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Facebook will know how long you’ve been looking at a post

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In an attempt to “improve” your browsing experience, Facebook announces a new way to measure what you like or don’t like to see in your news feed. This is apparently done by determining how long you look at a specific post.

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The new algorithm starts a timer when you stop at a certain post while scrolling through your feed. It also knows if you’re browsing the comments section in which it “learns” that you like that content even if you didn’t give it a Like or commented on it.

In contrast, scroll past it and the system will know that it’s something that doesn’t interest you, giving you less of those kinds of content in the future.

The update was reported to be taking effect in the coming weeks. The company also mentions that those who have accounts on Pages wouldn’t be affected so much by this rollout.

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Facebook will know how long you’ve been looking at a post

Kevin Bruce Francisco Leave a comment

In an attempt to “improve” your browsing experience, Facebook announces a new way to measure what you like or don’t like to see in your news feed. This is apparently done by determining how long you look at a specific post.

facebook

The new algorithm starts a timer when you stop at a certain post while scrolling through your feed. It also knows if you’re browsing the comments section in which it “learns” that you like that content even if you didn’t give it a Like or commented on it.

In contrast, scroll past it and the system will know that it’s something that doesn’t interest you, giving you less of those kinds of content in the future.

The update was reported to be taking effect in the coming weeks. The company also mentions that those who have accounts on Pages wouldn’t be affected so much by this rollout.

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Facebook will know how long you’ve been looking at a post

Kevin Bruce Francisco Leave a comment

In an attempt to “improve” your browsing experience, Facebook announces a new way to measure what you like or don’t like to see in your news feed. This is apparently done by determining how long you look at a specific post.

facebook

The new algorithm starts a timer when you stop at a certain post while scrolling through your feed. It also knows if you’re browsing the comments section in which it “learns” that you like that content even if you didn’t give it a Like or commented on it.

In contrast, scroll past it and the system will know that it’s something that doesn’t interest you, giving you less of those kinds of content in the future.

The update was reported to be taking effect in the coming weeks. The company also mentions that those who have accounts on Pages wouldn’t be affected so much by this rollout.

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Twitter removing 140-character limit from DMs

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In an attempt to improve its Direct Messages feature, Twitter today announces that it will be removing its 140-character limit when sending private messages.

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The company encourages users to take the following actions to make the update as seamless as possible:

  1. Review the new API additions below.
  2. Update your GET requests so you will be able to receive the full length of DM text.
  3. Adjust your app UI to accommodate longer DM text.

Although the update won’t take effect until Twitter launches it this July, they are recommending to test the above procedure in advance. Meanwhile, public tweets still remain to be limited to 140 characters.

API updates:

  • REST API
    DM read endpoints (GET direct_messages57, GET direct_messages/sent13 and GET direct_messages/show13)
    Send “full_text=true” as a query parameter to receive long DM text. If this parameter is not provided, you will get a truncated version of the DM. There will be no structural changes to the response returned by these endpoints.
    DM write endpoint (POST direct_messages/new8)
    The “text” parameter will start accepting text longer than 140 characters. The new limit for DMs will be 10k characters.
  • Streaming API
    User Streams (GET user20) and Site Streams (GET site6) will automatically start receiving DMs that have text longer than 140 characters. Unlike the REST API, no additional parameter is needed. There will be no structural changes to the objects returned by these endpoints.

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Microsoft announces Windows 10 launch date

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We’ve previously reported of an unofficial date of availability for the brand-spanking-new Windows 10 OS. Today Microsoft officially made their announcement and it’s actually sooner than we first thought.

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Familiar, yet better than ever, Windows 10 brings back the Start menu you know and love. Windows 10 is faster than ever before, with quick startup and resume. And Windows 10 provides the most secure platform ever, including Windows Defender for free anti-malware protection, and being the only platform with a commitment to deliver free ongoing security updates for the supported lifetime of the device.

The company also mentions that this new update is designed to be compatible with your current Windows device and applications, although the initial release will be fore PC and tablets only. Additionally, Windows users may reserve the free upgrade by following a reservation process.

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