May 14

Nikon unveils 1 Nikkor 32mm lens with extra-fast f/1.2 aperture, manual focus

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Nikon unveils 1 Nikkor 32mm lens with extrafast f12 aperture

Mirrorless camera fans who’ve gone the Nikon 1 route have had a fair selection of official lenses to choose from, but not the Holy Grail of a truly fast telephoto lens. Nikon may have just produced that ideal glass today in its new 1 Nikkor 32mm lens. It shoots at a reasonable 86mm equivalent distance, but with an extremely bright and quick f/1.2 aperture — theoretically, making it one of the better 1 Nikkor lenses for low-light shooting, action and portraits with soft backgrounds. The 32mm could also be the perfect fit for control junkies, as it’s the first Nikon-made mirrorless lens with a manual focus ring. While this premium photography will carry a suitably elevated $900 price when the 32mm lens ships in June, the cost might be worthwhile for those who want speedy optics in a very small size.

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Aug 30

Google Play starts recommending content on Android devices, keeps the downloads flowing

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Google Play starts recommending content on Android devices, keeps the downloads flowing

Google would really like you to grab more content from Google Play. Really. Just to drive its point home, the company has subtly introduced a Recommended for You section across the app and media portals of the Google Play Store on Android devices. The recommendations build on what we’ve seen through the web and go by similarities to other users, regional tastes and (naturally) +1 clicks. Don’t worry that you’ll be stuck with endless lists of Sudoku games after you download one on a lark: you can hide individual suggestions to thin the ranks. Recommendation systems aren’t anything new for mobile stores, but Google’s implementation is no doubt a useful tool for both Android fans moving beyond the basics as well as developers that would like to accelerate an already brisk app download rate.

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Google Play starts recommending content on Android devices, keeps the downloads flowing originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 30 Aug 2012 21:34:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Aug 23

Google+ expands custom URLs to ‘thousands more’ pages and profiles

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Google expands custom URLs to 'thousands more'

If you’re lacking the mental perspicacity to memorize that bizarre string that constitutes your Google+ profile (or business page) we’ve got some good news — Google’s continuing its roll-out of custom URLs to its most popular social network pages. You’ll have to make sure that you stake a claim to your pre-approved URL when the box appears on your page — fortunately it’s pretty hard to miss, sticking out along the top of your well-known profile / page. Lesser known brands and ‘personalities’ will have to wait a little longer, but Product Manager Saurabh Sharma says that the custom URLs will continue to trickle down the system “in the future.”

Update: Our freshly customized +Engadget page is now up and running.

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Google+ expands custom URLs to ‘thousands more’ pages and profiles originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 23 Aug 2012 17:17:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Jun 26

Google adds same-site recommendations to +1 buttons, but only for platform preview testers

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Google adds samesite recommendations to 1 buttons, but only for platform preview testers

On the eve of its I/O event, Google is continuing to roll out new features, one of which is expanded functionality for its ubiquitous +1 sharing buttons that can be found all over the web (and on this site). For users that are a member of its platform preview test group, other than clicking once to +1 something, or clicking again to share it on Google+, now on mouseover it will display recommended pages as seen above. According to the corresponding blog post, it pulls in related content and stuff shared by friends, and will only display selections from the same domain or subdomain as the page the button is on. Google anticipates this will go live to all users “in the next few weeks”, if you can’t wait until then hit the more coverage link below to join the preview and give feedback on how well it’s working.

Google adds same-site recommendations to +1 buttons, but only for platform preview testers originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 26 Jun 2012 21:16:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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