone, with the feature to follow on iPad next year. Just like on desktop, adding a song to a new or existing playlist is simple – just tap the + button and select which playlist in your Collection you want to use. By default, created playlists are marked as private, but if you want them…



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Google Play reveals the most downloaded apps, games and entertainment content from 2014

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As we near the end of another circle around the sun, Google Play looks back at the year gone by in mobile apps, games and entertainment content, using data from its downloads and sales from 2014. The most downloaded apps for the year include language learning app-game crossover Duolingo, Web radio favorite Pandora, calorie counter tool MyFitnessPal and Facebook’s and Netflix’s mobile apps. Unsurprisingly, Candy Crush Saga was the most downloaded game of the year. Disney’s Frozen – both the movie and the original sountrack – were the biggest hits of the year in film and music. The late great…



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Prezi now lets users deliver and watch live presentations from anywhere

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Web- and mobile-based presentation platform Prezi has just launched a new feature that allows users to deliver presentations remotely to audiences anywhere, in real-time. To present to a widespread audience, users can select collaborators who already use Prezi, or share a special link with anyone (even unregistered users), and begin navigating through their presentation. A presenter can also pass control over to a colleague at any time with a single click. Meanwhile, up to 30 participants can follow along on their desktop clients, web browsers or mobile devices. The feature is live now and users on all Prezi plans can…



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YouTube for Android brings offline playback to India, Indonesia and the Philippines

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Along with a Material Design refresh and search filters, the latest update for YouTube’s Android app allows users in Indian, Indonesian and Filipino markets to save videos to their devices to watch offline. The new feature is available for select content including movies, music videos, trailers and more, so that users in areas where high-speed mobile data connections aren’t easily accessible can enjoy buffer-free video. Once videos are downloaded, they can be played back from the app’s Offline section without the need for an Internet connection for up to 48 hours. Users can also choose the quality of the videos…



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Sprint starts pre-installing Uber on Android phones

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Uber just can’t stop steaming ahead, even despite recent criticism. The company today announced a partnership with Sprint that will see its app preloaded on many of the carrier’s Android phones. If you buy a new Android phone from Sprint, you’ll probably find Uber right on the home screen along with a $20 free ride for signing up with your new smartphone. Sprint will also be pushing the app via its “Sprint Zone” application for users that don’t have it preinstalled on their devices. Those who want the special Sprint discount can find out more here. ➤ Sprint & Uber…



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BitTorrent launches new Maelstrom browser with a view to changing the way the Web works

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A new browser from BitTorrent hopes to change the way the web works and bring a more distributed internet than ever before. The browser, dubbed “Project Maelstrom,” is in invite-only alpha right now and uses peer-to-peer technology to make the internet more open by giving the control back to users, not just large corporations. BitTorrent says it started by asking “What if more of the web worked the way BitTorrent does?” BitTorrent is hoping that Project Maelstrom could help keep the internet open and neutral, as well as ensuring privacy for all users. Distributed technology is perfect for this, as…



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Slacker Radio redesign now rolling out on iOS and desktop, bringing dedicated channels for Web celebs

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Slacker Radio today announced the beginning of a raft of updates for its website and mobile apps that are designed to make the service more personalizable and easier to use. Announced today, the updated iPhone app and website are available to start using right away, but if you’re an Android user you’ll need to wait a little longer before the update arrives. The company didn’t say exactly when that would be though. As with many rival services, the new apps put more emphasis on helping people find and create stations that are relevant to their tastes. For example, each station…



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Readdle’s PDF Office for iPad turns images into editable forms

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Creating and editing PDFs on an iPad isn’t as tricky as it once was thanks to apps like PDF Pen, but productivity app maker Readdle reckons it’s made it even easier. Its latest app, PDF Office for iPad, lets you scan an image of a document and turn it into an editable form with text boxes. Readdle’s previous app, PDF Expert, already let you read, view and edit PDFs to a limited extent. It hit the iPhone this summer. PDF Office goes further with full editing and creation features. It will convert other files to PDF and edit existing PDFs…



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