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Google is not taking Pinterest’s search ambitions lying down. The company  recently launched  a “Similar Items” feature on mobile web and Android to point users to more products they’ll love – like handbags, sunglasses, and shoes, for example – and today it’s expanding that functionality to include apparel. More notably, it’s also introducing a new feature called “Style Ideas,” which will surface inspirational lifestyle images and outfits that show off the fashion product images you had been browsing. If this all sounds familiar, it should. Pinterest for years has been establishing itself as the home for “inspirational” imagery – often including fashion items and other products – which it then tries to funnel into purchases. It has also been developing  visual search technology  that helps it to identify specific products within images, or even a person’s camera viewfinder, then pull up related content on its service. Ultimately, the goal here is to shift a portion of those in

An investigation by a British newspaper into child sexual abuse content and terrorist propaganda being shared on Facebook has once again drawn critical attention to how the company handles complaints about offensive and extremist content being shared on its platform. And, indeed, how Facebook’s algorithmically driven user generated content sharing platform apparently encourages the spread of what can also be illegal material. In a report published today,  The Times  newspaper accuses Facebook of publishing child pornography after one of its reporters created a fake profile and was quickly able to find offensive and potentially illegal content on the site — including pedophilic cartoons; a video that apparently shows a child being violently abused; and various types of terrorist propaganda including a beheading video made by an ISIS supporter, and comments celebrating a recent attack against Christians in Egypt. The Times says it reported the content to Facebook but in most in

Hackers have obtained working iCloud passwords. Use these methods to make sure yours isn't at risk. If you use iCloud, do these steps to protect your information. Photo by CNET Despite a daily barrage of hacks, data breaches and malware attacks, millions of internet users still refuse to take some basic security precautions that could make their accounts nearly impervious -- and worry-free. Consider the current situation with iCloud. A group of hackers calling itself "the Turkish Crime Family" says it has access to hundreds of millions of Apple accounts and passwords, and will begin resetting them as well as remotely wiping iPhones  unless Apple pays a ransom of at least $75,000 by April 7 . Has Apple been hacked? Probably not. "The alleged list of email addresses and passwords appears to have been obtained from previously compromised third-party services," the company  said in a statement . Apple also said it is working with law enforcement offi

I often see so many new members asking questions about Google AdSense like, why has Google denied my application or how long does it take to get approved?  But the questions you should be asking are, is Google AdSense worth it and do I want to divert people away from my affiliate ads? ADSENSE VS AFFILIATE ADS Now I realize that in Certification Course 3, Lesson 7, Kyle explains about Google AdSense and how it "could potentially" benefit your website business. However if your website is not getting a lot of traffic and if it doesn’t have a lot of content, which by the way contributes to more traffic, then your application to AdSense may be denied. But should you feel bad about not being approved? NOT AT ALL. First off you will not make nearly as much doing AdSense as you would from affiliate ads, especially when first starting out. Another thing to consider is by having AdSense on your website, not only will it be a visual distraction but could make people leave your

It is impossible to go seven or more days without some messaging news from Google. Google seems to understand that it needs to pare its messenger story down to a few apps that cover everyone's needs (so it's easier for people to ignore them all and use  WhatsApp  anyway). And, to some extent, that's what is happening, but everything feels so chaotic and is changing before replacements are ready. It just feels like Google has gone off the deep end. Some people use the word  confusing  to describe Google's strategy here, but no matter what words are used it all still feels rushed — something you would expect from amateurs instead of one of the biggest tech companies in the world. It just feels like Google has gone off the deep end. I'm going to take responsibility for what every blogger or journalist has done wrong here because some of the confusion is our fault. It's easy (and fun) to write about seemingly random changes and follow with a jab at

Instagram  has long struggled with moderating its posts (most often around whether or not female  nipples are allowed ). Now the company is offering up a partial solution: it will soon begin  blurring “sensitive” posts , which you will need to manually reveal. Instagram doesn’t specify what qualifies as a “sensitive” post other than it having been reported by a user and then deemed so by a moderator. However, the company does say these posts don’t actually violate Instagram’s community guidelines, they might just make some people unhappy: As part of our goal to build a safe environment, we also have some updates to announce. Soon you may notice a screen over sensitive photos and videos when you scroll through your feed or visit a profile. While these posts don’t violate our guidelines, someone in the community has reported them and our review team has confirmed they are sensitive. This change means you are less likely to have surprising or unwanted experiences in the app. If yo

Emoji 5.0 has 69 new candidates coming in a few months. We ranked which ones we thought were the best. 1 Face with finger covering closed lips New emoji are expected to be released in a couple of months, and  Emojipedia on Thursday  offered up a look at all 69 new candidates. Here are our favorites This emoji has the most potential when you want to throw social media shade at people you've never met online. A quick shush is much fewer characters than typing out entirely "never tweet." For now, it's the closest emoji to say "stfu" with some subtlety. Photo by: Emojipedia 2 Face with monocle This emoji is essentially the thinking face, just replace the hand on the chin with a monocle on the right eye. Just look at how perturbed this emoji is. Photo by: Emojipedia 3 Face with one eyebrow raised It's like a toned down version of the thinking face emoji, for when you're skeptical of som