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A first look at Spotify’s redesigned free mobile experience

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As rumored, Spotify today unveiled a redesigned app that's geared toward users of its free music-streaming service at an event in New York City. The new mobile experience is all about personalized on-demand listening, with 15 playlists that are curat...

Amazon 3D Printing Store Now offers Smite, Primal Carnage and Infinity Blade Characters

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Amazon announced today the introduction of popular video game characters that can be customized as part of the 3D Printed Products store the company launched a year ago. To start, the new “...

First Braille phone debuts in UK, made using 3D printer

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Being blind is no longer going to be a reason for the blinded to not use cellphones because thanks to the UK phonemaker OwnFone, the world’s first Braille phone has been announced which has been...

Should Customers Pay For A More Usable UI? SAP Thinks So

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I recently wrote about the failed Avon software project that saw the international home and beauty products vendor scrap the international rollout of its new order system after end users balked at...

The Personal Web is the Next Big Thing

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The modern world can be a dehumanizing place.  Long gone is the sweet little old lady at the drugstore counter, replaced by big box retailers, brand logos and barcodes.  We’re more often“...

Pandora Launches Personalized Station Recommendations for iOS and Android users

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Pandora has announced that it has added a new feature to its music service for users on the iOS and Android platforms. The new feature will make it easier to find stations on the Pandora service that...
    






Customize a Moto X the lazy way with Moto Match for Facebook

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Moto X design campaign taps your Facebook photos for colorful inspiration

If you start to see a lot more of the Moto X on Facebook in the coming days, there's a good chance that it's a result of Moto Match. The app is new to the social networking site, which presents users with a smartphone that's color coordinated with their photos -- think of it as Moto Maker for the uninspired. The service is hardly a first of its kind, and is reminiscent of a design tool called Nike PHOTOiD that taps into one's Instagram gallery. Still, to get the full experience, you'll have to try out Moto Match for yourself. Just as a head's up... if you pick an outdoor scene with green in it, don't be surprised if you get an Olive Silver model.

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Windows 8.1 Official Version Features Start Button

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Microsoft's Corporate VP for Windows Program Management, Antoine Leblond, has officially announced today about the Windows 8.1 new features. The official first look of the Windows 8.1 reveals the...
    


This is the Modem World: Please don’t personalize me. I know who I am

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Each week Joshua Fruhlinger contributes This is the Modem World, a column dedicated to exploring the culture of consumer technology.

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Here's the thing: I know who I am. I don't need Facebook or Google or Microsoft or Apple or anyone else to collect data and tell me what I'm interested in. I'm pretty sure I know what I like and don't like. I'm also pretty sure I know my friends, and if I am looking for a recommendation on something, I'll hit particular ones up based on what I know of who knows what. Know what I'm saying?

This week Facebook announced its new search technology that a lot of us knew was coming. The premise is, if I may minimize, that what my friends like is probably good for me. I can see how scientists may think that this is plausible, but in reality, this can't be further from reality.

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