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30 little-known features of popular social media sites

Sep09
by on September 9, 2014 at 9:16 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Roundups, Social Media

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This post originally appeared on the Buffer blog. When I first set foot in Disneyland, I race to the most famous rides first—Splash Mountain, the Matterhorn, Indiana Jones, all the biggest and best. Little do I know there are just as many hidden gems and overlooked attractions that I’ve likely missed in my sprint for the headliners. Social networks are a little like Disneyland in this regard. There’s so much to see and so much to do that some of the fun stuff is bound to slip through the cracks. Which features of Facebook, Twitter, and the other major social…

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Goodbye, old friend: Apple finally retires the iPod Classic

Sep09
by on September 9, 2014 at 7:52 pm
Posted In: Around the Web

The day has finally arrived. We all knew it was coming. Apple is retiring the iPod Classic. The company’s faithful music player has disappeared from Apple’s website, all but confirming the device is no longer in production. The move also signals the end of the click wheel, an intuitive and hugely successful interface before touch screen devices ruled the world. Goodbye, iPod Classic. You were, without question, one of the best portable music players ever produced; your tireless service will be remembered. ➤ iPod (via Cult of Mac) Follow our full coverage of today’s Apple event

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iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus vs iPhone 5s: What has Apple changed?

Sep09
by on September 9, 2014 at 7:31 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Gadgets

Apple today announced the iPhone 6 and the iPhone 6 Plus, successors to the iPhone 5c and iPhone 5s. After all the rumors and leaks, Apple’s ninth and tenth iPhones are finally official. Yet before you run out and buy one of these gadgets, assuming you’re not interested in Android or Windows Phone, it might be wise to see what you’re getting for your hard-earned cash. As such, we’ve put together two tables to show you what’s new. iPhone 5s iPhone 6 Price on contract $199, $299, $399 $199, $299, $399 Price off contract $649, $749, $849 $649, $749, $849…

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The iPhone 5 ad that Apple wants you to forget today

Sep09
by on September 9, 2014 at 7:26 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Shareables

With all the excitement surrounding the announcement of the newest iPhones, which both have much bigger screens than the iPhone 5 models – there’s one ad from a couple of years back that Apple probably doesn’t want you to remember. You know, this one. Whether Apple now believes that people are willing to stretch their fingers a little further to operate a larger handset, or whether it just decided it doesn’t need “a dazzling display of common sense” any more is unknown, but clearly it felt a little left out by all of its rivals having bigger displays and wanted to get in on the action. For…

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Google is pushing product ads to third-party e-commerce sites for more ‘contextually relevant results’

Sep09
by on September 9, 2014 at 7:15 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Google, Insider

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With Shopping Campaigns, Google lets merchants organize their online product inventory within AdWords, helping them create customized campaigns replete with tools to track a campaign’s performance. Now, the internet giant is inviting retailers to opt their campaigns directly into Google’s e-commerce partners’ own search results on their own sites. In real terms, this means merchants can have their own Product Listing Ads (PLAs) show up when a consumer is seeking for similar items on e-commerce sites across Google’s Search Network, which include heavyweights such as Walmart, as part of its new AdSense for Shopping. So basically a PLA can now…

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