Facebook Now Allows Posts To Be Edited After They’ve Been Shared

Facebook Now Allows Posts To Be Edited After Theyve Been Shared

Starting today, Facebook will allow its more than 1 billion users to edit a post’s text after it has been published. The feature is going to roll out today on Android and the web. It will be available through iOS soon as well. Previously, there was no way to edit a post’s text after it had been published. If users had to make a change, they had to delete the post and then publish another one. This had a downside. Any likes, comments or shares garnered by the first post would be lost. Having the ability to change text without losing interaction is definitely going to be welcomed by users.

The world’s largest social network already offers a similar feature for comments. Back in 2012, it started allowing users to edit comments after they had published them on a post. Similar to how it works on comments, Facebook will display an edit history for a post that has been edited, so that everyone can see if there are any changes to the text. This way, people won’t trick one another by changing the text to say something else while they’ve racked up interaction when the post said an entirely different thing. The feature is going to be rolled out from today, it might take some time to go live for everyone.

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    Google Fiber Compared To Broadband In Provo City Promotional Video

    Google announced earlier this year Provo City, Utah would be the next location it will be rolling out its Google Fiber to later this year. Residents in Provo City won’t have to wait long as a new promotional video comparing Google Fiber to broadband speeds has announced the service will begin rolling out in October. (more…)

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    eBay Buys Braintree For $800 Million

    eBay Buys Braintree For $800 Million

    We’re sure for as many people there are enjoying both eBay and PayPal, there are as many people who continue to have issues when attempting to purchase something on the service, whether it be an issue with their eBay account itself or something wrong with PayPal. Regardless of that, people still love to shop on eBay and its PayPal service will be getting a boost as the company has agreed to purchase global payment platform Braintree for $800 million. eBay plans to integrate Braintree into its PayPal unit. (more…)

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    Google Talk/Hangouts Experiencing A Glitch That Sends Messages To The Wrong Person

    Google Talk/Hangouts Experiencing A Glitch That Sends Messages To The Wrong PersonIf you are a frequent user of Google Talk or Google Hangouts, you might want to pause the chatting for a bit because according to a smattering of reports, it seems that for some reason messages that are supposed to be sent to a particular person, end up being sent to someone else, or in some cases, to multiple people at the same time! For the most part this can be pretty embarrassing for some users, but for those conducting their business over Google Chats or Hangouts and don’t want the sensitive information to get out, then this is a glitch you’ll want to keep an eye out for.

    When contacted by ZDNet about the issue, a Google spokesperson was quoted as saying, “We’re investigating reports of an issue with Google Talk. We’re sorry for the inconvenience. For further updates please refer to the Apps Status Dashboard.” According to ZDNet, they have confirmed that this is an issue within the Google Apps for Business accounts, including those who might not have updated to the new Hangouts platform yet. It is unknown as to when Google will get around to fixing this, but presumably ASAP, and like Google suggested, checking the Apps Status Dashboard will probably the best way to find out if and when the problem has been resolved. In the meantime you might want to hold off on chatting for a bit.

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    Nest unveils web app developer program, teams up with Control4

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    Despite its internet connection, Nest’s Learning Thermostat has been a closed device so far — you’ve had to rely on Nest for new features and software. The company is opening up its platform with the announcement of a developer program. Programmers will soon get to build web apps that link the thermostat to other devices and services, such as home automation equipment. Nest won’t start the program until early 2014, but it’s already partnering with Control4; eventually, all of Control4’s apps and remotes will commandeer Nest hardware. If you’re interested in growing the ecosystem, you’ll find more details at the source link.

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    RealNetworks Launches RealPlayer Cloud

    RealNetworks Launches RealPlayer Cloud

    Remember how popular RealNetworks was with its RealPlayer media player back in the late 90s and early 2000s? It seems there were a high number of videos online that were transcoded into the RealPlayer format, making it nearly impossible to not have a version of the media player on your computer during its peak in popularity. It looks like RealNetworks is attempting to rather big comeback with a new piece of video software as well as storage solutions that will make it possible for its customers to share videos across different devices. (more…)

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    15% Of All Americans Don’t Use The Internet And May Never Use It [Report]

    15% Of All Americans Dont Use The Internet And May Never Use It [Report]

    If you’re reading this right now, then we think it’s safe to say that you’re currently using the Internet, that is, unless you insist your Internet-using neighbors to print out our stories for you on a daily basis. Those of you who would rather not deal with the Internet aren’t alone as Pew Research is reporting a total of 15% of Americans don’t have the Internet, with a total of five percent of all Americans believing it’s “irrelevant.” (more…)

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    Jimmy Fallon, Justin Timberlake Show Us How Silly #Hashtags Really Are

    We think it’s safe to say hashtags has taken over pretty much all of social networking as any network worth its salt supports hashtags, with Facebook even getting in on the hashtag love. But if you read someone’s update who uses a hashtag out loud, the concept of hashtags seems a little silly, especially if you’re the kind of person to use hashtags in real world conversations. Jimmy Fallon showed just how silly this trend can be as he had a casual conversation with his friend, Justin Timberlake. (more…)

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    Google Rolls Out New YouTube Comments Design

    Google Rolls Out New YouTube Comments DesignYouTube comments are typically trollish and pretty funny at times, but it looks like Google has decided to revamp the comments section on YouTube, making it more relevant and engaging for the viewer. Typically YouTube comments are shown in terms of recency, meaning that the most recent comments are shown at the top, so sometimes you see fragments of conversations which you’d then have to back track through multiple threads to get the context of what’s going on.

    However with the revamp, Google is looking to make YouTube comments more relevant to you and this will show comments from people you might know or who have interacted with, or who have good standing in the community, or those who leave comments and are having an engaged discussion. It will also see deeper integration with your Google+ account, so if you were to link a YouTube video on your Google+ account along with a description, your description will show up on YouTube as a comment, and replies to your post will be shown as comments as well.

    Users will also have the ability to share their comments with their circle of friends, so it is possible that even the creator of the YouTube video will not be able to see the comment that you have posted. Sounds like an interesting update, but what do you guys think?

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    CloudOn launches web editor, CloudOn Pro paid service

    CloudOn launches web editing app, CloudOn Pro paid service

    Many cloud-based productivity apps start on the web and eventually make their way to mobile devices. Not CloudOn: it just launched a web version of its previously mobile-only document editor. Mac and Windows users can now run a virtual Office session using a small plugin for either Chrome or Safari. They may have to pay for some functionality, however, as CloudOn is launching a paid CloudOn Pro service at the same time. Subscribers to the new tier get access to Office’s more advanced features, including PowerPoint’s presentation mode and Word’s change tracking. The web app is available for free; those who want to go Pro can pay $30 per year ($3 per month) if they sign up before 2014, or $80 per year ($8 per month) afterwards.

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