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Twitter for iPhone gets a redesigned profile with expanded features for iOS 8

Sep18
by on September 18, 2014 at 8:07 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

Twitter for iPhone got a revamp today with a new profile look that features lots of white space, expanded bio views and extra features for iOS 8. To access tweets, photos and favorites, users can select from the navigational tab which now remains at the top so no scrolling or swiping is necessary. The app has also been optimized for iOS 8, which lets you interact directly with push notifications from Twitter. Users no longer have to launch the app to retweet, favorite or follow tweets. The new Twitter profile launches today for iOS 7 and higher. ➤  A new profile experience on Twitter…

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Facebook tweaks News Feed algorithm to take timeliness into account

Sep18
by on September 18, 2014 at 7:45 pm
Posted In: Around the Web

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Facebook announced today two changes to its News Feed ranking algorithm that will take into account how timely a post from a friend or a Page is when deciding whether to show it. News Feed will now track the latest trends and display posts related to those topics more quickly. For instance, if a newly-released movie is trending, Facebook may prioritize posts about that movie because they are more timely. Tests of the new feature showed a 6 percent increase in user engagement when in effect. Facebook will also now take into account how likes and shares of a post…

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Hello China: The Next Web partners with Tencent to bring our stories to a whole new audience

Sep18
by on September 18, 2014 at 7:37 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Asia, Voice

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One of the best things about working at The Next Web is being able to share news and opinion about technology to an ever-growing audience. However, if we only focus on the English-speaking world we’re limiting our potential reach. We’ve always considered the whole world as our potential audience and we believe this is something that distinguishes us from our competition. That’s why we’re happy to announce today that we’ve signed a deal with Chinese tech and media giant Tencent that will see our articles translated and published on its massively popular QQ.com portal. As more of the world becomes…

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Microsoft redesigns Bing Image Search to be more touch friendly, adapt based on your query and device

Sep18
by on September 18, 2014 at 7:13 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

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Microsoft today announced a significant update to Bing Image Search, rolling out “in the coming weeks.” The company says the new user experience adapts based on your query and screen resolution, is touch friendly as well as “extensible enough to support the direction we’re heading in.” As Bing has gained new search suggestions and alternate content, and as users increasingly access the service from a wider array of devices (with and without touch), the old experience just couldn’t cut it. Microsoft admits it “struggled to cleanly support new content, different resolutions and input methods.” With the new design, the results…

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How to make your blog more Twitter-friendly

Sep18
by on September 18, 2014 at 6:46 pm
Posted In: Analysis and Opinion, Around the Web, How-To's, Social Media

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Brian Honigman is a marketing consultant, a professional speaker and freelance writer. This post originally appeared on the SumAll blog. There are many elements that go into a blog post to make it more prone to widespread distribution like optimizing all your content for easier sharing on Twitter. Most businesses today understand the value of marketing on Twitter and sharing their various forms of content on the social network, but most don’t have any idea of how to develop blog posts with Twitter in mind from the very beginning of the content creation process. There are two approaches to making your blog more Twitter friendly…

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