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Microsoft launches Files for Windows Phone 8.1, a file management app with search, sharing, and SD card support

May30
by on May 30, 2014 at 8:47 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Mobile

Following an announcement on Reddit at the start of the month, Microsoft today released the much-anticipated Files app for Windows Phone 8.1, finally bringing a file management system to the mobile OS. You can download it now directly from the Windows Phone Store. The free app includes the following functionality: Access files stored on your phone and SD card. Browse, search and launch files. Easily share one file or multiple files. Create folders to organize your files. Copy, move, rename and delete files. Microsoft says the official file manager app “makes it easy and intuitive to manage your files on…

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Google Search for Android gets global app indexing, content is no longer limited to just English

May30
by on May 30, 2014 at 8:22 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Google, Insider, Mobile

Google today released an important update that ensures app indexing in Google Search for Android works for all content, not just English. The company has also translated its developer guidelines into eight additional languages: Chinese (Traditional), French, German, Italian, Japanese, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish. We contacted Google to ask if app indexing now works in these languages, or what exactly “more languages” refers to, since the company’s announcement isn’t clear. Google told TNW that the feature is now available globally, but currently will only show content from the apps that the company has manually included. Google today added the…

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Google Search for Android gets global app indexing, content is no longer limited to just English

May30
by on May 30, 2014 at 8:22 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Google, Insider, Mobile

Google today released an important update that ensures app indexing in Google Search for Android works for all content, not just English. The company has also translated its developer guidelines into eight additional languages: Chinese (Traditional), French, German, Italian, Japanese, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish. We contacted Google to ask if app indexing now works in these languages, or what exactly “more languages” refers to, since the company’s announcement isn’t clear. Google told TNW that the feature is now available globally, but currently will only show content from the apps that the company has manually included. Google today added the…

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Google’s new EU-mandated link removal form attracts over 12,000 requests in the first day

May30
by on May 30, 2014 at 8:16 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Google

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Google received more than 12,000 requests from individuals looking to remove search results from the European versions of its search engine hours after publishing a court-mandated online form on Friday, Reuters reports. The form complies with European Data Protection Law’s “right to be forgotten” by providing a way for people to have outdated and irrelevant online information pulled. Earlier this month, Google lost a lawsuit brought by a man seeking to have links to decade-old debt proceedings removed from the search engine. A Google spokesperson told Reuters that the ruling requires the company to make “difficult judgements” with the information. Google’s…

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Google’s new EU-mandated link removal form attracts over 12,000 requests in the first day

May30
by on May 30, 2014 at 8:16 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Google

FRANCE-US-INTERNET-CULTURE-GOOGLE
Google received more than 12,000 requests from individuals looking to remove search results from the European versions of its search engine hours after publishing a court-mandated online form on Friday, Reuters reports. The form complies with European Data Protection Law’s “right to be forgotten” by providing a way for people to have outdated and irrelevant online information pulled. Earlier this month, Google lost a lawsuit brought by a man seeking to have links to decade-old debt proceedings removed from the search engine. A Google spokesperson told Reuters that the ruling requires the company to make “difficult judgements” with the information. Google’s…

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