Category: Social Media / Websites
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One simple way to get more out of Google
Google Blog – 5.17.18 (5.14.18) Introducing Google One: a simple plan to help you get more out of Google. More and more, we rely on the internet for ways to safely store the things that matter—making life simpler and less cluttered. Over the years, we’ve provided people with easy, secure ways to create, store and share…
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Facebook Community Boost Celebrates Small Business Week Confirms Dates and Announces 13 New U.S. Cities
Facebook Newsroom – 5.4.18 (5.3.18) As our CEO Mark Zuckerberg has said, we need to make it easier for people to grow businesses or find jobs. The 80 million small businesses on Facebook represent one of the largest communities of small businesses in the world. Read more: Facebook Community Boost Celebrates Small Business Week Confirms…
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Getting Feedback on New Tools to Protect People’s Privacy
Facebook Newsroom – 5.2.18 (5.1.18) Today, we’re announcing plans to build Clear History. This feature will enable you to see the websites and apps that send us information when you use them, delete this information from your account, and turn off our ability to store it associated with your account going forward. Read more: Getting…
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Introducing Prime Book Box
Amazon YouTube Channel – 5.1.18 Story time just got better with Prime Book Box, a subscription that delivers curated children’s books every 1, 2, or 3 months. Discover new favorites that inspire a love of reading—new adventures await in every box! Learn more at: https://www.amazon.com/PrimeBookBox Source: Introducing Prime Book Box
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Sleep Mode: Giving Parents More Control on Messenger Kids
Facebook Blog – 4.30.18 (4.27.18) Messenger Kids was built to give parents more control and to give kids a safer space to message and video chat with close friends and family. Parental controls are core to the Messenger Kids experience, and today we’re launching a sleep mode for the app— a new feature that allows…
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How Google autocomplete works in Search
Google Blog – 4.23.18 (4.20.18) A behind-the-scenes look at how Google autocomplete creates predictions to speed up searches, how inappropriate ones are dealt with and more about the feature. Read more: How Google autocomplete works in Search
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How we explored the whole wide world with Google Earth in the past year
Google Blog – 4.20.18 (4.19.18) Celebrating the new Google Earth’s first birthday with a look back at the many clicks, stories, and adorable fluffy things from this past year. From polar bears in Canada to the highest peaks on the planet, hundreds of millions of people searched to the edge of the world and beyond with…
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5 things you can do with Chrome Browser to increase employee productivity
Google Blog – 4.19.18 (4.18.18) Whether it’s accessing business apps, collaborating on projects or just checking email, the web browser is increasingly becoming the place where employees get their jobs done. In fact, 76 percent of companies employ browser-based email, and 70 percent have adopted browser-based office applications, according to a recent Forrester study. Read more:…
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Hard Questions: What Data Does Facebook Collect When I’m Not Using Facebook, and Why?
Facebook Newsroom – 4.17.18 (4.16.18) Last week, Mark Zuckerberg testified in front of the US Congress. He answered more than 500 questions and promised that we would get back on the 40 or so questions he couldn’t answer at the time. We’re following up with Congress on these directly but we also wanted to take…
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Facebook Messenger adds 360-degree photo and HD video support
The Imaging Alliance Blog – 4.9.18 (4.4.18) Facebook just released an update that brings high-definition video and 360-degree panoramic photo support to Messenger. The update follows the high-res photo support Facebook added to Messenger in November 2017, expanding the quality and type of content that users can privately share with each other. For 360-degree ……