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Twitter Improves Search, Notifications in iPhone & Android Apps

android-twitterTwitter has released updates for its iPhone and Android app, providing improved search and notification functions. The new versions of Twitter are now available on both the iPhone’s App Store and Android’s Google Play.

“This update was a great collaboration between many teams at Twitter including Android, iOS, Discover, Search and others,” more…

Smaller-Screen Creative: Why Smartphones & Tablets Aren’t Created Equal

tablet-smartphoneThe super-speed growth in smartphone usage and the cultural shift therein is old news at this point, but this past holiday season marked an enormous turning point in mobile technology adoption. U.S. tablet ownership doubled over the holiday season which means about 10 percent of the population was gifted a tablet. more…

Adobe: Chrome for Android will not get Flash support

FlashNOWhen Google today launched Chrome for Android in beta they did so without support for Adobe Flash. For many users this seemed surprising given the strong push for Flash on Google’s mobile OS after Steve Jobs and Apple refused to allow Adobe’s platform on their iOS devices. The writing, however, was on the wall. more…

Samsung Galaxy Tab 11.6 Set for Showdown with iPad 3 in February 2012?

samsungs-tabletSamsung and Apple’s courtroom battle seems endless. The South Korean company is now scheduled to launch Galaxy Tab 11.6 tablet in February 2012, which could pit it directly against Apple’s next generation tablet – dubbed iPad 3.

Galaxy Tab 11.6, which will run on Android 4.0 more…

How Facebook Tracks Users

facebook-cookiesInformation on how Facebook tracks its users behaviors both on and off site has been released. Most worrisome is that Facebook keeps a running log of the sites a user has visited in the past 90 days. more…

Facebook to build server farm on edge of Arctic Circle

LuleaFacebook is to build a multi-million ‘mini town’ on the edge of the Arctic circle to house all its computer servers, which would us as much electricity as a town of 50,000 people.

The enormous server farm facility in Luleå, northern Sweden, to be announced officially on Thursday morning, more…

A New Look for Gmail [video]

A video from Google’s YouTube channel introduces a new Gmail interface. It’s based on the Preview theme that’s already available in Gmail, but there are many other changes: an action bar that uses icons instead of text labels, a completely new interface for conversations, profile pictures next to contacts, a flexible layout that adapts to any window size, display density options like in Google Docs, resizable chat/labels sections, new high-definition themes and an updated search box that includes advanced options. more…

LinkedIn Buys Real-Time Search Startup

linkedinLinkedIn has acquired IndexTank, a provider of real-time hosted search technology, for an undisclosed amount.

LinkedIn and IndexTank say that the acquisition will help improve LinkedIn’s internal search technology. more…