Baboom launches to rival Spotify and Apple Music one year after Kim Dotcom set it free

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Kim Dotcom gave us a sneak peek of his music streaming service Baboom last year and now the time has come for it to officially launch. As of today the streaming service, which aims to compete with the likes of Spotify and Apple Music, is available to all. Announced on Twitter and Reddit, the streaming service is inviting people to sign up and start creating collections on the Web and via its mobile apps on iOS and Android. What makes Baboom different to other music platforms is its direct-to-fan model. Musicians using the service receive 90 percent of the revenue made through…

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27 must-have travel apps for every step of your journey

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Travel is one of the industries that has completely transformed by the smartphone evolution and as a result, there is an abundance of ingenious apps designed to make your trips easy to plan, cheaper, well-informed and more enjoyable. Short of literally packing your bags and rooting out your passport, your phone can support all of your travel needs in one way or another. So, if you’re about to go on holiday or logistics just aren’t your forte, these apps will help you get it together: Before you go Skyscanner This is a pretty popular booking service on the Web already…

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Howl launches a $5 all-you-can-eat plan for its premium podcasts

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Signaling the rise of podcasts as an important medium for entertainment content, Midroll-owned platform Howl has announced a new premium plan that unlocks its entire archive of shows for $4.99 a month. The service, currently available on iOS, offers a range of podcasts hosted by the likes of comedian Marc Maron, AV Club, and Lauren Lapkus. Howl Premium, which is available with a free seven-day trial, grants access to the whole catalog, remastered and ad-free. Midroll chief executive Adam Sachs told the Financial Times, “We feel there’s an opportunity for a company like us to provide a better listening experience,…

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You can now integrate emails into your Slack channel

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Slack has been widely regarded as the email killer, but a recent update to the service makes it more of an email absorber instead. A blog post from the company said that users with Standard or Plus subscriptions can now integrate email into slack. Yes, now you can now direct email into any preset Slack Channel. Select the “Email” integration, label your email pipeline, and direct it to a channel. Slack will then generate a special secret email address that you can use when setting up your mail forwarding. Repeat as necessary. The result is not only an alert for every time that email…

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Remember Spirograph? Yes! You need to play with this. No! You need to play with this…

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The Spirograph is one of the coolest retro toys. The drawing tool lets you create mathematical curves – technically known as hypotrochoids and epitrochoids – and is the best of British. It was invented by Denys Fisher back in 1965. He was also the guy who came up with Stretch Armstrong. Now you can get the same effect on the Web with Cycloid Drawing Machine, an automatic version that you can set off drawing by switching through a series of presets. Trust me, it’s mesmerizing. ➤ Cycloid Drawing Machine [via Waxy.org] Read next: Try this fun new way of sharing your favorite…

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Sorry turns your service’s outages into opportunities

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Each week we’re profiling one company that has been selected for Boost – our early-stage startup growth program. Catch up with these companies in person at The Next Web Conference in New York on November 18. You probably don’t think about a company’s status page until your favorite app stops working, then it’s often a pain to actually get information on what’s going on. Sorry is here to help out. It helps companies get an attractive status page up and running so they can communicate with users when something goes wrong. The service integrates both with your current website and social media, so users can be…

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Robinhood arrives on Android to save users from high stock trading fees

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Stock trading service Robinhood has launched an Android app that lets users buy and sell stocks in the US, at no extra charge. Previously available only on iOS, the new app lets users view their portfolios and track stocks with historical market data and charts. Robinhood says it encrypts all your personal information using SSL. It also lets you secure the app with a custom PIN code, so others can’t snoop around your trades without your knowledge. The company says its community has already transacted over $1 billion and saved more than $22 million in trading commissions. It’s also working…

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Buffer now lets you schedule video uploads to Facebook, Twitter and more

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Social media management service Buffer has launched a new feature that lets users create and schedule video posts for Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Pinterest and Google+. Buffer for Video users only need to upload their clips a single time to schedule publishing on their social media networks of choice. The posts appear natively on Facebook, Twitter and Google+, so they look right at home wherever you choose to share them. On Pinterest and LinkedIn, Buffer will add a link that directs viewers to its hosted video player. The company says it’s exploring support for custom thumbnails. The new feature supports MP4, MOV…

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Slack for iOS updated with new search features and a ton of bug fixes

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Slack for iOS has been updated, and adds a ton of new features while squashing more bugs than we care to count. A new search feature lets you tap on a search result to jump straight to the corresponding message, and admins can now invite new users via the app. The new search (Search 2.0, thank you very much) also lets users long-press on search results to star or copy the text. For the emoji fanatics, you can now type +:emoji: to add your favorite emoji as a reaction to a message — just like the desktop. Long-pressing a reaction…

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