LinkedIn’s attempt to wedge itself into iPhone users’ emails is being “shut down”—a euphemism for killed—as part of the professional network’s effort to focus “on fewer things.” But LinkedIn’s Deep Nishar said the company is still focused on email, so maybe its Intro product is going away because it was a little creepy. Check more on this article from PCWorld.com
If you use the Evernote software program on a Mac computer, then the latest update allows for searches to be made using “everyday language”. In other words, type your search terms in the same way as you would speak, and the Evernote search engine will understand you. Check on this article form MakeUseOf.com
The fine folks over at Mozilla remain hard at work improving their Firefox browser, and the team has just launched Firefox 27, which brings an improved social API, support for Google’s SPDY 3.1 protocol, and Transport Layer Security (TLS) versions 1.1 and 1.2. An update has also rolled out for the Android version of the popular web browser, though the changes are a little smaller over there. Check this article from MakeUseOf.com
Twitter is prepping a revision to its Android and iOS app, with the updated version showing the number of tweets and favorites in the main feed. Check more on this article from PCWorld.com
Residents of Google’s hometown could soon be connecting to the Internet again via a free, citywide Wi-Fi network. Very good news from PCWorld.com
Google is starting to roll out its “Google Now” feature to its Beta browser, for Windows, Mac, and Chrome OS. If you use “Google Now” on your smartphone, ensure you are signed into the browser with your Google account and have notifications turned on on the desktop. After all that, you will then begin to see the notifications begin to pop up on your desktop. Get the updates on this article from MakeUseOf.com
One thing we already know about Microsoft’s new chief executive, Satya Nadella: He doesn’t do Twitter. At least, not really. The last post on Nadella’s Twitter account was in 2010. But Twitter sure does him, as everyone from partners to pundits opined what Nadella would mean for Microsoft. Check out this article from PCWorld.com