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Google+ for Android 4.0 update adds smart photo tweaking and more

, May 20th 2013 Discuss [0]

Google+ stepped up as the hub of Google's "context ecosystem" at I/O last week, with 41 new features now being joined by an updated Android app to take advantage of them. Google+ for Android 4.0 arguably makes its biggest advances in how photos are handled, tapping into the new auto-highlight and auto-enhance functionality which can automatically edit photos as well as pick out which are the most interesting from your uploads. Read The Full Story

Google+ gets revamped with over 41 new features

, May 15th 2013 Discuss [0]

Today the folks from Google have been going quite fast here at IO with the news. From Android, Chrome, and more, but now we're focusing on an area they've been giving a lot of attention lately. Google+. Google's social network is about to get a major overhaul, which users will start seeing later today. They've confirmed over 41 new features are coming, as well as a brand new news stream. Read The Full Story

Facebook used Pixar illustrator and psychologist to develop Finch emoticons

, May 13th 2013 Discuss [0]

Facebook engineer Arturo Bejar talked to the folks over at Popular Science, discussing how the new emoticons available for Messenger were created. In early 2012, the engineer crossed paths with a UC Berkeley professor of psychology who specializes in emotions, Dacher Keltner, who soon partnered with Facebook to offer his expertice. Soon after Pixar illustrator Matt Jones was on board as well. Read The Full Story

Twitter bumps API v1 retirement date

, May 4th 2013 Discuss [0]

Twitter has sprung a minor announcement on us this night, stating that it is bumping the retirement date of its API v1 from May 7 to June 11. The decision to do this was simple: it provides more time for blackout testing. Says Twitter, it'll send out a tweet when it has the next blackout test time, but for now developers with any questions or concerns is being encouraged to speak them over the microblogging network's developers forum. Read The Full Story

Facebook changes lax policy, bans decapitation videos

, May 2nd 2013 Discuss [0]

Facebook has been criticized over the years for banning things people feel shouldn't be banned, such as perfectly innocent pictures that resemble, at first glance, something obscene. While the social network may seem trigger-happy when it comes to banning certain content, they have been surprisingly lax when it comes to graphic videos of decapitation. That has finally changed, with the company saying it will pull the content. Read The Full Story

Twitter for Glass app confirmed by LeWeb founder

, Apr 30th 2013 Discuss [0]

Yesterday, we reported that tweets were being spotted on Twitter containing pictures sent from an app called Twitter for Glass, with the evidence later being deleted and remaining only in the form of screenshots. While there was speculation that the images could, perhaps, be Photoshopped, there was more than a few things indicating the tweets - and app - were real. Fortunately, we didn't have too wait long for confirmation. Read The Full Story

Twitter makes ads program available to all users

, Apr 30th 2013 Discuss [0]

Twitter's advertisement program was only available for several businesses in the past, but in order to generate more ad revenue this year, Twitter has decided to make its advertisement program available to anyone and everyone. The ads program allows users and small businesses to promote their brand and their products through promoted tweets and accounts. The tweets can be adjusted to appeal to the general public, or only to a targeted audience. Read The Full Story

Foursquare CEO says company is generating more revenue than ever

, Apr 29th 2013 Discuss [0]

Despite the public's perception of Foursquare, Foursquare's CEO Dennis Crowley says that the company is doing fine, and that it's not struggling at all. Crowley participated in TechCrunch's Disrupt NY event, where he discussed Foursquare's current state and how it's generating the supposed "big" revenue Crowley claims. Though at times, he does keep things a bit too hush hush to reassure anyone. Read The Full Story

Google shuttering Meebo Bar to focus on Google+

, Apr 29th 2013 Discuss [0]

Google has announced it will retire the Meebo Bar, the last remaining part of its 2012 social network acquisition, on June 6, instead focusing its efforts on fleshing out Google+. Meebo, which Google bought in June last year, offered a combination of chat, social sharing, and integration with Google+ and other networks from the Meebo Bar; Google promptly axed all but the last component just over a month after buying the company. Read The Full Story

White House joins Tumblr, says to expect GIFs

, Apr 26th 2013 Discuss [0]

The Obama Administration is once again dipping into social media, this time announcing the creation of an account on Tumblr, which is currently composed of a single post and image. Says the White House, the Tumblr will be used in conjunction with the administration's other social media accounts to help make it the "most open and accessible administration in history." Read The Full Story

Twitter to make “big” announcement on Good Morning America tomorrow

, Apr 17th 2013 Discuss [0]

Leave it to Twitter to make announcements in a way that is, shall we say, atypical in nature. Good Morning America just sent out a tweet stating that Twitter will be making a "BIG" announcement tomorrow morning on the show. Twitter hasn't made any announcement on its own account, and while we have no idea what they're going to announce, there are a couple of possibilities. Read The Full Story

Facebook reportedly hires former Apple manager Richard Williamson

, Apr 16th 2013 Discuss [0]

Back in November, word surfaced that Apple's Richard Williamson was given the boot as part of a change in the Maps team. Now sources have again talked to Bloomberg, this time saying that Facebook has hired him as a manager with its mobile software group. The alleged hiring is said to have happened sometime in the "past couple of weeks." The info comes from two sources who are said to be familiar with the dealings. Read The Full Story
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