Get ready to say farewell to Chrome’s merged tabs feature. The capability is no longer there in the latest build of the developer version of Chrome for Android, which offers a pretty strong gauge that it’s likely to be killed off. Check this article from PCWorld.com
Modern journalists always have an eye on social media to see which stories are trending and why. Do you want to track social media trends like the professionals do? More of this article from MakeUseOf.com
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goes without saying that everyone needs to use stronger passwords, and the best way to do that is with a password manager. The truth is, passwords that are hard to hack are just as hard to remember, yet even so, you really do need long and complex passwords. Check out this article from MakeUseOf.com
Smile Software is changing practically everything about TextExpander except what TextExpander actually does: Letting you save chunks of text or other data as “snippets” that are automatically inserted when you type an abbreviation. The new version of the beloved utility is aimed at more seamlessly sharing snippets among teams, there’s a new web portal at TextExpander.com to manage your snippets online, and it’s even expanding to a new platform with a beta version of TextExpander for Windows. Check out more of this article from MacWorld.com
Since its inception, Twitter has been a very public forum. But now, Twitter wants to be a player in private messages.
On Tuesday, Twitter began rolling out a new Message button that you will see underneath each Tweet on your Timeline, right next to the Retweet and heart icons. Tapping on the Message button launches a Direct Message to share that Tweet privately with another Twitter user. The new feature will be available to both iOS and Android users by updating the Twitter app. Check this article from PCWorld.com
The icons for the Google Play family of apps have emerged from the design studio with a fresh look.
As announced on the Official Android Blog, the new icons are brighter, flatter, and all feature the Play Store’s familiar icon. It’s more of an evolutionary change that keeps with Google’s fluid Material Design guidelines and makes the apps appear like they’re part of the same portfolio. Check out this article from PCWorld.com
E-readers like the Amazon Kindle can only do one thing, but they do it very well: they make the reading of digital books as easy on the eyes as the reading of paper books. They have screens that look just like paper, viewable from any angle, viewable even in direct sunlight, and battery life measured in weeks. Check this article from MakeUseOf.com