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LinkedIn Beefs Up Sitewide Search

Mike Isaac in Social on March 25 at 9:45 am PT

LinkedIn announced an update to its search function on Monday, tweaking some smaller qualities to the site’s people-browsing capabilities. Among the improvements are a “smart query intent algorithm” — which learns and gets better with each search you perform — as well as suggested searches and automated alerts.

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Fix for Kindle iOS Bug Now Live in the App Store

John Murrell in News on February 27 at 10:32 am PT

After a quick review, Apple has cleared an update to Amazon’s Kindle for iOS app that fixes a bug in the previous version that deregistered iOS Kindle devices, deleting libraries, bookmarks and other settings. The updated app is now available in the iTunes App Store.

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Twitter Tweaks Search and Discover Products

Mike Isaac in Social on February 6 at 10:51 am PT

Twitter announced Wednesday a host of incremental improvements to its Search and Discover sections for the company’s iPhone and Android apps. Most are minor tweaks, including a more integrated mix of search results, combining noteworthy tweets, activity, trends and accounts into one stream.

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Facebook Folds More Features Into iOS App

Mike Isaac in Social on November 5, 2012 at 1:00 pm PT

Facebook updated its iOS application on Monday afternoon, bringing the most popular features of companion apps Messenger and Camera to the main Facebook app. Among the updates are the ability to swipe left within the app to find chat contacts, the ability to upload multiple photos at once and the opportunity for U.S. users to give Facebook Gifts to friends directly from the phone.

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Apple’s iBooks App Gets a Refresh

Mike Isaac in Mobile on October 23, 2012 at 10:23 am PT

Apple announced on Tuesday a new version of its iBooks application, the iOS-based software which allows mobile users to read books on their tablets and smartphones. Version 3.0 of the new app comes with a continuous scrolling feature, fuller integration with Apple’s iCloud, Facebook and Twitter integration to share quotes to social networks, and support for 40 languages. To date, more than 400 million iBooks have been downloaded, according to Apple CEO Tim Cook.