Amazon Prime Now one-hour delivery is live in Central London

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Amazon Prime members in selected central London locations will now be able to take advantage one-hour delivery, as the Prime Now service has expanded beyond the USA for the first time. The company is also offering same-day and two-hour delivery windows “on thousands of items in select areas of London.” You can check if your postcode is covered on the Prime Now site. To avail yourself of the quick deliveries, you must spend a minimum of £20 and one-hour delivery will set you back a further £6.99. Two-hour delivery is free between 8am and midnight. ➤ Amazon Introduces Prime Now: One-Hour Delivery…

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Facebook’s Ads Manager app arrives on Android

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Facebook has launched its Ads Manager app for Android to allow marketers to create and track campaigns on the go. The app lets you set up new ads with text and images, edit existing ads, and adjust your selected audience settings, budget and schedule on your device. In addition, it notifies you when your ads are about to end as well as when you’ll hit your spending limit. You can also see how much you’ve spent at any time. The Android app follows its iOS counterpart, which Facebook launched in February and updated a couple of weeks ago. Both apps…

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Pond5 launches major update of its video plug-in to Adobe Premiere Pro

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Pond5, the marketplace for royalty-free video footage, has launched a major update to its free plug-in for Adobe Premiere Pro CC. The software, which launched last year, lets video editors access some 5 million royalty-free video and audio clips. The updated version offers faster search and importing, instant checkout and access to some 10,000 free public domain video clips. The public domain library, which was not available in the previous version, includes loads of additional footage and audio. This version is also HTML5-friendly, so everything runs a lot smoother and faster than before, according to Pond5. With the free plug-in, editors can import watermarked comps into their projects, add effects and test…

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Everything you need to know for tomorrow’s Apple Music launch

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Apple is launching a new streaming music service tomorrow that will compete with some of your favorite online subscription services. Are you game? Here’s what you need to know before you jump in. Look forward to a new Music app for iPhone and iPad, a new version of iTunes for Mac and Windows plus three new services: Apple Music streaming, Beats 1 radio and the Connect social network. Apple Music will launch as part of iOS 8.4 at 8 am Pacific time; Beats 1 radio launches one hour later. The decision to try out the new service is a no-brainer. It’s free for three…

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Google Hangouts for iOS update brings new UI and photo attachment features

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Google Hangouts for iOS has been updated to include a new design and better support for adding stickers, emoji and pictures. There’s also a new dialer interface, should you want to make a phone call via Hangouts. A new quick compose button makes fast work of finding contacts you chat with most often. Users can also access images, stickers and emoji much easier with the new attachment buttons. Sharing multiple photos at once is also finally possible in Hangouts 4.0. The update also has various bug fixes and performance improvements. Google says an Android update is coming soon. ➤ Hangouts [iOS]…

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Twitteriffic for iOS now uses facial recognition to center friends in pictures

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Twitteriffic for iOS has a few new tricks up its sleeve. The app will now take better advantage of Twitter’s cool new quote tweet feature, and use facial recognition software to help you frame your shots. When someone quotes your tweet, Twitteriffic will give you the option to see notifications on your iOS devices or Apple Watch. Just like you see with retweets, the pop-up notifications let you know you were quoted, and by whom. The facial recognition feature is designed to deal with sloppy snaps, making  people in an image the main focus. Twitteriffic also gains a useful gesture…

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Inputting+ for Android lets you undo or redo your typing with a tap

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Third-party keyboards have been available on Android for years, but most of them lack the tools you’re used to while typing at your desk. Inputting+ for Android Lollipop 5.0 and newer lets you undo, redo and even find and replace words as you go. The app appears as a floating bubble when you interact with a text field. Tapping on the bubble brings up an overlay, where you can type and use editing tools to fix your input. You can launch Inputting+ at any time while typing to bring up its edit window. Inputting+ in action on Facebook and Google Keep…

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YouTube Map Explorer is an unusual way to discover videos from around the world

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If you’ve ever wondered what sort of videos people share with the world in Turkey, Jamaica or any other location that fascinates you, YouTube Map Explorer is a great way to find out. The unofficial project lets you browse the vast ocean of content on YouTube by choosing where in the world you want to see uploads from. Click on any point on the world map and the app will surface a video uploaded by a user from that place. YouTube Map Explorer in action You can adjust the radius of your search, from zero to within 30 kilometers. The…

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Facebook officially launches its 2G-friendly Lite app for Android in India and the Philippines

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Facebook has officially launched its Lite app for Android users in India and the Philippines. It’s designed to provide the social network’s core experience reliably on spotty and slow mobile connections. The app has been in testing since January in various emerging markets, and was soft-launched earlier this month in selected countries. Facebook claims it has 114 million active mobile users in India. Facebook Lite in action Facebook says its Lite app is quicker than its main mobile app over 2G because its servers take on the burden of optimizing content. The app weighs in at just 430 KB, making…

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