Google+ Auto Awesome Movie: works in manual mode as well

This week the folks at Google have introduced a total of 18 new features to the Google+ social network, including a new “Auto Awesome” feature for movies. This feature takes the same feature that’d been introduced for Google+ photos and applies it – in a unique movie way – to movies uploaded to Google+. This […]

Google+ image search grows: 1000 words added to non-tagged photos

If you’ve not tried to search through your images on Google+ with what Google calls Computer Vision, you really should take a peek. What Google had done today is to add a new wave of terms to what you’ve already been able to do since earlier this year: search through your photos with search terms […]

Google+ event taking place online tomorrow morning

This week the folks at Google responsible for hyping up announcements have done a fine job of it – not least of all because they’ve got a few devices waiting in the wings. Here this afternoon we’ve seen Vic Gundotra also announce the appearance of a new set of Google+ social networking features to be […]

Vine adds video editing and mid-session saves for 6-second Spielbergs

Vine has updated its video sharing app to support multiple sessions and the ability to edit clips, broadening its appeal from an impromptu gimmick. The new features, billed as Sessions and Time Travel, allow users to save up to ten work-in-progress Vines for later use, and to edit shots by shuffling or replacing the constituent […]

How to Declutter Your Facebook News Feed Once and For All

How to Declutter Your Facebook News Feed Once and For All

When was the last time you looked at your Facebook feed and actually liked everything you saw? For all of Facebook’s fancy algorithms, it can never create the perfect feed for you. Here’s how to declutter that feed once and for all and only see the stuff you care about.

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Facebook down for wall posts, status, and payments, it’s not just you

This morning the folks responsible for keeping an eye on uptime for Facebook components of all kinds up and running have reported downtime for their Payments system specifically, while reports of downtime for statuses and wall posts have also appeared across the USA. The status updates on the Payments system for Facebook can be found […]

NYCC organizer ReedPop spams attendee Twitter accounts

The radio frequency identification (RFID) tags embedded in ID badges for this year’s New York Comic Con were used to spam attendees’ Twitter accounts the moment they walked into the Javits Center. The spam took the form of overly enthusiastic tweets like “#NYCC is the Best Four Days of my Year!” and “So much pop […]

Facebook invisibility axed: here’s what you can do

All the way back in 2012, the folks at Facebook began cutting out a privacy measure – this week they’re completing the job. This measure went by the name of “Who can look up your Timeline by name?” and it included the ability to block your name from search results of the public. This was […]

Twitter for Android tablets appears limited to Galaxy Note 10.1 2014 (for now)

The Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 2014 Edition is currently the subject of a score on the part of Samsung with a deal with the developers responsible for Twitter, receiving the first big Android tablet-based update to the app as an exclusive. It’s unknown how long this particular update to the app will be limited to […]

Samsung acquisitions aimed at gaming, social media, mobile search, and mapping

There’s a document out there in the wild being reviewed by the press that suggests Samsung is in the market for a large cross-section of software startups in the near future. This document happened across the desks at the Wall Street Journal where they’ve suggested Samsung will be after games, mobile search, social media, and […]