Google Images gets redesigned, focuses on speed and metadata

Google Images gets redesigned, focuses on speed and metadata

Page and Co. have just unveiled a new look for Google Images that places a premium on metadata visibility, speed and slick looks. After gathering feedback from both users and webmasters, Google redesigned its image search to feature relevant information right next to images and speed load times by no longer loading source pages behind selected graphics. Mountain View also designed the new layout with keyboard surfing in mind, to boot. The new UI isn’t available across the board quite yet, but the search titan says folks will start to see the refreshed UI in the next few days.

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MySpace relaunches with new design and Justin Timberlake all over it

MySpace relaunches with new design and Justin Timberlake all over it

A totally revamped and unrecognizable MySpace has just gone public, enticing new joiners with a track by Justin Timberlake — who now owns a good chunk of the business alongside Specific Media. Based on the limited access teaser we saw back in September and the image above, this fresh incarnation of the social network retains the emphasis on music (“FREE Unlimited music and videos!”) except with a more commercial (and actually less social) approach. In a similarly modern twist, the site lets you sign in with a Facebook or Twitter account as well as with your old MySpace details, which means there shouldn’t be too many barriers to at least exploring it.

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Would You Use Facebook if It Looked This Insanely Different?

Facebook is what church and bathing used to be: a daily, comforting, familiar ritual. And so it’s not without cause that people go nuts whenever it’s redesigned. But if you thought Timeline was radical, check out this (unofficial) prototype. More »

The Daily Roundup for 11.20.2012

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You might say the day is never really done in consumer technology news. Your workday, however, hopefully draws to a close at some point. This is the Daily Roundup on Engadget, a quick peek back at the top headlines for the past 24 hours — all handpicked by the editors here at the site. Click on through the break, and enjoy.

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YouTube pops out new look: sneak preview, or just another test?

YouTube redesign previewed in popout videos, or just another test

YouTube has been experimenting a lot with its look of late, but an intriguing new spin on its video player has really grabbed our eyes. By right clicking on any video on its desktop website (control clicking for Mac users) and selecting “Pop Out,” you may see a minimalistic new player, and by then clicking on the “home” icon, a YouTube Trends selection along with a column of new icons. So far, those don’t seem to function, and we haven’t heard from Google yet as to whether this look presages something more permanent for the site. Considering the way Mountain View’s been futzing lately with its “broadcast yourself” portal, don’t get comfortable just yet.

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Welcome to the new and improved, leaner and faster Engadget

DNP Welcome to the new and improved, leaner and faster Engadget

This one has been coming for a long time, dear readers, and we’re all incredibly thrilled to unleash upon you the latest look of Engadget — but don’t call it a redesign. Our amazing developers and designers have been hard at work for the better part of a year re-thinking and re-writing the site from the ground up to create something that’s cleaner and simpler looking on the outside but faster and far more advanced on the inside, something that looks as amazing on your smartphone as it does on your desktop, something that brings a taste of our amazing tablet magazine, Distro, to your browsers.

I humbly invite you to join me after the break for an exploration of what’s changed and what’s to come in this, the new Engadget.

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Google redesigns search to make space for more info, kick the sidebar to the curb

Google redesigns its search to make space for info, kicks the sidebar to the curb

Google loves to tweak its search results whether or not it’s something we’d ever notice. Even the most casual of visitors might notice its latest change, though. The Mountain View crew has dropped the sidebar on the desktop in favor of moving everything to drop-down menus up above. It’s ostensibly a reflection of the company’s tweaks to its mobile page that should scale elegantly through different screen sizes, although a key goal is to fit in richer results: images, the Knowledge Graph and more all have extra room to breathe with the update. Americans tracking down election results will be the first to see the extra-wide view, and they should be followed by everyone else as soon as Google can flick the switch. We’ll be content enough knowing that the company isn’t spreading sidebars everywhere.

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Google redesigns search to make space for more info, kick the sidebar to the curb originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 06 Nov 2012 20:49:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Snag YouTube’s redesign early with a quick browser cookie change

Snag YouTube's redesign early with a quick browser cookie change

After a debut this summer, YouTube’s visual refresh hasn’t rolled out to all of its users, but the folks at OMG! Chrome! have stumbled upon a way for you to get in on the action a little early. Simply point Chrome or Firefox to YouTube, open up the browser’s console, enter a line that’ll fiddle with a cookie and you’ll be able to cruise Google’s video service with its fresh coat of paint. To open up your console in Firefox, just punch Control+Shift+K on Windows or Command+Alt+K on a Mac. For Chrome, hit Control+Shift+J on a PC or Alt+Command+J on machines running OS X. Can’t wait to take the new look, which gives Google+ a nod, for a spin? Hit the source link below for the code snippet to get started.

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Snag YouTube’s redesign early with a quick browser cookie change originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 23 Oct 2012 20:03:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Google’s Mobile Homepage Now Has a Facebook-Style Sidebar [Google]

Seriously, these days you just have to have a sidebar: Facebook has one, Spotify has one, hell, even Evernote has one. Now, Google is catching up, to make its mobile web page a little more sleek. More »

Box announces new features: improved search, file editing and a more social UI (video)

Box announces new features: improved search, file editing and a more social UI (video)

Skydrive, iCloud and Amazon Cloud Drive users have all been treated to upgrades recently, and now Box has announced a bunch of improvements are coming to its cloud platform for businesses. The portal header has been redesigned with a focus on searching and navigating quickly, and you can find other users at your company that bit easier, too. Additionally, Box Edit is ready to drop its beta suffix and, as long as you’ve got the relevant program installed, you can create files, edit them and save right back to the cloud from within the system. And, if you didn’t think the whole experience was social enough, an added ‘like’ feature for files will help you keep up with the latest trending process docs. The updates are due to roll out “over the coming weeks,” but until then, why not let an extremely sincere Box rep walk you through them in the video below.

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