The Samaritans charity is best known for its 24-hour helpline, which offers emotional support to anyone that's feeling down in the dumps. With many people, especially youngsters, now broadcasting every intimate detail of their lives on Twitter, the...
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Apple has secured a preliminary approval from the courts for its e-book settlement of $450 million. The class action law suit was filed against Apple on behalf of consumers and 33 states alleging that the iBooks-seller had conspired with five publishers to set e-book prices high, hurting consumers.
The case case was raised in July 2013 when the Department of Justice accused Apple of violating antitrust laws to raise prices and hurt competition with rivals like Amazon. Apple agreed to settle in June and the deal would have Apple paying $400 million to consumers and $50 million to lawyers in the ruling is upheld in appeals. If Apple wins its appeal, then it would pay nothing.
Adding another layer of legal complexity, if the appeals court overturns the Cote case but gives it a new trial, then Apple would have to pay $50 million to consumers and $20 million to lawyers.
Source: Reuters
Donuts are one of the world's most perfect foods, and it's just about impossible to make them better. But that doesn't mean people shouldn't try. So that's why I applaud Krispy Kreme for combining its donuts with one of the world's other most perfect foods: Pie.
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Rovio has released an update to the original Angry Birds for Mac, bringing it to version 4.0.0. The new release celebrates Angry Birds' fourth birthday.
New to this release are 15 new levels added to the "Bird-day Party" episode. The "Short Fuse" episode that launched for the iOS version at the end of November is also included - 30 more levels set in a piggy laboratory.
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Osfoora 2 for iPhone has finally dropped and anyone who has been using Twitter long enough probably remembers the original Osfoora. For a long time it was one of the most popular Twitter clients on the block. Now Osfoora 2 is available and is fully compatible with iOS 7 including background app refresh capabilities, a gorgeous interface, and more.
Upon launching Osfoora 2 on my iPhone, I was pleasantly surprised to see the interface is darker. A quick way for a Twitter or news app to get deleted off my iPhone is to have no dark theme option. I always prefer dark over light if I can only have one. This preference strictly comes from the fact that many of us like to read news and tweets in the dark at night. It's just habit for a lot of us and the option to only have a light theme is hard on the eyes.
When it comes to design, Osfoora 2 uses colors to mark where conversations are happening. Anyone familiar with the old version of Osfoora will already be familiar. Only this time you've got a colored bar off to the side of the tweet instead of the tweet background being colored. I actually prefer this as it doesn't distract from the actual timeline. Osfoora 2 also supports gesture navigation so you don't have to reach into a top corner in order to tap out of menus or go to a previous menu. Just swipe to the side in order to pull out the main menu or return to your timeline from tweet views.
As for interacting with tweets, just swipe to the left on any tweet to pull on the interaction menu which contains your basic retweet, reply, favorite, and conversation buttons. You can also use the more option in this menu to delete your own tweets, send other's tweets to a read it later service of your choice, and more. Osfoora 2 currently supports Pocket, Safari Reading List, and Instapaper where read it later services are concerned. For opening links, you can choose between either Chrome or Safari in settings. To access the settings panel, just pull out the main menu and tap on your avatar.
Osfoora 2 does not support native push but it does have support for background app refresh under iOS 7. This means that as long as you have the option enabled in settings, Osfoora can update your stream even when the app isn't active, and that includes sending notifications to Notification Center. I've been using it with local notifications with zero issues.
I've been waiting a long time for Osfoora to receive an update and Osfoora 2 definitely doesn't disappoint. With a gorgeous interface, amazingly convenient swipe gestures, and background refresh support, it's sure to become a crowd favorite. If you're in the market for a new Twitter experience, I'd highly recommend giving Osfoora 2 a closer look.
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17 year-old Blake Baer and 18 year-old Jack Bittner have built an incredibly-detailed recreation of Erebor, the home of Tolkien's dwarves in The Hobbit. Using nearly 80,000 bricks and taking around 400 hours to build, this Lego kingdom is simply mind-blowing. It's 200-lbs and 56" of awesomeness. Just like a dwarf!
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Facebook is always actively tweaking its algorithms to display just the right content in your News Feed, and the latest change is to a focus on articles and news. Interaction with news-based articles suggested and shared in the News Feed has almost tripled in the last year according to Facebook, and new changes are going to go a step further.
Our surveys show that on average people prefer links to high quality articles about current events, their favorite sports team or shared interests, to the latest meme.
Focusing primarily on getting additional clicks through mobile apps, the upcoming changes will put more emphasis on articles shared from reputable sources and less on "the latest meme" that your friends share. After clicking through to read an article from Facebook, you'll now often see up to three related articles in your News Feed nested under the original as well.
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As the U.S. celebrates Thanksgiving, Google+'s unofficial mascot Mr Jingles is getting in on the action, stuffing his face with endless slices of pumpkin pie when he clears your G+ notifications. (Prod the little guy with your finger or mouse pointer to see the animation on your phone or the web.)
Happy Thanksgiving to everyone celebrating today!
More: Mr Jingles may have had too much pie
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