By a show of hands, how many of you have been in the middle of a conversation with somebody and wished desperately that you could just silence them and walk away? It may be entirely too rude to do that in a conversation taking place in-person, but Google+ has given you the power to do it in their conversation threads. Now with a single click, the flood of notifications telling … [Read more...] about Google+ Adds Mute for Conversation Threads
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Twitter Now Shares Your Favourite Tweets
Many Twitter users employ the ability to mark a tweet as a favourite in one of two ways: some use it a a method of giving private kudos to the original author, while others like to save particularly good posts for later review. Regardless of your reason, you may have noticed that Twitter recently started sharing your favourites (along with details on who you are now following) … [Read more...] about Twitter Now Shares Your Favourite Tweets
Timber App Brings Tinder to BlackBerry 10
Generally BlackBerry doesn't get to see the big name apps hitting their platform, but knock-offs and look-a-likes are very common. Timber is in good company, joining the ranks of iGrann, Whine, Snap2Chat and Spo2fy. No matter, BlackBerry users will be excited that a third party Tinder client is available from BlackBerry World. Developed by Nemory Studios, Timber gives … [Read more...] about Timber App Brings Tinder to BlackBerry 10
Fling Delivers Instant Messaging Spam
Marketed by social start-up Unii as an exciting way to share life's moments with the world, Fling is one part Snapchat and one part spam. With that said, the premise is very enticing: snap a photo and let the app send it out to 50 random Fling users (while avoiding any users that you actually may want to see it). Are you on the receiving end of a random Fling photo? You … [Read more...] about Fling Delivers Instant Messaging Spam
Facebook Messenger Now Required to Chat with Friends
Beginning as early as this week, Facebook will make it a requirement that you use their standalone Messenger app to send and receive messages (as they pull the plug on Messenger being supported from within their stock Facebook app). Generally, changes to Facebook are met with unhappiness among their users --but this time, the company is claiming it will help speed up the rates … [Read more...] about Facebook Messenger Now Required to Chat with Friends
FaceBook Adds Save For Later Reference
How many people check Facebook more often in a day than they do any local news. Problem is, our friends are sharing details faster than we can consume them --especially because we are often checking in on them while we are on the go! Thankfully, Facebook understands (and finally implemented a feature that we can get behind instead of just redesigning our home pages and making … [Read more...] about FaceBook Adds Save For Later Reference
Google+ Lifts Display Name Restrictions
If you've been holding off on using Google+ because you couldn't use the display name you wanted (or maybe you just found the rules a little annoying), starting today those restrictions have been lifted. Some are speculating that the changes to Google's terms of service are related to the departure of Google+ lead, Vic Gundotra, but it may just be that it was time. Google … [Read more...] about Google+ Lifts Display Name Restrictions
Hinge App Provides Transparent Online Dating
There was a time when admitting that you and your significant other met online was embarrassing; these days it is nearly a cliche. Many services exist that promise to help you meet your next special someone, and adding to that list is Hinge: a dating app with a pocket freshly full of venture funding (to the tune of $4.5M) from groups like Founder Fund and Lowercase … [Read more...] about Hinge App Provides Transparent Online Dating
Yahoo Buys Tumblr
Yahoo’s recent acquisition of Tumblr, the popular blogging site, presents an interesting scenario now prevalent in the tech scene. Yahoo is eager to pay a premium and remain competitive in the long run, even if the investment does not guarantee much profit right away. To attempt this, Yahoo shelled out $1.1 billion for Tumblr, which not too long ago was valued at about $800 … [Read more...] about Yahoo Buys Tumblr