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Google+ for Android revamped with new Auto Awesome features, photo tweaks and a refreshed UI

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by on May 20, 2014 at 3:35 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Google, Product Updates

Google has updated its standalone Google+ app for Android devices to introduce a number of new features as well as a revamped UI designed to make the experience more streamlined. Announced today, there are nine new features according to a post from Googler Dave Besbris. On that list are new Auto Awesome features for your images and the introduction of Auto Awesome Stories, which combine your images and videos with the places you visit to create automatic travelogues. Besbris said that the Android app also now supports creating animated GIFs and photobooth-style images on-demand, and that “really big photo libraries” will no…

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Microsoft announces Surface Pro 3 with 12″ screen, Core i3/i5/i7, kickstand, pen, shipping on June 20 for $799

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by on May 20, 2014 at 3:21 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Gadgets, Insider, Mobile

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At its “small gathering” event in New York City today, Microsoft announced the Surface Pro 3. The device has a 12-inch screen with a 2160×1440 resolution, a 3:2 aspect ratio, as well as 4K display support. The Surface Pro 3 starts at $799 and will be available for preorder tomorrow, with shipping beginning on June 20. You’ll still need to shell out $130 if you want the keyboard though, which means you’re looking at $929 for the cheapest laptop option, and another $49 for the pen. The full price list is as follows: Intel Core i3, 64GB and 4GB of…

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Reverb brings content discovery app to the iPhone

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by on May 20, 2014 at 3:00 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Insider

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Reverb, the content discovery app that launched on the iPad in November 2013 is now available for the iPhone. The app surfaces the day’s top news and your own curated content via a word wall that’s easy to navigate quickly. The new iPhone app presents content in three categories: Top News, My News and Social News. Top News, as you would expect, shows the top news of the day. My News is a wall that users curate with subjects they have chosen. The articles presented are not necessarily new, but are deemed most relevant to the user’s interests. Social News presents article links…

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Google+ Stories uses your photos, videos and location to build stunning digital travelogues

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by on May 20, 2014 at 2:46 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Google, Product Updates

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Google is on a mission to make the photos and videos you backup more useful. The company today introduced a new feature for Google+ called Stories, which automatically builds a digital journal filled with only your best images and clips. Starting this week on Android and the Web, Google+ will now look through your uploaded photos, videos and the places you’ve visited to create a new travelogue. The end result is a full-screen experience, starting with a slideshow cover and a timeline of images. Some will have captions underneath and there are digital bookends to convey when they were taken….

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Watch the Microsoft Surface New York event livestream right here

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by on May 20, 2014 at 2:32 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

Microsoft is holding a Surface launch event in New York City today, and while the rumor mill has been plenty active before the event with talk of potentially larger, and smaller, devices set to be unveiled, we really aren’t sure what will happen just yet. Will there be a kickstand-less 8-inch device? Will the Surface Pro 3 have a 12-inch display? Will it make my coffee in the morning? There are questions to be answered. In a little over half an hour the event will begin and all will be revealed. You can watch the action as it unfolds right here –…

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