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Google releases code for devs to integrate Chrome with iOS apps

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If you’re jealous of Gmail’s newfound talent of opening links directly in Chrome on iOS, Google’s released some code that’ll help you bake that functionality into your own apps for Apple’s mobile OS. By implementing the new OpenInChromeController …


Facebook Messenger for iOS: now with stickers and message-deleting swipes

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Facebook’s been giving its Messenger app quite a few facelifts lately, with the arrival of Chat Heads and VoIP calling among the highlights. Today, an app update was released for iOS that lets users add stylized critter stickers to messages, freei…


Updated Gmail for iOS links directly to Chrome, Google Maps and YouTube apps

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The official Gmail app for iOS has been available since 2011, but up until now, links to Maps and other Google utilities have directed users to the browser rather than to the respective programs. A just-released update to Gmail for iOS lets you ju…


The Liberator, the first completely 3D-printed gun, gets test-fired (video)

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The (almost) all-plastic 3D-printed Liberator pistol was announced by Defense Distributed late last week, but with the gun’s blueprints and construction details now live on the company’s own DefCAD design site, it’s also released a video taken dur…


Pebble gets a golf app now, two-way app support within a month

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Pebble and its developer partners have been working at a manic pace in recent days, and they’ve just released a flood of status updates that prove they’re not easing up. Along with confirming that the first red watches have shipped inside of the p…


Mozilla shows off Epic Citadel web version ported with Unreal Engine 3 (video)

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Mozilla wants to quell any doubt that its Unreal Engine 3 Firefox port works well, so it’s just released a demo browser version of Epic Citadel so you can see for yourself. The game was ported to Javascript using the technology, and will run in HT…


Google Glass developer reveals ‘Winky’ eye gesture app that takes photos

Remember those “eye gestures” spotted in Google Glass code? Developer Mike DiGiovanni, who just released the “Bulletproof” lockscreen for Glass, has already used them to develop an app called “Winky” that snaps photos on the Explorer Edition of th…


HTC expects revenues to jump 63.6 percent in Q2 2013, will continue to support Windows Phone

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HTC’s financial results released today don’t contain much good news — take a quick look at the unaudited figures we reported last month. But despite its worst ever quarterly profit earlier this year, it’s banking on a substantial turnaround over …


EFF report knocks Verizon, praises Twitter for protecting user data

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The Electronic Frontier Foundation has released its annual “Who Has Your Back?” report, ranking 18 companies by how well they protect user information from government eyes. Twitter and Sonic.net get high scores from the EFF, as they meet all six o…


Twitter updates iOS and Android apps, lets users see what’s trending around the world

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Twitter’s developers are a busy bunch, (allegedly) working on an app for Glass and updating code for Macs in the last week. Today, they released yet another round of new software for iOS and Android, bringing some new functionality along with the …