Google Drive now lets collaborators add friends, start chats with fewer clicks

www.engadget.com Jon Fingas 28 days ago

When you're sharing a file in Google Drive, your time should be spent collaborating, not arranging conversations. Right? Google agrees strongly enough to have just finished tweaking Drive's web interface for better teamwork. Users actively working on the project now show as mouse-over icons, with their Google+ relationship front and center -- if they're not friends and you want them to be, you can change that almost immediately. It's even faster to start group chats, as a new dedicated button will launch a chatroom for everyone who's currently looking at the project. Google expects the speed... Read similar

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Inhabitat's Week in Green: invisibility cloak, a Hobbit House and a portable washing machine

www.engadget.com Inhabitat 151 days ago

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Each week our friends at Inhabitat recap the week's most interesting green developments and clean tech news for us -- it's the Week in Green. Christmas is right around the corner, and for all of you procrastinators out there, we recently shared our handy guide to last-minute gifts that can be whipped up in the 11th hour. We also have some great suggestions for non-consumerist gifts of time and if you're crafty, don't forget to check out our DIY guide for cool make-it-yourself gift ideas like these useful texting gloves and this curiously strong solar charger upcycled from an old Altoids tin.... Read similar

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The History Of The Super Bowl And Social Media

www.businessinsider.com Heather Leonard 111 days ago

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Social Media Insights is a new daily newsletter from Business Insider that collects and delivers the top social media news first thing every morning. You can sign up to receive Social Media Insights here or at the bottom of this post. The History Of Super Bowl Social Media Marketing (Sprout Social)Every marketing professional knows that the Super Bowl is the time to play your trump card. And the way people watch television has changed markedly over the past five years. The growing popularity of YouTube marked a shift in how people began interacting with Super Bowl ads. Once using YouTube beca... Read similar

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IRL: HTC 8X, Google Now and the iPod shuffle

www.engadget.com Engadget staff 116 days ago

Welcome to IRL, an ongoing feature where we talk about the gadgets, apps and toys we're using in real life and take a second look at products that already got the formal review treatment. We swear we didn't plan it this way, but it looks like we've got a little trifecta this week, with write-ups pertaining to Apple, Google and, last but not least, Microsoft. On the pessimistic end of the spectrum, Dana would rather have the third-generation iPod shuffle than the model she's using. Terrence is hooked on Google Now and Jon likes the HTC 8X -- just not as much as the Lumia 920. HTC 8X What's th... Read similar

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Google I/O 2013 ticket sales now available

androidcommunity.com Robert Nelson 71 days ago

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Google has officially opened registration for the 2013 event. The tickets are available at this very moment, however that is likely to change rather quick. The Google I/O events have been selling out quicker and quicker each and every year and with some of the excitement already in place — we expect this to be …Read similar

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Today's Scuttlebot: G.E.'s Internet, and Facebook Search Warning

bits.blogs.nytimes.com By THE NEW YORK TIMES 115 days ago

The technology reporters and editors of The New York Times scour the Web for important and peculiar items. For Monday, selections include an essay on how Mark Zuckerberg might use the resources of Facebook to improve education, General Electric's effort to expand its profile in today's world of technology, and a warning about some ways that Facebook's new search tool might be used on the dark side of the Internet.Read similar

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Google Chrome 25 for Android arrives with background audio

www.engadget.com Jon Fingas 85 days ago

If you've ever tried to play audio from a web app in Chrome for Android, you've likely had the fun cut short the moment your attention wandered over to Google Maps or Instagram. A stable version of Chrome 25 is here to address that headache. Audio in the new browser build will continue to play in the background, and optionally pauses if there's an incoming phone call. Google has less perceptible upgrades behind the scenes, as well: multi-touch zoom and scrolling are faster, and the V8 rendering engine should be quicker on the draw with interactive pages. Those who won't wait for anything, i... Read similar

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Now Hiring: MBA Internship In Social Media Analytics At Business Insider

www.businessinsider.com Business Insider 65 days ago

Learn about how social media impacts the media business in Business Insider’s internship program. We’re the fastest growing business news site on the web, and social media has been an integral part of our success. We’re working on some exciting new projects and need assistance in a number of business and analytics-related tasks, including: Gathering and crunching data and reports from our web site, apps, various social media sources (and anything else we can get our hands on) Finding and presenting insights into social media’s impact on publishing Keeping an eye ... Read similar

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Dropbox's redesigned desktop client brings more notifications, faster sharing and a fresher look

www.engadget.com Darren Murph 72 days ago

In a world that's becoming increasingly swamped with cloud storage options, it's good to see a true, original gangster innovating like the pressure is on. In a matter of moments, Dropbox is going to launch a re-imagined desktop client -- one that promises "more visibility into activity in one's Dropbox, faster access to your files, and a brand new look and feel." The changes here are fairly subtle, but they're ones that power users are bound to appreciate. You'll be able to accept invitations with less friction, see links or albums that people have shared with you, and keep tabs on what's ch... Read similar

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Microsoft Skewers Google For Giving Your Personal Data To App Developers

www.businessinsider.com Michael Liedtke 45 days ago

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Microsoft is skewering Google again with scathing ads that say as much about the dramatic shift in the technology industry's competitive landscape as they do about the animosity between the two rivals. Video: Watch how you get Scroogled by the Google app store The missive being launched today marks the third phase in a 5-month-old marketing campaign that Microsoft Corp. derisively calls "Scroogled." The ads, which have appeared online, on television and in print, depict Google as a duplicitous company more interested in increasing profits and power than protecting ... Read similar

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Google launches new Google+ Hangouts platform and mobile apps with focus on conversations

www.engadget.com Jon Fingas 8 days ago

The rumors were apparently true: Google's unified chat platform (widely nicknamed Babel) is launching as the new Hangouts, with new mobile apps to match. The messaging service puts Android, Chrome, Gmail and iOS all on the same page for the first time, focusing the interface on conversations that carry from device to device: these include consistent notifications, as well as emoji and shared photo pools that weren't in Google Talk. Contacts are still there, but they're pushed to the side in the mobile view. Live group video is new, too, while text chats have watermarks to clarify who's reading... Read similar

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Google Adds Non-Profit Information To Knowledge Graph, Gives Them A Boost With Google+ Follow Buttons

techcrunch.com Drew Olanoff 44 days ago

Some people believe that Google’s practices when it come to search are mystical and unfair, or sometimes evil, but what the company wants to do is surface the most important information for you when you perform a task on its most important product. With the introduction of Knowledge Graph last year, Google started showing information on the right-hand side of search results to help you figure out if you’re searching for the right thing, be it a person, place or thing. Today, Google announced that it’s now filling up its Knowledge Graph with information about non-profits, whic... Read similar

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Google brings over 400 Dark Horse Comics to the Play Store

androidcommunity.com Cory Gunther 62 days ago

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For all you comic book fans we have some excellent news from the folks at Google. It looks like they’ve just pushed a massive update to their offering, and now have well over 400 Dark Horse Comics in the Play Store. Google shared the news over on Google+ and mentioned the comics are available in …Read similar

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500 Startups-Backed Markerly Makes Content Sharing Easier For Readers And More Transparent For Publishers

techcrunch.com Anthony Ha 155 days ago

Markerly, a company being incubated at 500 Startups, aims to help web publishers increase their traffic from social media and understand why certain pieces of content are taking off."Markerly makes light of the dark web," CEO Sarah Ware told me via email. "Articles get shared, but you never know the driving force behind the share. You also don't know what your readers are engaging in most - what names they are copying to paste into google and search more of, what companies they want to read more about."Read similar

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Windows Phone Gains Ground In Some Markets

www.businessinsider.com Heather Leonard 51 days ago

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Mobile Insights is a daily newsletter from BI Intelligence delivered first thing every morning exclusively to BI Intelligence subscribers. Sign up for a free trial of BI Intelligence today. Windows Phone Gaining A Toehold In Some Markets (Kantar Worldpanel via All Things Digital)Microsoft’s new Windows Phone operating system has a lot of ground to make up if it’s ever to become a viable third mobile platform. But new market share data from Kantar Worldpanel show Windows Phone seeing significant increases in adoption in a number of major markets for th... Read similar

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Consumer Time Spent In Apps Surpasses Web Usage & Closing On Broadcast TV

www.iphoneincanada.ca Usman 169 days ago

Analytical firm Flurry has compared consumer time spent in mobile apps on smartphones and tablets with time spent on the web using a browser and broadcast TV. Turns out consumers spend more time on apps as compared to the web and are beginning to challenge television, the top media channel. During the month of November, Flurry measured over...Consumer Time Spent In Apps Surpasses Web Usage & Closing On Broadcast TV is a post from: iPhone in Canada Blog - Canada's #1 iPhone Resource Read similar

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“In The Studio,” SoftTech's Charles Hudson Has Game When It Comes To Gaming

techcrunch.com Semil Shah 42 days ago

"In The Studio" rolls on this week by welcoming a long-time Valley operator, founder, angel investor, venture capitalist, and now general partner at one of the first "super angel" funds.Charles Hudson, now a partner with SoftTech VC, has sat on every side of every table in the startup world. With stints as an operator at Google, as an investor with In-Q-Tel (the CIA's venture capital arm), and founder of companies in the gaming space, Hudson brings a wealth of experience and insights -- particularly around the gaming industry -- to the table. Hudson is a familiar face in the Valley's startup e... Read similar

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Kindle app for Android gains carousel browsing, expanded side panel

www.engadget.com Nicole Lee 28 days ago

Amazon is rectifying the long wait for a Kindle for Android update today with a version 4.0 refresh that carries with it a major UI redesign. The library view looks very different: instead of a basic grid, recently read items are presented in a rotating carousel at the top of the home screen, while the navigation panel has been expanded to provide quicker access to books, documents and periodicals. The actual reading pane remains untouched, so whether you're using a smartphone or a tablet, your e-copy of War and Peace should still look the same. To have a peek at Kindle's new look, Android u... Read similar

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The iTwin Connect Plugs Into Your Laptop To Create A Personal VPN That Nobody Can Crack

techcrunch.com Colleen Taylor 134 days ago

If you're smart, you probably think twice before using a WiFi network anywhere outside of your own home to log into things like your bank account and even your email. Being on a shared network notoriously leaves you more vulnerable to having someone else monitor all the details of your web browsing activity and access your personal data. But if you're a remote worker, as more and more people are, lots of your time online is spent using relatively untrusted networks in places like cafes, airports, and hotels.A new product from iTwin called the Connect is aimed at taking away those worries. The ... Read similar

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Google Drive iOS App Update Brings Landscape Editing To iPhone

www.iphoneincanada.ca Usman 45 days ago

In order to bring the iOS app in line with its Android counterpart, Google has updated the Google Drive app for iPhone, iPod touch and iPad to support faster document editing and landscape mode support for iPhone. According to Google, Google Drive now loads faster with quicker editing support. In addition to the usual bug fixes, the...Google Drive iOS App Update Brings Landscape Editing To iPhone is a post from: iPhone in Canada Blog - Canada's #1 iPhone Resource Read similar

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