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Google Thanks the Internet’s Most Polite Grandmother

Google has used social media to personally reply to an exceptionally polite search conducted by an 86-year­-old grandmother. May Ashworth, who appreciates that manners cost nothing, believed she was communicating with a person at Google HQ when she used the search engine and has gone viral

Facebook Unintentionally Declares War in the Philippines

This year on June the 12th was Independence Day in the Philippines. As is customary on public holidays, Facebook celebrated the occasion by sending their best wishes to users ­- but this time they departed from their normal light-­hearted voice by accidentally claiming that the

New Instagram Feed Algorithm Vexes Users

Pipelined changes to the order of posts on Instagram news feeds have begun to take effect, much to the outcry of users. The controversial change means that posts will now be prioritised by an algorithm, as opposed to the original ‘most­ recent’ order. The network’s

4 Big Changes Lurking Behind Instagram’s Code

A look behind Instagram’s code has revealed some game­changing unpublished features. The image­sharing social network will soon be bringing analytics to businesses profiles ­- but it turns out that may not be the only feature social media marketers can look forward to… The potential changes

Facebook Tweaks Trending Topics in Reponse to Bias Claims

Facebook have denied claims of a left wing political bias in their trending topics section, but have pledged to improve the feature regardless. On Monday, in both a press release and a direct letter to the chairman of the US senate commerce committee, the social

Mountain Climbers Document their Everest Ascent on Snapchat

If you thought the influence of finite content sharing network Snapchat stopped at college, you’ve obviously never climbed a mountain. Two mountain climbers have been documenting their ascent up Mount Everest on Snapchat ­ and the results have been nothing short of tremendous. The professional

Twitter Stop Including Images and URLS in 140 Character Count

Founder and CEO of Twitter Jack Dorsey has made yet another move in a bid to help the network stand up among it’s competitors by allowing images and URLs to be discounted from the iconic 140 character count. Although a minor change it is nevertheless

Twitter’s Cortex are Developing a Livestream Scanning Algorithm

With the help of Twitter’s Cortex, Periscope could soon be able to scan and identify the content within live streams. Twitter have created a new system using a deep learning algorithm which allows it to categorise a selection of different streams. Intended to help deliver

Google Tests Black Links in SERPs

A controversial decision by the search giant to A/B test the effectiveness of plain black link addresses among black body text has left a sub-section of web users confused and agitated. Google regularly analyses the effect that small alterations to SERPs have on Internet users