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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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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.

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TweetDeck Gets a Touch-Up

Mike Isaac in Social on October 10, 2012 at 10:36 am PT

Twitter updated its TweetDeck power-user interface on Wednesday, an aesthetic refresh of the application across all the platforms it runs on (Mac, Windows, Chrome and the Web). Flourishes include color and template updates, and added choices in font sizing for the squinty among us. The changes are in line with other brand-identity tweaks Twitter has made over the past year, including an updated Twitter bird logo.

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Tweetdeck Gets a Facelift

Mike Isaac in Social on July 17, 2012 at 9:26 am PT

In line with a series of recent aesthetic changes to its mobile products, the Twitter-owned Tweetdeck application updated its desktop apps Tuesday, aiming to streamline the layout while adding features for power users. Among the changes are revamped columns, more instantaneous access to individual tweet actions and, of course, a refresh of the Twitter bird icon to the new logo.