In its ongoing efforts to make sure we love Live video as much as it does, Facebook has launched closed captions for the service. Read my lips Publishers can now include closed captions on all Facebook Live videos. Once you’ve turned your captioning settings to On, they will appear automatically. Facebook says the captions will appear […]
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While certain wags have harped about the death of TV for ages, new data shows there’s life in the old girl yet. YouTube has released a report showing how the TV screen is being given a new lease on life, thanks to online content. Watch this space People are increasingly watching streaming content on their TVs,
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While spreadsheets may be the workhorse of many offices, frankly they're not the prettiest things to look at. Google thinks so too, and has released a few updates making it easier to visualise data with Google Sheets. Seeing is believing The Explore in Sheets feature uses machine learning to pluck insights from your data. You
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Facebook really does care how you’re feeling, if some new patents are any indication. Feeling good? A post from CB Insights outlines a range of recent Facebook patents, focusing around the ability to detect and respond to user emotions. One patent would pull data from your keyboard, mouse, touch pad, or touch screen, to determine
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Here’s a small but nifty update for cloud-using Apple fans. Dropbox and Apple for announced deep new integration features. Play nice At the recent WWDC, Dropbox announced a collaboration with Apple for the launch of iOS 11. The soon-to-be-released Files app will give iPhone and iPad users the ability to move and manage Dropbox files
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Instagram has recently been dabbling with feature called Archive. It appears the testing went well, and Archive is now available globally to all Instagrammers. Finders Keepers As the name implies, Archive is a place you can save photos and videos, in a separate part of the app. Tapping the “Three Dots” Button at the top
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The moment of truth is approaching: Facebook's getting close to launching its first scripted TV show. And it’s supposed to be quite funny. Candid Camera The series is the brainchild of comedian Nicole Byer, whose series Loosely Exactly Nicole was recently canned by MTV. The show is a semi-biographical account of Byer’s life and she
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Facebook’s been teasing us for months about whether or not it will allow GIFs in comments. Now it’s relented, and to celebrate the 30th birthday of the GIF Facebook has opened the floodgates. The GIF that keeps on GIFing When composing a Facebook comment there’s now a new GIF button, right next to the emoji
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Putting the ‘social’ back into the social media, a new update from Twitter lets you receive direct messages from anyone. You’ve Got Mail Before you worry about hoardes of trolls and bots being unleashed, you have to opt-in before you’re able to receive messages from users you don’t follow. You can also be added to
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LinkedIn now allows users to amp up specific search criteria by distance, location, job title, company, salary, function, and even date posted. Upping your networking net worth With over 50% of LinkedIn members having found employment through common connections, the messaging module has proven to cut through the red tape. Instant conversations with your connections
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