Patrons can donate to their library via new 3M Cloud feature. 3M Cloud Library Introduces “Buy and Donate” Program Supported by Kobo | TMCnet.com
Privacy setting removed for good. Now anyone can find you on Facebook — no matter what | CNET.
Love science? Want to learn more? Bill Nye, NASA Team Up for Jupiter Mission YouTube Series | PCMAG.com
Creating a makerspace is not that hard according to School Library Journal. Low Tech, High Gains: Starting a Maker Program Is Easier Than You Think | The Digital Shift
Google turned 15 years old on September 4. Though the search and internet giant is still far and away the go to site to find answers to all of life’s questions, the latest major update to Google’s search algorithm, Hummingbird, ensures it can remain the leader as the company enters its third decade.
Read: Google Hummingbird: A Sophisticated, Intuitive Search Tool | Information Space
It’s no secret that Bing has been waging an uphill battle to stay relevant, and now, Microsoft is hoping that its partnership with Pinterest will be enough to win you over. The Bing team’s latest effort combines its own search results with a new feature: image collections, a supplement that presents related Pinterest boards to the right of your main results.
Read: Bing partners with Pinterest to add image collections to search results | Engadget.
Going to add this one to my AppShopper wish list in the hope of a future price reduction! Free meta search alternatives include metacrawler/dogpile.
Phlo is an app for iPhone, iPad ($2.99), and Mac ($3.99) that allows you to conduct a single search and get results instantly from Google, Bing, Yahoo, Pinterest, Amazon, eBay, and more.
The app syncs across devices, saving your search history, and provides autocomplete suggestions from both Google and Bing. It’s available as a browser plug-in or in the App store.
Read: This Search Engine Lets You Search 30 Sites At Once | Fast Company | business + innovation.
Now that Graph Search has finally rolled out to the entire Facebook world, the newest covetable feature has been bestowed onto a small subset of users. Starting today, Facebook is rolling out Graph Search for posts.
Read: Facebook Is Finally Letting You Search for Old Posts | Gizmodo
The new engine, called Hummingbird, is the first change to Google’s core algorithm since the launch of Caffeine in 2010. Hummingbird, said Amit Singhal, Google senior vice president and one of its earliest employees, affects 90 percent of searches with Google worldwide.
Singhal was careful to note that while page ranking and indexing are bound together in a search engine, Caffeine focused more on the ranking side of the algorithm. Hummingbird is more about indexing.
Read: Google Search now powered by a Hummingbird | Internet & Media – CNET News.
Google has added a new comparison tool to its search results that allows you to compare two things with a simple search query.
The new search option is super easy to use. Just type the two things you want to compare and let Google do it’s thing. Currently, searches work for nutrition info, celestial objects, and a few other things.
Read: Google’s Comparison Tool Compares Two Things Quickly | LifeHacker.
Fun time waster alert: Filmillion. It’s a movie guessing machine website that can figure out the movie you’re thinking of by asking you 30 yes or no questions.
Read: This Website Can Guess the Movie You’re Thinking of After 30 Questions | Gizmodo.
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