Feb 20
Jimmy Fallon has teamed up with The Wolf of Wall Street‘s Jonah Hill to point out, for a second time
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Oct 03
Hashtag users of the world who saw the Justin Timberlake and Jimmy Fallon skit that poked fun of our overuse of hashtags
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Oct 02
Last week, Justin Timberlake and Jimmy Fallon deftly explained to the world that hashtags make us sound like idiots
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Sep 25
The latest way Google is working social media into its search engine is with the use of familiar hashtags, but at least for now that doesn’t include direct results from competitors like Facebook and Twitter. Available initially to users in the US and Canada, searches that include hashtags (like #ExpandNY, for example) will gain a right rail display relevant Google+ posts that were either shared publicly or to you. Even if you’re not an avid user of the #, since Google+ autogenerates hashtags for many posts, it should be easy to find related info for pretty much any topic. According to Zaheed Sabur, there are also links to search said hashtag on other social sites, although which ones weren’t specified. Even if you’re in the right area you probably won’t see the new feature just yet, as it’s going live “within the next few hours.”
Source: Zaheed Sabur (Google+)
Sep 25
Justin Timberlake and Jimmy Fallon, comedy skit best friends and the human couple equivalent of a pair of colorful striped socks, teamed up yet again to shed light on a disease that’s been plaguing phone-connected humans for years now: the ridiculous overuse of hashtags
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Aug 26
It’s pretty simple. People love Instagram. People love using hashtags. People love to curse. People love to curse in hashtags on Instagram. Instagram doesn’t like that. In fact, Instagram censors any sort of curse word hashtag, possibly porn related hashtag and so on from its searches. That’s a good thing! But Instagram also weirdly censors some pretty normal hashtags too.
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Aug 21
Vine proved you can do a lot with six seconds of video, and thanks to its latest Android update you can do even more. Version 1.3.4 brings a couple of usability fixes to help the world see your valiant attempts at short-form comedy, including @ mentions in posts and comments and autocompletion for hashtags. The changelog notes “other bugs fixes and improvements” too, but the takeaway here is that the Google version is just about on par with the iOS one. Now, could you please hurry along and make one of those rad stop-motion clips for us? Thanks.
Filed under: Cellphones, Mobile
Via: Vine (Twitter)
Source: Google Play
Aug 03
If it weren’t for Chris Messina, #FirstWorldProblems wouldn’t exist. Since creating hashtags back in 2007 as way of grouping online conversations, he’s spent his time focusing on design and the open web at Google. Perhaps more accurately, redesign. Messina is responsible for the search giant’s revamped brand badges, profiles and +1 button, as well as helping create the Google Developers knowledge base. After over three years at Mountain View’s cavernous digs though, he’s leaving for something a little more intimate. Starting next week, he’ll call NeonMob — a sort of online art / trading card / sticker collecting-hybrid start-up — home. There, he’ll focus on the site’s growth and new media-activities like building a community. Oh, and as of right now, he’s two pieces shy of completing his first sticker set. Maybe if you help him out, he’ll return the favor — it kind of is his job, after all.
Filed under: Internet, Alt, Google
Via: The Next Web
Source: Chris Messina
Jun 12
May 15
Google+ gets a new multi-column card design and ability to automatically add hashtags (update: video)
Posted in: Today's Chili
Today at Google I/O 2013, Big G revealed a big redesign for Google+. Starting later today, users will see their content in a multi-column setup fit for any size screen. The home page for G+ now has up to three columns populated with individual cards for posts and pictures, and the social network can intelligently learn the content of those posts and automatically add related hashtags for you. Columns appear or disappear depending upon the size of your screen, and cards can be flipped to reveal editing options, or moved to suit users’ aesthetic tastes. Should you have the requisite screen real estate, pictures and videos expand to the width of multiple columns to further provide a more visually pleasing social experience. In order to eliminate clutter, Google + has adopted a familiar looking left-side menu layout that disappears until a hovering cursor (or presumably a swiping finger) reveals it.
Update: You can see the new layout and auto hashtagging in action in the video after the break.
Source: Google+
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