Firefox 35 brings improved cross-browser video chat and better performance

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Mozilla has just released version 35 of its open-source desktop browser Firefox, with a host of performance improvements, fixes and an easier-to-use version of its free cross-browser video chat app, Firefox Hello. Firefox Hello works across WebRTC-supported browsers including Google Chrome and Opera. To use it, simply click the Hello button on your toolbar (or right-click the toolbar, click Customize and add the button from there), hit ‘Start a conversation’ and then share the link with a contact to begin video chatting in your browser. Firefox Hello doesn’t require users to sign up, but doing so allows you to add…



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PlayStation Now finally available, bringing PS3 games to the PS4

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PlayStation Now, the service that lets you stream games right to your console, is now available for PS4 users to download. The service is subscription based and offers a 7-day trial before starting at $20/month to play 100+ PS3 games. PlayStation now finally brings PS3 games to the PS4, which doesn’t support backward compatibility directly. Looks like the PlayStation Now subscription app is live on the store (via search) http://ift.tt/1BXXLjX — Andrew Kelly (@AndrewNK) January 13, 2015 Owners of the PS4 can download the app and start streaming games right now; it’s an all-you-can-eat subscription, meaning you can play as…



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Style Jukebox’s iOS and Web apps play your hi-def music library from the cloud

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If you’re like me and have been collecting digital music since the early 2000s, you might want to listen up. Style Jukebox is launching a new Web app and a revamped iPhone app to stream all your tunes in the same format you uploaded them. While Style Jukebox was previously available only on Windows desktops and mobile platforms, the new Web-based player lets users upload and play tracks from their browser on Mac and Linux, without the need to install another app. Meanwhile, the new iPhone app sports a fresh look and notable features including on-the-fly transcoding that maintains the…



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Media streaming app AllCast comes to iOS

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Renegade developer Koushik Dutta has launched AllCast on iOS, letting you stream music, photos and video from your iPad or iPhone to your TV. AllCast, which has been around on Google Play since Dec 2013, supports Chromecast, Apple TV, Fire TV, Roku, and Xbox among other devices. To use it, simply launch the app, locate what you want to stream, and tap the cast button at the bottom of your screen to select a target. I tried the app on my iPhone 5s with my Chromecast and it worked like a charm. You can swipe through your photos manually or…



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Google’s Flight Search lands in India

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Google’s Flight Search tool is now available to Indian users, allowing them to look up air travel options around the globe from their desktop and mobile browsers. The service has been available to other markets since its launch in the US in 2011. As it does elsewhere, Flight Search lets users look up airfare for various destinations on a map, and displays available flights, sortable by price, duration, number of stops and more. Selected flights can be booked through airline sites, third-party travel sites and agencies on the phone. Users can also save their itineraries for later and share them…



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Spotify won’t support Google Cast, says use Spotify Connect instead

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If you were hoping Google Cast would carry Spotify from your computer to internet-connected speakers, you’re out of luck. Despite some suggestions that Spotify would be on board, it’s told Pocket-Lint that it’s sticking with its own Spotify Connect system. A spokesperson said: “As Connect offers a faster experience than other solutions it can provide near-instant response times, and lets users who haven’t invested in new hardware control their existing devices. For example, by using a mobile to control their laptop or tablet.” Never fear though, many manufacturers will launch speakers with Spotify Connect and Google Cast support baked in.…



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Microsoft’s Sway for iPhone comes to more markets worldwide

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Sway, the multimedia content presentation app from Microsoft on iOS, is now available in many more markets after its initial launch in New Zealand and Australia. While the app previously required users to have an invite to join, it’s now open to all users in the countries where Sway is available: Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Canada, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Fiji, Gambia, Ghana, Grenada, Guyana, Hong Kong, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Malta, Mauritius, Federated States of Micronesia, Namibia, New Zealand, Nigeria, Pakistan, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent…



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Evernote’s Scannable for iOS scans documents and business cards quickly

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Following its initial announcement back in October, Evernote has just launched Scannable for iPhone and iPad. The app scans documents and business cards, and can also control ScanSnap Evernote Edition scanners. Scannable works like other modern scanning apps such as Scanbot and CamScanner: simply point your device’s camera at a paper document and you’ll automatically get a clean scanned image without having to crop, rotate or adjust color. Once you’ve scanned a document, you can save it to to your Evernote account, Camera Roll, or iCloud storage, and share it via email or message. Scannable also lets you chain multiple…



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Uber cuts prices in 48 cities, guaranteeing driver earnings

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Uber is yet again slashing prices for its rides in many of its newer cities — 48 to be exact — across the United States. Cities including Chicago, Atlanta, Salt Lake City and others will see cheaper rides for the duration of the winter season. The company will guarantee driver earnings during this time, to ensure they have “certainty and comfort” with the price cuts. ➤ Price cuts for riders with guaranteed earnings for drivers [Uber Blog]





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Jobspotting wants to make job search as easy as Netflix movie recommendations

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Looking for a job online is often a pain, with search sites that haven’t seen a major update in approach for years. Jobspotting is a new Berlin-based startup that wants to make finding relevant vacancies as easy as it is to use recommendation engines from the likes of Netflix and Pandora. I took it for a spin and found it super-quick to get to a list of relevant vacancies. I just connected up my LinkedIn account, picked the relevant tags from there that I wanted to use for my search, set my seniority level and the cities in which I…



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