Tag: internet
Instagram will now let you post up to 20 photos or videos in a gallery – your friends should be thrilled
Whether you’ve dreamed of posting a longer carousel post on Instagram – be it photos and videos of your dog, sharing your latest epic travel adventure, or maybe simply a monthly dump – the latest feature update from the social media giant will make your dream a little closer. Instagram,…
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Google is developing a new Web Monetization feature for Chrome that could really change the way we pay for things online
Google’s monopolistic throne in online search and related advertising matters may have just been hit with a major blow, but that’s just one type of digital market and Google (of all entities) knows that there are plenty of others out there – y’all ever heard of Patreon? Now, Google is…
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Google and Meta reportedly skirting their own rules to ad target young teens, shows why tech giants cannot regulate themselves
Google and Meta have reportedly been rolling out ads targeting young teens, which skirt the former’s policies prohibiting such actions. According to a report from the Financial Times (via Engadget), Google created a marketing campaign targeting the 13-17-year-old demographic, advertising Instagram to YouTube users in that age range. To circumvent its…
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Safari wants to fix your broken web browsing experience with its new ‘distraction control’ feature
Apple seemingly didn’t fit all of its new Safari features into its jam-packed WWDC 2024 keynote in June, as it’s just announced ‘one more thing’. Alongside updates to Reader, a new web page summary tool called ‘Highlights’, and ‘Viewer’ (for making watching videos less of a chore), Apple also wants…
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Chrome could revolutionize search on PC with a big Google Lens upgrade that lets you Circle to Search images
Google Chrome on the desktop is going to get the equivalent of the popular Circle to Search feature on mobiles, and the ability, powered by Google Lens, should arrive in the browser soon. As 9 to 5 Google reports, on a Chromebook, the feature will be activated by clicking on…
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OpenAI officially takes on Google with SearchGPT – but not everybody gets access for now
After months of speculation, OpenAI‘s search engine, SearchGPT, is here but only as a prototype and in limited testing. Even so, it’s a watershed moment for the generative AI company and may represent the first substantial challenge to Google‘s Search engine dominance. OpenAI announced that it’s testing SearchGPT in a blog post…
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