Category: Web Apps & Internet
A Touchscreen You Can Pinch, Poke and Stretch
SociableNow: Make calls easily from a link or QR Code and gain analytics
How great would it be to have a QR code or Link on your website for people to quickly speak with you over the web or phone? Ridding of the annoying pop-up chat box and adding a more humanized way of connecting by actually being able to voice chat with a… human.
You Can Now Add & Edit Local Maps In The UK With Google Map Maker
Britons can finally be a part of the community effort that goes into improving Google Maps as Google Map Maker opens up in the UK. Up until now, if you were in the UK, you could suggest improvements to Google Maps but not add any details like addresses, roads, trails etc. Now, anyone can log in and contribute to making maps across the UK (along with Isle of Man, Jersey and Guernsey) more accurate.
A New Google Feature Lets You Decide What Happens To Your Data When You Die
Online social profiles typically do not offer enough customizability to help users prepare for death. Of course, you can trust Google to pick up the gauntlet: the Inactive Account Manager is a brand new Google account feature that can help you keep your data out of the wrong hands when you die.
In summary, the Inactive Account Manager allows you to tell Google what to do with your information after your account has been unused for a certain period of time. With that said, Google really hasn’t beat around the bush while explaining the true purpose of this new feature.
Twitter Brings Trends To Over 160 New Locations
Twitter has introduced its Trends feature to more than 160 new locations, including countries that have never had the feature before. In addition to a new wave of countries, more than 130 cities that reside within countries that already had access to Trends can now also display specific local trends for that urban area.
The Trends feature analyzes incoming Tweets to work out what people are talking about on a global, national and local scale. Newly added countries include Belgium, Greece, Kenya, Norway, Poland, Portugal, and Ukraine; however, Twitter hasn’t released its list of newly supported locations in full.
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