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Google+ follows Facebook with larger thumbnail images and headlines for link posts

Mar13
by on March 13, 2014 at 2:09 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Google, Product Updates

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Google is changing the way links are displayed in Google+ posts. As reported by Google Plus Daily, if you link to a webpage that contains a sizeable image, the subsequent post will now show a larger thumbnail. It has a ragged edge along the bottom, almost like it’s been torn from a scrapbook, and displays a far larger title or headline underneath. The new post format also includes a snippet of text from the webpage in question and a link to the source’s Google+ webpage. Given both the image and headline are clickable, the update should increase referrals from Google+…

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Google+ follows Facebook with larger thumbnail images and headlines for link posts

Mar13
by on March 13, 2014 at 2:09 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Google, Product Updates

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Google is changing the way links are displayed in Google+ posts. As reported by Google Plus Daily, if you link to a webpage that contains a sizeable image, the subsequent post will now show a larger thumbnail. It has a ragged edge along the bottom, almost like it’s been torn from a scrapbook, and displays a far larger title or headline underneath. The new post format also includes a snippet of text from the webpage in question and a link to the source’s Google+ webpage. Given both the image and headline are clickable, the update should increase referrals from Google+…

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Apple patent adds fuel to rumors that it will launch health and activity-related wearable devices

Mar13
by on March 13, 2014 at 1:33 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Gadgets, Insider

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A patent application granted to Apple and published today by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) suggests that Apple could still be planning to launch its much rumored ‘iWatch’ or other health and activity-related wearable device. The description in the filing is specifically for “Wrist Pedometer Step Detection”, which sounds a lot like the job done by existing fitness bands like the Nike+ Fuelband (and SE) or Fitbit. However, from the sounds of the methods described, it seems that the patent is looking to do away with erroneous step counts and would enable any device it was used…

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Amazon’s original tech comedy Betas arrives on Prime Instant Video in the UK

Mar13
by on March 13, 2014 at 1:30 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, UK

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Tomorrow, Amazon will launch its original comedy series Betas on Prime Instant Video in the UK. It’s been a long time coming, given the show premiered in the US last November, but Amazon is trying to make amends by releasing all 11 episodes from season one simultaneously. While Netflix pioneered this strategy for its own original shows, including House of Cards, Lilyhammer and Orange is the New Black, it’s not one that we’ve seen Amazon adopt so far. When Betas debuted in the US, only the first three episodes were immediately available to Amazon customers. A single episode was then…

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Did you know Mac OS X helps you optimize your home Wi-Fi network? Here’s how it works

Mar13
by on March 13, 2014 at 12:36 pm
Posted In: Around the Web

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This weekend I visited my parents. As these things tend to go, they had a list of things that bothered them about their computers. I like helping them and ended up moving my mother’s blog to a new host, and optimizing their Wi-Fi network. However, that last task was frustrating at first because I didn’t really know what tools to use. I Googled around a bit and found some very expensive tools, but I also uncovered a great and useful one hidden away in Mac OS X itself. In the past it would suffice to look at the AirPort symbol…

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