Viber brings its sticker characters to life in mobile games

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Along with messaging, voice and video calls, Viber is adding games to its mobile app, with social features that allow users to connect with their contacts over adventures and puzzles. Three titles will be available at launch for Android and iOS devices via Viber Games: Viber Candy Mania, Viber Pop and Wild Luck Casino. The first two feature characters that Viber sticker users will recognize as Violet and Legcat. Viber Games use a new private API called Viber Connect, which lets players sign in with their Viber ID to invite contacts to games, track scores on leaderboards, brag about unlocked…



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France bans UberPop after Uber avoids another court clash in Paris

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Friday brought good news for Uber in France as a commercial court in Paris refused to hear a lawsuit brought by its competitors that tried to ban its UberPop service, but a new week has brought new problems. The French interior ministry announced today that UberPop will be banned in France from January. Ministry spokesman Pierre-Henry Brandet told French TV station iTELE, that a new law regulating taxis and chauffeured cars taking effect in 2015 is more restrictive. On UberPop specifically he said: “Not only is it illegal to offer this service but additionally for the consumer there is real…



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Clip for iOS lets you create and share 20 second videos with a soundtrack and lyrics

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If you’re looking to add some pop to your smartphone videos, try shooting with Clip. This new app for iOS lets you add licensed audio and overlay lyrics on top of your own short videos to share with friends. To create a clip, just search for a song or select one from your iTunes library, and capture a vertically-oriented video up to 20 seconds long by pressing and holding the record button (similar to Vine and Instagram). You’ll want to also line up the audio to a point where your favorite lyrics kick in. Then, pick a font and color…



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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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