Facebook unveils Trending Topics, makes Graph Search available everywhere in US English

Facebook Graph Search

Facebook must be a little envious of Twitter’s ability to seize on trends — it just started experimenting with Trending Topics, a Timeline card that shows the hottest subjects on the social network. Users can tap a trend to see both public comments and posts, whether or not the contributors are friends. The service is only being tested with a small number of those using Facebook’s mobile website right now. If you’re too impatient for that, the company has a consolation prize: Graph Search is now available to everyone visiting the site in US English, regardless of where they live. The expansion comes with the end to a handy privacy tool that lets members see who can search their Timeline, but Facebook claims that few have been using this feature — we shouldn’t miss it too much.

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Source: Facebook Newsroom, AllThingsD

Google Search Gets Updated To Show In-Depth Articles

Google Search Gets Updated To Show In Depth Articles

The quick answer listings in Google Search save a lot of time. They pull up the best possible answer to a query and display it on top of all search results, the answers are almost always spot on. What if you’re looking for more detail on a specific topic? Google says that its research indicates more than 10 percent of users need more than a quick answer to their queries every day, so that’s why it is updating Google search to show in-depth articles alongside quick answers. The results will include comprehensive papers, lengthy blog posts from both well known as well as less known publications and blogs.

The feature will be completely rolled out over the next few days, initially only available through google.com in English. For example, searching for censorship would bring up pieces from publications such as The Guardian and Wall Street Journal, so would searching about legos, population growth, art, engineering, e-waste and a lot more. Conventional search results will be shown alongside these in-depth articles, so if you don’t like what Google search displays in this particular section, you can always manually labor through the search results to find what you’re looking for.

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    Amazon Appstore now accepts web apps

    Amazon Appstore now accepts web apps

    The Amazon Appstore is no longer just for native Android apps — starting now, the retailer will also take HTML5-based web apps. Developers can build content using any off-the-shelf tools; Amazon wraps whatever they create in a format that’s friendly to those using the Kindle Fire or other Android devices. Publishers who want to integrate more closely with Amazon can also integrate the retailer’s in-app purchasing through JavaScript code. Only a handful of web apps are available at launch, including TreSensa’s Happy Tree Friends: Run & Bun, an IGN video game news app and Spil Games’ Dream Pet Link, but web app developers who want to bolster Amazon’s catalog can visit the source link.

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    Via: Amazon Mobile App Distribution Blog

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    Firefox Gets An Integrated Share Button

    Firefox Gets An Integrated Share Button

    Firefox 23 was launched today, Mozilla has added a new feature that caters to the social aspect of browsing the internet. Recently Mozilla had announced Firefox social integration partners which included Facebook, Cliqz, Mixi and msnNow. They’ve now added an integrated share button in the browser’s toolbar which allows users to share interesting content directly from Firefox. It only works with Cliqz or Facebook Messenger for Firefox right now. Users will also be able to share content either through private message or email.

    Mozilla says that more services will soon feature support for the integrated share button, it says that other websites will start supporting its social API soon as well. Mozilla says that there is endless potential for integration of social services related to music, sports, news, finance and even e-mail. It looks forward to integrating more social sites, services and apps into Firefox. Making a web browser “social,” can be a slippery slope, take the infamous Rockmelt web browser for example, which has recently been acquired by Yahoo. Their social web browser wasn’t exactly able to generate a substantial user base. There is a difference though, Rockmelt’s selling point was its social features, whereas Mozilla is providing new social features to a rigid user base that appreciates its web browser.

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    Zynga to shutter OMGPOP website on September 30th

    Zynga to shutter OMGPOP website on September 30th

    OMGPOP has had a rough life under Zynga’s wingthe startup fell from grace as it became clear that Draw Something was more a one-hit wonder than a sustainable profit engine. It makes sense, then, that Zynga is continuing its cost-cutting spree with plans to close OMGPOP’s less successful web portal. The shutdown will start with four of OMGPOP’s web games, which stop running on August 29th. OMGPOP.com will go dark a month later, on September 30th. Only mobile apps will remain after the closure, including Draw Something, Draw Something 2 and Draw My Thing. The move isn’t surprising given Zynga’s strengthened mobile focus, but we’re still sad to see OMGPOP lose a large part of its remaining identity.

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    Search Engines Not That Instrumental In Aiding Music Piracy, According To Study

    Search Engines Not That Instrumental In Aiding Music Piracy, According To StudyMusic piracy has long been going on and even before the internet, where one could buy a cassette tape and record another copy of a legally purchased album. CD burning then came about and people began to make copies for friends and for profits, and with the introduction of the internet, well file-sharing became a whole lot easier and faster too. This is why we are not surprised that music labels are worried about piracy, although some studies have found that despite piracy, the music industry remains relatively unharmed. (more…)

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    YouTube Adds “Play” Icon To Web Browser Tabs

    YouTube Adds Play Icon To Web Browser Tabs

    Don’t you find it absolutely annoying when you have a lot of tabs open in the browser and suddenly there’s audio blaring out of your speakers? In that scenario, it is always a headache to figure out which tab is the source of the audio, because just by glancing at the tab bar it can not be ascertained. However, one website has implemented a solution that is definitely going to be welcomed. YouTube, the world’s biggest video streaming website, will now display a “play” icon in its tab whenever a video is playing, thus allowing users to figure out in just one glance if YouTube is the source of the audio.

    Spotify and Soundcloud offer similar functionality. Since YouTube videos play automatically after a link is clicked, this little addition will make a lot of difference. One may revert back to another tab after clicking on a YouTube link and would then have to locate the relevant tab. The “play” icon which is displayed alongside the favicon will definitely make it a lot easier to locate the tab. One can only hope that other websites will follow suit too.

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    Feedly Pro arrives with search, Evernote support, and more

    As with many free services, there’s often a paid option to along with them that offers a handful of new features and benefits that aren’t available otherwise to the free users. Feedly has so far offered a free version of its RSS reader, but today the company has unwrapped a paid version that gives users […]

    Feedly Announces Feedly Pro Subscription For $5 A Month

    Feedly Announces Feedly Pro Subscription For $5 A Month

    Earlier this year Google announced that they would be shutting down Google Reader, the company’s RSS reader. With it having been around for years and with many people using it, naturally a lot of people were upset and it also prompted many alternative RSS readers to step up their game in a bid to attract Google Reader users looking for an alternative, and it’s safe to say that Feedly was one of the more popular choices.

    Feedly’s service is currently free of charge and it will remain that way for the foreseeable future, but given the influx of users to its service, we’re guessing Feedly is looking to capitalize on that and has since announced the Feedly Pro service. According to Feedly, going Pro would mean that you search for articles within your feeds, “https” support for that added layer of security, integration with Evernote, and also premium support which basically makes your inquiries a priority.

    Feedly will be charging $5 a month for the Pro version of its service, or $45 a year, and for those can see themselves using Feedly’s services for the next few years, $99 will offer a lifetime subscription. For more info hit up Feedly’s websitefor the details.

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    Yahoo Acquires Rockmelt, To Kill All Its Apps In One Month

    Yahoo Acquires Rockmelt, To Kill All Its Apps In One Month

    At some point you might have heard about Yahoo’s shopping spree. It has picked up quite a lot of services recently, the biggest being Tumblr, for $1.1 billion. Rockmelt, which is a self titled “social” web browser, has now been acquired by Yahoo. The deal has already been confirmed by both companies, financial terms were not disclosed. AllThingsD believes that Yahoo may have paid between $60 to $70 million for Rockmelt.

    From now on Rockmelt will no longer be accepting any new users. Moreover, its four mobile apps for iPhone, iPad, Android, Windows Phone will be shutdown on August 31st. Users have until then to export their data. Rockmelt said that it thanks its users for teaching them “a ton” and that they will put everything that they have learned to use working for Yahoo. Only a few months ago Rockmelt had announced that it would cease working on its browser project and instead focus on its mobile apps. The Rockmelt browser experience brought a user’s Facebook content as well as friend right beside all of the websites that they visited, but this “social” web browsing failed to generate a substantial user base. Yahoo says that it can’t wait to integrate Rockmelt’s technology in their platform to deliver best experience to its customers in new and exciting ways.

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