Google+ gets notification improvements across devices, new Android app

Google gets notification improvements across devices, new Android app

Today, Google announced it’s making some improvements to its social network, both on the web as well as on the Android and iOS apps. The company’s own Vic Gundotra has — appropriately — taken to Google+ to share that notifications have been improved all around, making them “much easier to use across mobile and desktop.” Additionally, these notifications now tout a new bell icon which lets users know when stuff is waiting to be glanced, plus there’s a tray that manages read and unread items — in other words, they’ve become a lot less obtrusive and cumbersome.

The Android application, meanwhile, has been updated with the option to delete pics from within the “Photos” view, while other under-the-hood improvements were added to the menu in order to make it “more consistent with other Google apps.” The rejuvenated notification system is expected to be rolling out over the next few days, however the Android app is available now at the Google Play link below.

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Source: Google Play, Google+

Line for iOS gains browser, themes and three more languages

Line for iOS gains browser, themes and three more languages

Line is updating its iOS app with a trio of features designed to keep you nestled to the free messaging service for as long as it can. The biggest addition is an in-app browser, which negates the need to switch over to Safari (etc) when someone shares a link. Users will also discover German, Italian and Portuguese language support, not to mention a choice of themes — including a tasteful pink version that’ll sit well with your smartphone, game console and sports car.

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Via: The Next Web

Source: Line (App Store)

Google Blogger for Android gets tablet support

Google Blogger for Android adds tablet support

Blogger clearly benefits from a larger screen, yet Android tablet owners haven’t had a native editing space since the Blogger app launched on their platform. Thankfully, Google is rectifying that problem today: the Android release now occupies a tablet’s full screen space while users compose and review their posts. The refresh also offers WYSIWYG editing for current entries, regardless of the screen size. However much they’ll use the improved workspace, would-be Android auteurs just have to swing by Google Play for the update.

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Via: Android Police

Source: Google Play

Flipboard now lets others contribute to your magazines (video)

Flipboard now lets others contribute to your magazines video

There’s typically more than one person involved in building a traditional magazine, at last check. It only makes sense, then, that Flipboard just opened up its internet-based magazine curation to groups. Those who’ve built a magazine can now invite friends to add content at will, whether it’s through one of the mobile apps or a web bookmarklet. We doubt that the resulting collaborations will give big league publishers a reason to panic, but Android and iOS users alike can test that theory by downloading the updated Flipboard today.

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Via: Inside Flipboard, The Next Web

Source: App Store, Google Play

Bing Maps gets 270TB of Bird’s Eye imagery, largest update ever

In an effort to keep competing with Google Maps, Microsoft has updated Bing Maps with nearly 270TB of new Bird’s Eye imagery, which is Bing Maps’ largest Bird’s Eye update ever. Microsoft also expanded its Venue Maps to over 4,700 locations in 59 countries. Venue Maps allow users to see indoor maps of certain buildings.

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Facebook for BlackBerry 10 update brings UI refresh

Blackberry has announced an update to the Facebook app for Blackberry 10, bringing it up to version 10.2.0 and, according to the announcement, offering a combination of new features and a changed up design. Blackberry promises this new update makes the app the best it has been yet, which you can find out for yourself

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Facebook update for BlackBerry 10 brings photo album controls

Facebook update for BlackBerry 10 brings photo album control, tweaked timeline

BlackBerry 10 users haven’t had much control over their Facebook photo uploads — a big problem when they’re trying to organize their pictures later on. Thankfully, they can be a little more restrained as of the Facebook 10.2 update. The revision lets socialites both create albums on-device and upload directly to particular albums. After the fact, they can tag existing shots and toggle just which images they see. If you’re the sort whose Q10 or Z10 doubles as a primary camera, you’ll want to grab the update at the source link.

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Via: Inside BlackBerry

Source: BlackBerry World

Refresh Roundup: week of June 3rd, 2013

Refresh Roundup week of June 3rd, 2013

Your smartphone and / or tablet is just begging for an update. From time to time, these mobile devices are blessed with maintenance refreshes, bug fixes, custom ROMs and anything in between, and so many of them are floating around that it’s easy for a sizable chunk to get lost in the mix. To make sure they don’t escape without notice, we’ve gathered every possible update, hack, and other miscellaneous tomfoolery we could find during the last week and crammed them into one convenient roundup. If you find something available for your device, please give us a shout at tips at engadget dawt com and let us know. Enjoy!

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Bing Desktop update brings Facebook notifications and in-line search

Microsoft has been rolling out updates to Bing Desktop on a fairly regular basis, having added support for Windows XP and more languages back in December, and having integrated Facebook content in March, among other features. Now that has been taken a step further with the latest update, which tosses Facebook notifications into the mix,

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Foursquare brings a native tablet UI to Android, while iOS waits

Foursquare's first native tablet UI pops up on Android

While iOS has continued to tout its lead in native tablet apps over other platforms, there are a few cases where it lags and now Foursquare is one of them. A new update to the Android app features a new map browsing experience for tablets and large screen phones, plus improvements to the Explore feature. On the other hand, iPad users still have to deal with a stretched out version of the iPhone app for their check ins and discovery, although a fresh update there tweaks search suggestions and spellcheck in Explore. This isn’t the first go round for a tablet optimized Foursquare experience on Android as the Sony Tablet S had its own app, although that was built by a third party and not fully featured.

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Via: About Foursquare

Source: Google Play, iTunes