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Back in June Yahoo announced that it is going to reset IDs that have been inactive for at least one full year. This is being done to free up usernames that are no longer being used. This provides an excellent opportunity to those users who have been eyeing a Yahoo username but haven’t been able to possess it because it was already taken up by someone else. Today Yahoo started handing usernames to users who had signed up for the Wishlist and entered their top five choices.

In July Yahoo told everyone to start filling up their wish lists with five top choices according to the order of their preference by August 7th. If a user was first in line for a particular username and had mentioned it in their Wishlist, it would be granted to them. Those who weren’t able to get their requested username this time around are automatically going to be put on the Watchlist, which Yahoo launched today, for free. If you weren’t part of the Wishlist but now want to be on the Watch list, you’ll have to pay $1.99,. Watchlist lets you keep an eye on five usernames for three years. When your required username opens up, Yahoo will hold if for you for 14 days and you’ll be next in line for it.

Yahoo Handing Out Recycled Usernames, Launches Watchlist original content from Ubergizmo.

Feedly gained a lot of traction after the demise of Google Reader earlier this year. It has turned out to be one of the most widely used RSS readers ever since Google started to sunset its iconic service. Feedly recently announced the Pro subscription model which costs $5 per month. It was announced today that Feedly Pro is now live for everyone. Those who are interested can sign up now for either $5 per month or $45 for an entire year. Subscribers will get access to the first batch of Pro features.

Right now the Pro features batch include the ability to search within feeds, integration with Evernote and HTTPS support for an additional layer of security. Subscribers also get premium support which means that their queries will be dealt with on a priority basis. Feedly says that it will continue to add more features for Pro users regularly. The company says that this subscription model will make it more sustainable in the long run and will lead to more “innovation” for both standard and Pro users. They’ve also listened to user feedback and brought HTTPS support along with one-click Pocket integration to Feedly standard. More information about subscription to Pro is available on Feedly’s website.

Feedly Pro Goes Live For Everyone original content from Ubergizmo.

Facebook announced recently that it has tweaked its News Feed algorithm so that users see more high quality content when they peruse their feeds at any given time of day. The social network says that its goal is to show people the right content from the right people at the right time, so users don’t miss the stories that are important. The latest update helps ensure that the organic content users see from pages they are connected is most interesting to them.

To understand how a post is deemed high quality, Facebook says that it surveyed thousands of people. They asked the users a number of questions, if they thought that content from a page was timely and relevant and if they would ever complain about seeing that content in their News Feed. Facebook explains that it used the results of this survey to build a new machine learning system which detects high quality content. The system judges quality based on thousands of factors. Facebook says that creating an algorithm to do all this is complex, and that the algorithm will continue to be refined as more feedback is received from users. Facebook advises Page owners to continue with their strategies, which should be to create good content and optimize for engagement and reach.

Facebook News Feed Tweaked To Show More High Quality Content original content from Ubergizmo.

Just last week, Apple quietly updated iCloud.com to reflect the changes they’ll soon be making in iOS 7. The updated look within iCloud.com was only available to registered beta testers, but today, Apple has removed the velvet rope to allow anyone with an Apple ID to check out the new and improved iCloud.com. (more…)

Apple’s iWork For iCloud Beta Now Available To All original content from Ubergizmo.

Last month Facebook introduced embedded posts. The feature allows users of the world’s biggest social network to embed public Facebook posts that they find compelling on their own blogs and websites. Embedded posts can contain videos, pictures, hashtags as well as other content. Initially Facebook only gave a few media organizations the ability to embed posts, these included the Huffington Post and Bleacher Report. Today Facebook has rolled out the feature for all of its users, which are well over one billion. (more…)

All Facebook Users Can Now Embed Posts Online original content from Ubergizmo.