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Google adds emails, Google Drive files, and Calendar events to Gmail's Search
The Next Web
Google on Thursday announced Gmail users will soon be able to see relevant emails, Google Drive files, Calendar events, and so on as they type out a query.

PetaPixel
Google uses computer vision and machine learning to index your photos
Engadget
Google doesn't want you to waste time tagging your photos, except for the people in them.

Google Drive for Android: Card-Style Grid View, Document Scanning The Next Web Google on Wednesday announced the release of a revamped Drive app for Android to make creating and accessing files on-the-go easier, via a new card-style grid view and...

AllFacebook
STUDY: Facebook Delivers More Social Commerce Conversions, But Pinterest ...

Digital Trends
With Rich Pins, Pinterest Begins Working Better With Brands
Search Engine Watch
Pinterest has received its first significant update with how pinned images appear on the website.

Measuring Social Media ROI: Companies Emphasize Voice Metrics
Forbes
Hirschman would be a happy camper these days because social media puts a megaphone on the voice of the customer.

With Tumblr Gone, the Last Great Prize Is Pinterest Wired Pinterest has become that rarest of specimens, at least in the consumer/social world: an independent, massively scaling service that not only bestows the “cool” factor that every large...

Channel 4 News
Tumblr deal sparks talk on next big tech target
Channel News Asia
s blockbuster deal for the popular blogging platform comes amid a battle for eyeballs on the Internet among big tech firms such as Facebook, Google, Amazon and Apple.

Who's driving the social media debate on the #IRS? It might surprise you.
Houston Chronicle (blog)
Each week, we will look at a widely used #hashtag and examine which people, media outlets or pundits are driving the social media debate on the issue.

Chart: Where Yahoo's Tumblr Ranks Next to Twitter, Instagram, and Pinterest
The Atlantic
Yahoo announced they will acquire Tumblr for $1.1 billion this afternoon. The news comes about a year after Facebook snatched up the hot startup Instagram.

ReadWrite Google boosts photo offerings to rival Facebook Chicago Daily Herald Many of the 41 new features being added to Google Plus beginning Wednesday will draw upon the computing power, machine learning, algorithms, semantics analysis and other...

Phones Review Google I/O's Apps news was low-key but significant PCWorld Specifically, a string of news about Gmail, Google Plus, and Hangouts this month points to an ongoing effort at the company to boost these applications for consumers and, in...

Google rolls out revamped Chrome notifications, available in Windows beta ...

Channel News Asia Google team captures Galapagos Island beauty for maps Channel News Asia SAN FRANCISCO: Google has followed in the footsteps of Charles Darwin to gather images of the beauty and biological diversity of the Galapagos Islands for the...

3 Essential Components of Successful Social Media Campaigns
Forbes
When working in the world of social change, it's easy to get excited about a new campaign when we're inspired by hope or outraged by injustice.

If a consumer believes that a company or service is authentically inspiring, they will gravitate to it, support it and even promote it to others. Howe.

The New Google Plus Layout - For Better Or Worse
RootzWiki
I have been torn with this updated desktop client for Google Plus. Parts of me can understand the changes.

The Next Web
YouTube Processes 100M Hours of Video Each Minute
The Next Web
Last chance to apply for a 2-for-1 voucher to The Next Web Conference Latin America (28 & 29 August 2013)! Google.

Where My Dogs At: A social network for man and man's best friend
Los Angeles Times
“Everybody loves social media these days, even dogs,” said Jonathan Kolker, co-founder and chief executive of Where My Dogs At.

Technorati
How Plus Will Become The Next Google Reader
Technorati
Like other social networks, Google's still new-shiny social network Plus is an RSS feed creator and reader, all in one.

The Ultimate Google Plus Cheat Sheet
Business 2 Community
What does this mean for social media strategy and content marketing on Google Plus?