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Comic Book Apps – David Luzader – I’d App That – Episode 010


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Comic Book Apps

On this episode of I’d App That, we’re joined by Blazing Caribou’s own David Luzader discusses the Comic Book Apps: Comixology, Marvel Unlimited, and Spider-Man Unlimited.

In the news, we talk about Twitter replacing Moments with Explore and Tribe’s augmented video chat. Finally, Peter’s Pick this week gives us his impressions of the Google Translate app.

Join your Guest host, Kari Simms, and your regular hosts Stacy Baldwin and Peter Fisher to discuss the most noteworthy things  having to do with Comic Book Apps.

 
Twitter tests replacing Moments with a new ‘Explore’ tab on mobile

http://www.theverge.com/2016/10/12/13263400/twitter-explore-discover-moments-tab-mobile-app-test

Twitter is experimenting yet again with the structure of its mobile app. Furthermore, this time around, the company is thinking about replacing its Moments tab, first introduced last fall.  Therefore allowing users a better way to track breaking news and other prominent events.

In addition, a new ‘Explore’ tab was added to Twitter, according to Mashable. This change, which is just in the testing phase for some iOS and Android users, appears to be a mixing of old and new Twitter features. The Explore tab is said to include both discovery features.  As a result, new accounts will follow, as well as the standard collections of daily Moments.

Finally, Twitter’s new mission appears to be focused on live events and commentary about those events.  it struck a deal to stream NFL games  Twitter had huge success recently live streaming the first two US presidential debates. In that vein, a new Explore option for its mobile apps could be used to steer users toward popular streams on its Periscope.  It’s video platform and other high-profile live event coverage on Twitter.

Tribe augments video chat with speech recognition subtitles and suggested links

https://techcrunch.com/2016/10/12/augmented-chat/

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