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Vine challenge: Make six seconds of eating food fun

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This weekend, take the messy and creative opportunity to play with your meal under a camera lens. Whether you're home for Thanksgiving, or plan to dine out, one thing is certain: There will be food.

So share your best six seconds on Vine; here are some styles to consider: Picasso-inspired food art, a video of your festive dining table and animated dishes.

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By |November 27th, 2014|Apps and Software|0 Comments
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Twitter to begin tracking which apps you download

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Twitter will soon start keeping tabs on the apps you download

An app update, slated to roll out to iOS users Wednesday and Android users in the next week, will add a setting that allows the social network to keep track of the apps you download, the company announced Wednesday.

The goal, Twitter says, is to provide users with a "more tailored experience." By tracking the apps people are downloading, the company can better gauge users' interests and surface better suggestions of new accounts to follow and, most importantly, more relevant ads.

The feature, which Twitter is calling "app graph," will also be used to personalize the content that appears in users' timeline from accounts they don't follow. The social network ...

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By |November 26th, 2014|Apps and Software|0 Comments
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You can now edit Microsoft Office documents from within Dropbox

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Dropbox just made good on its earlier promise of integrating its mobile apps with Microsoft Office

The cloud storage company updated its iOS (App Store link and Android (Google Play link) apps on Tuesday with new Microsoft Office support that allows users users to open documents, spreadsheets or presentations stored in their Dropbox accounts and edit them with Office apps.

Users can take advantage of this feature by selecting the new "edit" button while viewing a document in Dropbox. This opens the document in the corresponding Office app (Word, Excel or PowerPoint); those who don't have the Office apps already installed will be prompted to download the relevant app. Changes made in the Office apps will automatically be synced and saved to your Dropbox account. ...

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By |November 25th, 2014|Apps and Software|0 Comments
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Vine adds a feature so you’ll never miss your favorite videos

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Vine upgraded its app on Tuesday to include a "favorite" option, so you can make sure that you see any and all videos from your most treasured Vine users.

The new feature will send a push notification and notify you in your feed when a favorited account posts a video. You can favorite an account by tapping the star-shaped icon that's in the upper-right hand corner of the app screen


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You can also view all of your favorite accounts (and update your notification preferences) in the settings tab at any time.

Last month, Vine added ...

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By |November 25th, 2014|Apps and Software|0 Comments
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Report: Former Tinder execs launch Bumble, a dating app that looks like Tinder

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A Tinder cofounder and VP who left the company is reportedly gearing up to launch a new "respectful" dating app, Bumble

Whitney Wolfe left Tinder and sued the company's CMO, Justin Mateen, who was also her ex-boyfriend for alleged sexual harassment. Now, she's teaming up with two other ex-Tinder executives, Chris Gulczynski, formerly COO, and past Sarah Mick, formerly VP of design, according to a TechCrunch report.

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By |November 24th, 2014|Apps and Software|0 Comments
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