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Facebook updates mobile layout to automatically highlight most-liked photos

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by on October 9, 2014 at 9:38 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

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Facebook has started rolling out an update to the layout of its iOS and Android apps to display your most popular photos more prominently. Now when looking through photos of someone, their most-liked photos will show up larger than the rest. You’ll also be seeing a new Uploads tab that sorts all of your uploaded photos chronologically instead of forcing you to scavenge among albums for that one special photo – something you’ll appreciate if you’ve tended to organize your albums by type as well as date. Album thumbnails are now larger as well. The change calls back to when Facebook used to…

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Foursquare releases an iOS 8 Swarm widget for one-tap check-ins

Oct09
by on October 9, 2014 at 7:44 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web

If having to switch to the separate Swarm app has got you down on Foursquare, a new iOS feature might convince you to come back. An update to the app has added support for an iOS 8 widget that lets you check-in from the Today section of the Notification Screen and see a handful of nearby friends. To activate the widget, you’ll need to download the update and then hit the “Edit” button at the bottom of the Today screen. From there, you can add Swarm to your list of approved widgets. For my part, I don’t see the Swarm…

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Rewards and recognition: The keys to motivating your employees

Oct09
by on October 9, 2014 at 7:40 pm
Posted In: Analysis and Opinion, Around the Web, Entrepreneur, Insider

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Ernie Capobianco, CEO, Sq1, a digital conversion optimization agency. Retaining quality employees can be a challenge. High turnover not only affects morale, but your company’s bottom line will take a hit too. It’s incredibly inefficient to train new people or get them up to speed. It taxes existing staff, and there’s an obvious cost in time and money of procuring new people. So how do you motivate existing employees and keep them hungry and passionate without necessarily giving them substantial pay increases or bonuses? How do you increase employee engagement, and more importantly, loyalty? Motivate them with a chainsaw. I’m sure your…

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Lenovo unveils a trio of new ‘Yoga’ devices, including a 13-inch tablet with subwoofer and projector

Oct09
by on October 9, 2014 at 7:31 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Gadgets, Insider, Product Launches

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Lenovo has announced a trio of new devices today as it looks to differentiate and gain inroads in the competitive PC and mobile computing space. The Next Web is at a launch event in London, where the Chinese electronics giant unveiled a new convertible PC and two new Yoga Tablet models, with some interesting features on board. Yoga Tablet 2 Pro & Yoga Tablet 2 Yoga Tablet 2 Pro The 32GB, Android-powered 13.3-inch Yoga Tablet 2 Pro has a built-in projector, which lets you beam 16:9 high resolution images (including movies) directly to a wall or screen. This isn’t the first tablet…

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WSJ: Amazon reportedly to open its first physical store in New York

Oct09
by on October 9, 2014 at 7:21 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

The online retailer is going to break the fourth wall. Amazon is reportedly getting ready to open a pop-up store in New York to handle same day delivery, returns, exchanges and to act as a giant Amazon Locker for customers to pick up online orders. The Wall Street Journal reports that the store will be located on across from the Empire State Building at 7 West 34th St., the physical store is a first for Amazon. The store itself has a limited inventory, but according to the The Wall Street Journal it could also be used to showcase the retailer’s growing hardware line of…

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