The world’s favourite search engine turns 15 today (yep, we realised we’re old too)! Click here to check out how the search giant has grown from humble beginnings in a dorm room 15 years ago!
Source: Google
Finally… Facebook allows you to edit posts!
Unlike Google+, Facebook used to allow us to edit posts only for a few minutes after they are made. The latest update for the Android Facebook app adds the ability to “edit your posts and comments and tap to see all your changes.” The editing feature will roll out to Facebook users on the web and Android devices over today and tomorrow!
Source: Mashable
Richer photos with Twitter updating Embedded Tweets
The more you believe in yourself, the more you could achieve pic.twitter.com/ATJK1dywS6
— Digital Marketing (@solomoIT) September 11, 2013
About two months after Facebook introduced embedded posts that include photos, Twitter has upgraded its embeds to better showcase its photos.
Source: Mashable
Google’s new search algorithm “Hummingbird”
Anyone notice that Google has gotten a bit better at offering up direct answers to questions? Here’s why: they recently flipped the switch on a new search algorithm they call “Hummingbird”, which focuses on parsing searches as complex questions.
Source: Tech Crunch
Google improves Knowledge Graph
With its 15th birthday, Google unleashes a couple of new features for Google Search. The mobile search interface, for example, is about to get a bit of a redesign with results that are clustered on cards “so you can focus on the answers you’re looking for.”
Source: Tech Crunch