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Mobile word processing app Quip updated with Comments, Likes and Themes

Mar20
by on March 20, 2014 at 5:12 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Product Updates

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Quip, the collaborative word processing app for Android and iOS devices from ex-Facebook CTO Bret Taylor, has been updated today to add new social features. Given Taylor’s background, and the general proliferation of Like buttons around the Web, it’s perhaps not too surprising to see the introduction of a ‘Like’ button, which can be used to like edits as well as messages. The team described the update as “the most significant release we’ve had since we launched seven months ago” and in addition to Liking things, users now have the ability to leave a comment (apparently one of the most…

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Gmail now always uses an HTTPS connection and encrypts all messages moving internally on Google’s servers

Mar20
by on March 20, 2014 at 4:49 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Google, Insider

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Google today announced it has made security improvements to Gmail to further protect users’ emails from snooping. Gmail now always uses an encrypted HTTPS connection when you check or send email, and encrypts all messages moving internally on Google’s servers. While Gmail has offered HTTPS support since the day it launched, and Google turned the feature on by default back in January 2010, today’s change goes a step further: it can’t be turned off. Google promises that now “no one can listen in on your messages as they go back and forth between you and Gmail’s servers.” This means that…

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Here are the most popular words used in viral headlines

Mar20
by on March 20, 2014 at 4:35 pm
Posted In: Analysis and Opinion, Around the Web, Roundups, Social Media

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This post originally appeared on the Buffer blog and has been republished with permission. There is no one way to create viral content. So many different variables go into a viral post—timing, emotion, engagement, and so many others that you cannot control. There is no viral blueprint. The greatest chance we have to understand viral content is to study the posts and places that do it best, figure out what worked for them, and try it for ourselves. Thanks to some incredible work by the team at Ripenn, we have access to headline analysis from four of the top viral sites on the…

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Pinterest is now available in Hindi

Mar20
by on March 20, 2014 at 4:29 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, India

Pinterest, the service that helps you bookmark, organize and share inspiring images as curated pinboards, is now available in Hindi. Under account settings, you should now be able to pick the new language option from the drop-down menu near the top of the page. This will affect almost all of the typography across the Pinterest site, including links, the navigation menu and other options. Pin captions, user-submitted comments and pinboard titles will continue to be shown in their original language, however. Hindi is one of the most popular languages in the world, making the top five in the 2007 edition…

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Samsung Galaxy S5 preorders start at AT&T on March 21 for $199.99, devices ship in ‘early April’

Mar20
by on March 20, 2014 at 4:25 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Gadgets, Mobile

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AT&T today announced pre-orders for the Samsung Galaxy S5 will begin tomorrow (March 21) at att.com and AT&T stores. The Galaxy S5 is priced at $199.99 with a two-year contract, $25 per month with AT&T Next 18, or $32.50 per month with AT&T Next 12. If you’d rather pay the full retail price, with no commitment, you’re look at a $649.99 price tag. Shipping for the pre-orders will begin in “early April” with no specific date given. AT&T also announced that it will offer pre-orders on the same day for the Samsung Gear 2, Samsung Gear 2 Neo, and Samsung…

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