Instagram Direct now supports private photo sharing, selfies and emojis

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Instagram has finally made some feature updates to Instagram Direct that finally makes it a true messaging service, and also eliminating annoying habits many on Instagram have right now. Announced in a blog post today, version 7.5 is currently available for both iOS and Android. The primary improvement to the feature is that you can finally send content from your feed as a Direct Message. Previously, Instagram Direct was limited to original photographs to share with others. Now, users can share photos directly with one another, and clicking that photo will bring the user back to the source. Introducing this photo…

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Life just got a whole lot easier for freelance translators

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Translation of written text is one of the few areas where computers still have a lot of space for improvement compared to humans. Although Google Translate and similar tools are widely used for making sense of stuff you don’t understand, machine translation is not quite ready to replace people when it comes to creation of clean, comprehensive texts. Machines, however, can significantly improve the productivity of human translators with a number of tools that fall under the Computer-Assisted Translation (CAT) category. A newcomer to this industry, SmartCAT, has included the most useful tools and combined them with a marketplace for…

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New on TNW: Share us to Slack!

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Slack is the hottest thing in workplace collaboration right now. And it’s not just that – it’s being used to help all sorts of teams, communities and organizations collaborate. Now it’s super-easy to share any article on TNW to any Slack channel that you’re a member of. Say hello to the Share to Slack button…. Click this little green wonder and you’ll be able to share the article you’re reading with your teammates with no copying and pasting of URLs, or any other messy business. We’re proud to be the first big site we’re aware of to roll out this feature. And Slack…

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Edjing 5 for Android and iOS brings a revamped UI and new audio options for wannabe DJs

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DJiT, the company behind the DJ app Edjing, has released an updated version of the mixing app with a whole range of new features and a revamped interface. The updated app, which is available for both iOS and Android devices, has been overhauled to provide quicker access to more than 50 million tracks (across services like SoundCloud and Deezer, as well as your owned music) and a range of new functions. To help make your creation process a little easier, the redesigned UI focuses on bringing the most-used functions to the fore – Pitch, FX, Sync and EQ. You can also now personalize your…

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The Giga-Selfie takes the ‘selfie game’ to extremes but there’s a catch

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…you have to go to Australia to take one. Tourism Australia has set up ‘Giga platforms’ placed in stunning spots. If you’ve got the associated app, you can then hop onto them and capture a snap taken by a far off camera, that grabs high resolution, expansive shots. From there, you can zoom in to your heart’s content, going from the macro-wonder to the micro joy of your own grinning face. This is definitely an idea I can see other countries stealing… I mean ‘being inspired by.’ ➤ GIGA Selfie −The world’s biggest selfie service by Tourism Australia [Tourism Australia via…

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Amazon Prime Video one-ups Netflix with offline playback on Android and iOS

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Amazon Prime Video is making a big move against Netflix: You can now download streaming video content on Android and iOS devices to watch when you don’t have a strong data connection. The feature was already available to Fire device owners, but so far it hasn’t been seen on other platforms. That said, it won’t work for every video, as Amazon has to pay content owners to license the downloads. Naturally, Amazon’s original content is downloadable, but there are some notable titles from outside studios like ‘The Hunger Games’ and ‘Star Trek: Into Darkness’ available. You can even download some HBO shows like…

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Adobe Flash just took another step towards death, thanks to Google

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Adobe Flash, the world’s most hated software, is finally dying. Technically, it’s been on its way out for years, but today it received one of its final blows which will go down in history. Google officially killed Flash advertising in its browser. As of September 1, any advertising that uses the technology requires the user to click it to play — it’ll otherwise remain frozen. A new setting, enabled by default in Chrome automatically optimizes plugins to save battery power and CPU cycles and specifically targeting autoplaying advertising. The change comes as Google AdWords now makes it possible to automatically convert advertisements created…

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LinkedIn is revamping its painful messaging service

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LinkedIn has been the butt of many a design joke in recent years, and it’s caught a lot of flak for its clunky one-to-one messaging interface. You couldn’t read entire threads at once in your inbox and until recently, it was hard to tell if you had actually responded to messages. The business social network says it’s fixing all that today, as it rolls out a new messaging experience on Web and mobile. The new LinkedIn messaging service includes many modern features The company says its new communication tool looks more like a mobile messaging app — like Facebook’s Messenger, if you will…

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Line Launcher wants to own your Android device with themes and stickers

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Messaging service Line has released an Android launcher that takes over your home screen with custom themes, icons, wallpaper and widgets. The free Line Launcher includes a range of content based on the messaging app’s popular characters — Brown, Cony and Sally — to switch up your interface. Line Launcher includes wallpapers, icons and a few functional widgets too It builds on Line Deco, a collection of wallpapers, icons and themes to dress up your device that launched last year. The company says there are over 3,000 free options to choose from, and you can mix and match wallpapers, icon packs and…

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