Google just announced a slew of “visible” improvements to Google Hangouts in Gmail. Little touches like a green availability indicator, a large set of emoji, message snippets, and a better friend search come together in what Google calls “the new Hangouts”. Check this article from MakeUseOf.com
Twitter is often a lovely place, where people share ideas and have interesting discussions about all kinds of topics. But like any public forum, Twitter has its fair share of annoying human beings clogging up your Timeline with inane—or even offensive—chatter. Twitter has now made it possible to easily mute those people. Bonus: They won’t even know it happened. Get some tips on this article from TechHive.com
I’ll be honest—I’m not a big fan of Gmail’s Web interface. It’s clumsy, it’s awkward, and it takes quite a bit of getting used to. But if a set of apparently leaked screenshots are any indication, Google might be about to update Gmail in a big way. Take a sneak peak on this article from PCWorld.com
Twitter beefed up its security and brought in a slight layout change that gives more eye-space to what matters – your tweets. Let’s talk about them one at a time. Check this article from MakeUseOf.com
Yahoo is watching you, whether you like it or not. Find out how on this article from PCWorld.com
If you use a third-party Twitter client like Tweetbot, you might already be familiar with the idea of muting Twitter accounts. It’s a useful feature if you’re sick of seeing a specific topic show up in your timeline but don’t want to block or unfollow someone, and it looks like Twitter might finally be catching on to the idea. Check this article from PCWorld.com
Android owners are in for some good news as the Google Search app has been updated, and tucked inside it are some pretty awesome tweaks to Google Now that add quite a bit of usefulness to Google’s personal assistant. Check this article from MakeUseOf.com