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Samsung has a giant 18-inch tablet because of course it does Don’t ask why, but Samsung has a huge new tablet: the 18.4 inch Galaxy View, which features a handle on the back because it’s so ridiculous. The oversized screen runs Android and is positioned for “content watching” at home with 1080p, stereo speakers and
Google Keep for Android now lets you draw notes and view them on your home screen I’d been a die-hard Evernote user since 2009, but over the past few months I’ve taken a liking to Google Keep. It’s not nearly as powerful and can’t do cool stuff like store attachments and search text within PDFs,
How to use social media to create happy employees Did you know companies with happy employees outperform their competition by 20 percent? LinkedIn has carried out research to say that 58 percent of employees are proud of their company and are glad to tell others about it, especially on social media. This is great news, as
Twitter’s #helloworld developer campaign sparks bi-weekly office hours via Periscope At Twitter Flight, CEO Jack Dorsey asked developers to tweet out their requests using the hashtag ‘#helloworld.’ Not surprisingly, the company got a ton of feedback. But what do developers want from Twitter? Probably the same as users. Twitter saw a lot of requests for
Snapchat’s new terms let it store and reuse your photos, but they aren’t scary Snapchat updated its terms of service for its app this week with a number of significant changes, but you probably just clicked ‘accept’ to keep using it, right? The new terms of service have a number of interesting new sections, but
Deezer takes the fight to Google Play Music with 20,000 new podcasts and offline playback Deezer has announced that it’s adding 20,000 new podcasts and radio shows to its streaming audio service worldwide. That gives it an edge over Google Play Music, which announced yesterday that it would introduce podcasts in the ‘coming months.’ With
Nexus 6P review: Google tempts away this iPhone owner I gave up on Android some time ago, after a six month stint with the Nexus 5. I was a long time user of Google’s devices, but Apple was consistently beating even the best flagship Nexus phones on performance, camera and phone build every year. Now, two years
Facebook is testing live sports updates in Messenger It looks like Facebook wants to get in on the real-time updates game just like Twitter. The company is letting some Messenger users subscribe to MLB World Series news, scores and highlights right within a one-on-one chat. Brandon Painter, who spotted the new feature, told us that
Facebook is making mobile notifications more personal and location-based Facebook is giving Android and iOS users a bit more granular control over notifications. In a blog post, the social media company says notifications will be a bit more “personalized.” Along with your current notifications, you’ll also be able to see the following: Milestones friends might
How Twitter is turning 300 million users into one billion views It happens almost every quarter: Twitter announces its earnings, and the blogosphere lights it ablaze for not adding (or adding enough) new users. The company is focused on growth, but its latest strategy has nothing to do with users. One billion While we’ve been