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Messaging app Line now suggests relevant stickers as you type

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by on August 7, 2014 at 9:53 am
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Product Updates

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Line’s growing catalog of free and paid-for sticker packs help it to differentiate from other popular messaging apps; now it gives reminders when you have the perfect sticker to use in a conversation. With version 4.6 of its Android app, Line will now suggest stickers to use in real-time. Whenever you type a word or phrase that matches some of its colorful stamps, it will become bold and underlined, triggering a small sticker panel to appear on top. They’re small representations – so your conversation won’t be crowded out – and you can swipe horizontally if there’s more than one…

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Facebook’s Mentions app for celebrities is now available in over 40 countries

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by on August 7, 2014 at 8:59 am
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Insider, Product Updates

Facebook’s Mentions app for celebrities first launched for users in the US last month, but if you’re a notable figure outside those borders and wanted to get in on the action then you might now be in luck. That’s right, Mentions is now available to users in more than 40 countries, providing you’re a verified public figure with a page on the social network. Unfortunately, a spokesperson for the company couldn’t clarify exactly which 40 countries. Ultimately, while on the surface of things it bears a passing resemblance to the standard Facebook app, it’s geared around allowing famous people to more easily post content…

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Google is now ranking websites with HTTPS higher in its search results

Aug07
by on August 7, 2014 at 8:26 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Google

Google has tweaked its search engine algorithms to ensure websites that use HTTPS encryption rank higher in search results. The company says it has run tests over the past few months which factor in whether a website has adopted the security layer. The aim is quite simple: to encourage webmasters worldwide to adoption HTTPS, which provides greater security to those who visit their site. Google says that its efforts have affected fewer than one percent of search results so far, while HTTPS adoption is less of an influence on results than primary factors like content quality. Since Google commands huge influence over…

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Rocket Internet will develop payment services for emerging markets thanks to a $445m investment

Aug07
by on August 7, 2014 at 7:11 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Asia, rocket internet

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Rocket Internet, the German incubator that’s so often viewed as a tech ‘clone factory’, is furthering its efforts to grow a global e-commerce empire after announcing plans to develop payment services for emerging markets. The company has teamed up with Philippines-based telecom company PLDT — the owner of mobile operator Smart — which will buy a 10 percent chunk of Rocket Internet for €333 million, that’s approximately $445 million. The deal gives a first glimpse at an official valuation for Rocket Internet, which is almost $4.5 billion. Last month, the Wall Street Journal reported that the firm was considering an IPO in Germany at a valuation…

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