How to Add Your Own Audio to Any GIF

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">Gif have taken over online chats, and social network feeds like wildfire. Every other platform has added support for it along with its corresponding search engine merely for looking up popular GIFs. However, the tools for editing these are still quite sparse especially if you’d like to add your own audio clip to it. To overcome this specific hurdle, take a look at “Shabaam”.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBVHacfxXX1rfbxS4YIlFLOoO6O_0sFWQavOFsVMetj4EQl20yCrF8xHgiIciYFJZn-roOHrG18Cbdz-HsOBFQ5GP2viTzGlt5Tq4G-R4gZTdvnEYQ9LnjMUZWJlXT37JUFQurDHuG6j0/s1600/android-screenshots.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="413" data-original-width="700" height="376" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBVHacfxXX1rfbxS4YIlFLOoO6O_0sFWQavOFsVMetj4EQl20yCrF8xHgiIciYFJZn-roOHrG18Cbdz-HsOBFQ5GP2viTzGlt5Tq4G-R4gZTdvnEYQ9LnjMUZWJlXT37JUFQurDHuG6j0/s640/android-screenshots.png" width="640" /></a></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;"><br /></span><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #404040; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.6875rem; margin-bottom: 10px;">Shabaam is a free Android app that essentially allows you add a custom voice recording to just about any favorite GIF file. The app’s home screen holds an endless grid of trending GIFs from the internet. You can choose any one of these for your project or head over to the tab on the right for browsing particular categories such as animals, art, anime, food, gaming and a whole lot more.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #404040; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.6875rem; margin-bottom: 10px;">If you’re still unable to find the particular file, you can fire up a search query from the bar present on the top. Once you’ve selected a GIF, Shabaam will process it and provide you with a barebones interface for recording your voice with the GIF on top. You can tap the image to play it or go ahead with the recording by pressing the large white button in the middle.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #404040; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.6875rem; margin-bottom: 10px;">Shabaam will begin to log your audio while simultaneously playing the GIF so that you can perfectly align the sound. The app will create the resultant media which you can do over or save directly to the device. In addition to that, Shabaam offers options for sharing the file on other social networks or messaging apps. There are a few obvious shortcomings with Shabaam as well including the fact that it doesn’t yet let you import a GIF or any other stored audio. However, it’s still relatively new to the market, and I’m sure the developers will be bringing new features in the coming updates.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #404040; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.6875rem; margin-bottom: 10px;">Shabaam is entirely free of cost and is currently limited to Android phones. You can download it from the link down below.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6875rem; margin-bottom: 10px;"><span style="color: #404040; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.shabaam.android&ref=producthunt" target="_blank">Download From Here</a></span></span></div></div>

How to Add Your Own Audio to Any GIF

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OnePlus: In the Boulevard of Broken Leaks?

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="first-child " style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #404040; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.6875rem; margin-bottom: 10px;"><span class="cap" style="box-sizing: inherit; float: left; font-size: 54px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1em; margin-bottom: -0.4em; margin-right: 0.05em; position: relative;" title="“W"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; display: block; height: 0pt; position: relative; right: 0.06em; top: -1.06em;">“W</span></span>"With great popularity comes…great leakability.”</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #404040; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.6875rem; margin-bottom: 10px;">Well, those were not exactly the words that were said to Peter Parker by a concerned relative in Spider-Man. But had he been a Techie rather than a Web-slinger, we guess that is exactly what would have been said. For while being talked about is always good, it also does spike off rumors and leaks (alleged and real), and those can be a little bit of a double edged sword.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh27-UCGm_BW07a1utowxYkL9KTJ3JT0iEDTZUSmhZJF5fXrH5yN4Ndz_2PeJQkuA-FsxgXqcI80GuqSaswjRDKv-rrhEzlu-PRWvzEWSxnRb9c3zh-iPBPXNb2SPZdg0yuFf8sBedS5dU/s1600/oneplus-5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="429" data-original-width="800" height="340" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh27-UCGm_BW07a1utowxYkL9KTJ3JT0iEDTZUSmhZJF5fXrH5yN4Ndz_2PeJQkuA-FsxgXqcI80GuqSaswjRDKv-rrhEzlu-PRWvzEWSxnRb9c3zh-iPBPXNb2SPZdg0yuFf8sBedS5dU/s640/oneplus-5.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #404040; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.6875rem; margin-bottom: 10px;">We reckon the folks at OnePlus know just what we are talking about. With hours to go for the launch of their next flagship, the much talked of <a href="http://techpp.com/2017/06/10/oneplus-5-flagship-opinion/" sl-processed="1" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: #e94b4b; cursor: pointer;">OnePlus 5</a>, the leaks of the product have reached dimensions of breaches in a dam rather than cracks dripping the odd droplet of water. Consider the evidence: the name of the device is known, its processor is known, its cameras (which are supposed to be its star features) are known, its design is known… all of which leaves Messrs. Carl Pei and Pete Lau with a rather limited hand to play with at the launch itself.<br /><br />There will be those who will, of course, point out that “product leaks” are part and parcel of the build up to a product launch. And that all the idle talk does not always hurt. And well, we ourselves had said that the attention being paid to the forthcoming OnePlus had made it a contender for the title of being THE Android flagship. Was it not Oscar Wilde who had said that the only thing worse than being talked about was not being talked about?</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #404040; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.6875rem; margin-bottom: 10px;">Fair enough.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #404040; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.6875rem; margin-bottom: 10px;">But while “controlled” and “tactical” leaks do make sense to build up curiosity and hype about a product, we suspect that that has not always been the case in the build up to the launch of the OnePlus 5. Yes, there are always “leaks”, “spotted in the wilds” and rumors and gossip about devices like the Pixel, the Galaxy S/Note and of course, the iPhone, but – and this is a massive ‘BUT’ – they always seem to come from sources that are far from official. The manufacturers themselves officially distance themselves from them generally as a matter of policy. It is rare to see Apple, Google or Samsung showing pictures or specs of a device well before its launch. Yes, there is the inevitable chant of “we told you so” and “we leaked it” from the tech blog community when the product DOES get launched, but the companies themselves tend to play the “our lips are sealed” tune on the official level at least.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #404040; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.6875rem; margin-bottom: 10px;"><ins class="adsbygoogle Responsive_inside_content" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7017902435008658" data-ad-slot="8834853489" data-adsbygoogle-status="done" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; box-sizing: inherit; display: block; height: 200px; text-decoration-line: none; width: 700px;"><ins id="aswift_3_expand" style="background: transparent; border: none; box-sizing: inherit; display: inline-table; height: 200px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-decoration-line: none; visibility: visible; width: 700px;"><ins id="aswift_3_anchor" style="background: transparent; border: none; box-sizing: inherit; display: block; height: 200px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-decoration-line: none; visibility: visible; width: 700px;"><iframe allowfullscreen="true" allowtransparency="true" frameborder="0" height="200" hspace="0" id="aswift_3" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" name="aswift_3" scrolling="no" style="box-sizing: inherit; height: 200px; left: 0px; max-width: 100%; position: absolute; top: 0px; width: 700px;" vspace="0" width="700"></iframe></ins></ins></ins></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #404040; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.6875rem; margin-bottom: 10px;">That is what has not happened in the case of the OnePlus 5. Yes, the rumor mongers have had a field day, but time and again, the company itself has rather unusually stepped in and provided details about the product on official channels. The name of the device was disclosed, then a statement was given about the use of the Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 processor running it. Then, as rumors about its design (and its similarity to certain other devices) started to gain momentum, a picture of the device appeared, again on an official channel. An ad showing the phone in its entirety (although with no spec mentions) was shown to a global audience during a high-profile cricket match on television a few days ago. And then with hours to go for the launch, a stack of details about the device, were disclosed to a specific website, again officially. Indeed, those who love “leaks” must be fed up – this is akin to the owner of a barrel of wine pouring you a glass of it even while you try to drill holes in the barrel to secretly grab a taste of a few drops!</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #404040; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.6875rem; margin-bottom: 10px;">Some might label it “desperation for attention,” others might call it a strategy to curtail malicious leaks, but there is no denying that all of this has killed off a fair deal of the tension that is part and parcel of a high-profile launch. A lot of people know what the device is and what it can do. Not because of gossip or conspiracies. But because OnePlus themselves revealed it. Whether the move pays dividends and maybe even deal a blow to the “leak” culture that is part and parcel of tech media remains to be seen. But as of now, when Carl Pei and Pete Lau launch the OnePlus 5, we can almost hear them paraphrasing Green Day and singing:</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #404040; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.6875rem; margin-bottom: 10px;">“<i style="box-sizing: inherit;">I walk this online street<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />On the Boulevard of Broken Leaks<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Where specs and pictures leak<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />I am the only OnePlus, and I walk alone…</i>”</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #404040; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.6875rem; margin-bottom: 10px;">(Sung to the tune of “Boulevard of Broken Dreams”)</div></div>

OnePlus: In the Boulevard of Broken Leaks?

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How To Recover Word Docs You Forgot To ‘Save’ On Your PC

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">Windows<span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"> </span></span><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">PCs and<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span>Microsoft Office<span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"> </span></span><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">suite are essential components of our work life. Whether it is about writing a report at work or an essay for a class - MS Word is the go-to tool, despite a strong competition from Google Docs. However, no technology is perfect, and that is certainly true for Windows PC. Even in Windows 10, users aren't free from random bugs, blue screen of death and app crashes. Here is how to recover a document you didn't save when such an event occurs:<span class="apple-converted-space"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="background: white; border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #333333; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">Turn on Auto Save</span></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"> </span></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><br /><br /><span style="background: white;">A famous proverb says 'prevention is better than cure', and it is always better to backup or save files as opposed to recovering them. In MS Word to set this up, click on the File tab and go to Options. Under Options, open Save menu and check "Save AutoRecover information " box. In the minute's box, you can give any number of minutes you seem needed and the Word will automatically save the file.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0t05r9phZUqMOkJ8hNDrYr_cZdK5FDHxGsmxWtvGRybvhlX4fPifwRzynruHspkL9MxoggQg0Di0PKJT19oAMF8mZskfMuERXp2sJziwI7ewqfEAhB6tnxfJQ2JQT6roL-HZ8gqNV0lI/s1600/1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="360" data-original-width="640" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0t05r9phZUqMOkJ8hNDrYr_cZdK5FDHxGsmxWtvGRybvhlX4fPifwRzynruHspkL9MxoggQg0Di0PKJT19oAMF8mZskfMuERXp2sJziwI7ewqfEAhB6tnxfJQ2JQT6roL-HZ8gqNV0lI/s640/1.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyB8-YqiW9XOnpU-roqzzSq-QcsazQkv_I0Lby6eFvwYJOMSUXQOE1xtZZ-SnBMujNdHk3mTaTkB_FguIrfMg-Hy6xhQGIhln-IJ416rsqb9JUMmYBty3C9skFstDj9B6yWCnmTqzasg8/s1600/2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="360" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyB8-YqiW9XOnpU-roqzzSq-QcsazQkv_I0Lby6eFvwYJOMSUXQOE1xtZZ-SnBMujNdHk3mTaTkB_FguIrfMg-Hy6xhQGIhln-IJ416rsqb9JUMmYBty3C9skFstDj9B6yWCnmTqzasg8/s1600/2.jpg" /></a><br /> <b><span style="background: white; border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #333333; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-language: GU; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; padding: 0in;">Recover a lost file<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-language: GU; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;"><br /><br /><span style="background: white;">If you are in a position where you can't even find the file, the best option of recovery is to find the backup files that Word has saved. To find a backup, go to the folder where you last saved the file via Word's Open document window and search for *.wbk to locate Word Backup files.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br /><br /><b><span style="background: white; border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">Recover from temporary auto save files</span></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background: white;"> </span></span><br /><br /><span style="background: white;">In the event of not finding any backup files in the folder, then your best chance is to recover from temporary auto saved files. These are saved either in<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br /><br /><span style="background: white;">"C:\ Documents and Settings\</span></span><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Shruti; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-language: GU; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">\Application Data\Microsoft\Word"<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><br /><br />or<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><br /><br />"C:\ Documents and Settings\\Local Settings\Temp"<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><br /><br />A quick easy way to find your auto save files is to use the Search in Explorer to search for files with ".asd" in the name, which will show you the temporary auto save files.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><br /><!--[if !supportLineBreakNewLine]--><br /><!--[endif]--></span></div>

How To Recover Word Docs You Forgot To ‘Save’ On Your PC

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How to Keep Children Safe Online

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Children are getting use to touch-screen technology at younger age and they love to spend<br />hours playing online games. They are curious enough to navigate different websites and this is<br />where they are quite prone to the dark side of the online world.<br />They can easily be waylaid into witnessing ‘raunchy pictures’ or reading ‘unquestionable<br />content’ etc. Bad things are inculcated easily and they can easily go astray. Hence, your responsibility as a parent becomes<br />even more where I have compiled the following post in order to help you know how to keep children safe online.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP5aDBMYbW9SXIN9xWdd6O47e0xLM9X96nAwMziwNinUC6KSrBoGC44xlZPaIXQSB7LLgjTWn7qy3jFVlBqQVghr_2VHYHD6xxjrsFPV_jQUHTSjJFvHCpzqIiaifBrHzjBhYeyW4on-0/s1600/Capture.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="604" data-original-width="966" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP5aDBMYbW9SXIN9xWdd6O47e0xLM9X96nAwMziwNinUC6KSrBoGC44xlZPaIXQSB7LLgjTWn7qy3jFVlBqQVghr_2VHYHD6xxjrsFPV_jQUHTSjJFvHCpzqIiaifBrHzjBhYeyW4on-0/s320/Capture.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><b><span style="font-size: large;">Parents need to participate in online world</span></b><br />As parents actively monitor the activities of their children in the real world especially with regards to where, how and what<br />they are playing with. Similarly, the big online world needs their special focus as well. The virtual world is actually bigger<br />than we think and children as per their growing age may tend to conceal facts and hide certain sites from you in the event if<br />you aren’t careful from beginning.<br />Yes, that many be scary for parents, but not any more though with the presence of TeenShield. Yes, it is a monitoring<br />software which effectively keeps record of every single activity of your child. The feature which I liked a lot is its “live<br />control panel” which lets you view the actions of his activities in your online control panel.<br /><br /><b><span style="font-size: large;">Implement rules</span></b><br /><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b>Strategize the amount of time; you want your children to refer online. Children are known for their naughtiness, so you need<br />to be patient enough towards telling them “Do’s and Don’ts”. Yes, you need to tell them the following things:-<br />The recommended sites to go for<br />Specific time of their playing games<br />Penalty if they happen to break the rules<br />Place the computer centrally<br />If your computer is placed at a place which is frequented by you and is centrally located, then you can “anytime” and<br />“everytime” keep a close watch on the activities easily.<br />Habituate them to ensure their privacy<br />Their naughtiness nature may not help them realize the disadvantages of sharing their personal details online, but you have<br />to address the following basic and obvious concern to them:-<br />Strictly warn them not to open emails from unknown senders<br />Not sharing contact number, email address, postal address, password, school name etc<br />Not to start talking to the strangers, no matter how sweetly they talk<br /><br /><b><span style="font-size: large;">Instruct your child to report anything “objectionable”</span></b><br /><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b>You love your child and so he does too. Hence, create a bond of understanding by instructing him to report you on<br />witnessing any objectionable matter and assure him that you won’t be blaming him too.<br /><br /><b><span style="font-size: large;">Final thoughts</span></b><br /><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b>This post is on how to keep children safe online. Yes, they are actually based on the experiences which I have gained over<br />time and are equally going to create moments of ease for you too. Let this post become a beginning for a hassle free times of<br />your life as well.</div>

How to Keep Children Safe Online

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Google Takes A Stab At Mobile-First Indexing (Latest)

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 12px;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 12px;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 12px;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 12px;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 12px;"> Google has just made a major announcement that is likely to shake up the SEO world. According to a post on the Webmaster Central Blog, Google will begin testing mobile-first indexing, a new method to rank pages based on the mobile version of a website first, and falling back to the desktop version when no mobile version is available.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 12px;"> “Although our search index will continue to be a single index of websites and apps, our algorithms will eventually primarily use the mobile version of a site’s content to rank pages from that site, to understand structured data, and to show snippets from those pages in our results,” the post read. “Of course, while our index will be built from mobile documents, we’re going to continue to build a great search experience for all users, whether they come from mobile or desktop devices.”</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 12px;"> This change – although long expected – is a huge shift for Google and one that is likely to heavily influence the way webmasters work. Yet, this isn’t a sudden switch that will influence your website’s SEO right away.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 12px;"> The change will be implemented over time as Google learns about its users and how they interact with mobile sites. “We’ll continue to carefully experiment over the coming months on a small scale and we’ll ramp up this change when we’re confident that we have a great user experience,” the post clarified.</div> <h2 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, sans-serif; font-size: 1.6em; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-top: 30px;"> Mobile-First Indexing</h2> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 12px;"> The sea change comes as a result of the increased use of mobile devices and searches that take place on smartphones and tablets. Google claims that more users are searching on mobile than on desktops, but the current indexing methods looks at desktop versions of websites in order to determine ranking.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 12px;"> That’s why Google is moving towards a model that more accurately represents the behavior of its users. Mobile-first indexing simply means that Google will look at the mobile version of a site first, if it is available, in order to determine ranking. The idea is that the results will be more fitting to Google’s user base and help users more easily find the information they are seeking.</div> <h2 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, sans-serif; font-size: 1.6em; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-top: 30px;"> The SEO Impact</h2> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 12px;"> So what does this mean for webmasters and how will it affect their sites’ listing on the rankings page? The change means that rankings will eventually be the same, regardless of whether you are using desktop or mobile, and the existence of a mobile-friendly site will have an influence on the rankings results.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 12px;"> Google understands that mobile-focused indexing will have a drastic impact on webmasters, SEO experts, and the work they do. That’s why they outlined some things to keep in mind and some recommendations regarding the indexing shift.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 12px;"> If you currently run a responsive website or a dynamic serving website, then there is nothing special you need to do to prepare your website for the indexing change. Both of these configurations already serve content that is formatted appropriately for different devices, meaning they already serve mobile-friendly and desktop versions of their webpages.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 12px;"> If your website configuration varies depending on the device and platform in use, then there are some changes you will need to make. Google listed the following important steps for those with websites that differ between mobile and desktop in their post:</div> <ul style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"> <li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 5px;">Make sure to serve structured markup for both the desktop and mobile version.</li> <li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 5px;">Sites can verify the equivalence of their structured markup across desktop and mobile by typing the URLs of both versions into the Structured Data Testing Tool and comparing the output.</li> <li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 5px;">When adding structured data to a mobile site, avoid adding large amounts of markup that isn’t relevant to the specific information content of each document.</li> <li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 5px;">Use the robots.txt testing tool to verify that your mobile version is accessible to Googlebot.</li> <li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 5px;">Sites do not have to make changes to their canonical links; we’ll continue to use these links as guides to serve the appropriate results to a user searching on desktop or mobile.</li> <li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 5px;">If you are a site owner who has only verified their desktop site in Search Console, please add and verify your mobile version.</li> </ul> <h2 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, sans-serif; font-size: 1.6em; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-top: 30px;"> Do I Need a Mobile Site?</h2> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 12px;"> If you don’t yet have a mobile site, or have never thought about building one, don’t fret. The indexing changes don’t mean you have to rush to build a mobile site in order to be indexed by Google.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 12px;"> “If you only have a desktop site, we’ll continue to index your desktop site just fine,” the post asserted, “even if we’re using a mobile user agent to view your site.” This means that Google will continue indexing your site via your desktop version and you won’t be penalized or see any negative SEO results for not having a mobile site.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 12px;"> If you are in the process of building a new website or considering doing so, it is highly recommended to take the time to create a mobile version. There are definitely unseen benefits to having a mobile site and mobile-first indexing will likely benefit your website in the future.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 12px;"> That being said, it is definitely best not to force the mobile version issue. “If you are building a mobile version of your site, keep in mind that a functional desktop-oriented site can be better than a broken or incomplete mobile version of the site,” Google said. “It’s better for you to build up your mobile site and launch it when ready.”</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 12px;"> Overall, this is a big change for Google and one that will heavily influence all of the decisions behind website architecture across the world. The effect has yet to be seen, but mobile-first indexing will likely mark a turning point in Google indexing history and one that will have serious SEO consequences moving forward.</div> </div>

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Google adds new testing, analytics features to its Firebase backend as a service

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="post-meta" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: "Droid Sans", Helvetica, Arial, Lucida, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.7em; margin-bottom: 6px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px; vertical-align: baseline;"> by <a href="http://siliconangle.com/blog/author/chi22/" rel="author" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; color: #666666; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" title="Posts by Maria Deutscher">Maria Deutscher</a> | Nov 7, 2016 | <span class="comments-number" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://siliconangle.com/blog/2016/11/07/google-adds-new-testing-analytics-features-to-its-firebase-backend-as-a-service/#respond" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; color: #666666; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">0 comments</a></span></div> <img alt="Google adds new testing, analytics features to its Firebase backend as a service" height="675" src="http://siliconangle.com/files/2016/11/firebase.jpg" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: "Droid Sans", Helvetica, Arial, Lucida, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" width="1080" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "Droid Sans", Helvetica, Arial, Lucida, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"></span><br /> <div class="entry-content" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: "Droid Sans", Helvetica, Arial, Lucida, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 30px 0px 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div data-incom="P0" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; line-height: 1.7em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1em; vertical-align: baseline;"> Building and testing mobile applications could soon become a much more streamlined experience for developers who rely on Google Inc.’s cloud-based Firebase toolkit.</div> <div data-incom="P1" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; line-height: 1.7em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1em; vertical-align: baseline;"> At an event in Berlin today, the search giant introduced a new iteration of the managed backend that promises to speed up several key parts of the software lifecycle, starting with bug removal. The suite’s Test Lab service now makes it possible to check for application runtime issues on 11 additional Android devices and has been included in the free Spark subscription tier.</div> <div data-incom="P2" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; line-height: 1.7em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1em; vertical-align: baseline;"> According to a blog post from Firebase product manager Francis Ma, developers who use the latter plan can now perform up to 15 test runs per day at no charge. This should be more than enough for small projects that don’t require the paid version of the toolkit.</div> <div data-incom="P3" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; line-height: 1.7em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1em; vertical-align: baseline;"> The updated Test Lab is joined by Crash Reporting, a troubleshooting service that was first unveiled in May and is finally coming out of beta as part of today’s rollout. Google has added a diagnostics capability to the tool on occasion of the launch that can use data from Firebase Analytics to display what happened in the run-up to a malfunction. A company that offers a mobile shopping app, for instance, could use the feature to see what product pages a user viewed before their client crashed.</div> <div data-incom="P4" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; line-height: 1.7em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1em; vertical-align: baseline;"> Google’s Ma wrote that the enhancement thus spares developers the hassle of writing custom code to pull data from Firebase Analytics into their troubleshooting workflows. And rolling out targeted updates now takes less effort, too, thanks to expanded integration between the service and Firebase Remote Config. The addition provides the ability to narrow down the users who receive a change based on specific attributes such as their country, age and gender. It should be particularly useful for running A/B tests to see how a particular audience reacts to different variations of the same feature.</div> <div data-incom="P5" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; line-height: 1.7em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Developers can learn about the new enhancements and Firebase as a whole through a new Udacity course that Google has launched alongside the update. It’s described as a two-day, instructor-led program geared towards both Android and iOS programmers. More details are available in the FireBase portal.</div> </div> </div>

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Xiaomi Anti-Pollution Air Mask With PM2.5 Rechargeable Air Filter Launched

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <img alt="Xiaomi Anti-Pollution Air Mask With PM2.5 Rechargeable Air Filter Launched" class="" src="https://i.gadgets360cdn.com/large/Xiaomi_Mask_1478590129957.jpeg?output-quality=80&output-format=jpg" style="background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #3e433e; display: block; font-family: "Open Sans", HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; max-width: 100%; min-height: 200px; width: 770px;" title="Xiaomi Anti-Pollution Air Mask With PM2.5 Rechargeable Air Filter Launched" /><br /> <br /> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #3e433e; font-family: "Open Sans", HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 10px; width: 770px;"> After launching the Mi Air Purifier Pro earlier this month, Xiaomi has now launched an anti-pollution mask with built-in air-filter. Calling it the Cloth Pear Fresh Air Mask, this is the company's latest crowdfunding effort, and is being sold on the Mi crowdfunding page for CNY 89 (roughly Rs. 900).</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #3e433e; font-family: "Open Sans", HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 10px; width: 770px;"> The mask is made of high-fibre textile, and is hand woven to offer a three-dimensional structure. GizmoChina reports that the anti-pollution mask is light and portable, weighing about 50.5 grams. It is offered in a Grey colour option, with a delicate air filter attached to one side.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #3e433e; font-family: "Open Sans", HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 10px; width: 770px;"> (<strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Also see: </strong>The Best Air Pollution Masks You Can Buy Right Now in India)</div> <span style="background-color: white; color: #3e433e; font-family: "Open Sans", HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">The air filter can be detached from the mask, and the housing inside is made of high-quality polyester fabric. To make it lightweight, there's a home-grown ultra-thin fan and a removable cartridge for ease in future replacement. The fan has three speed level controls, and a power on/off button to save battery.</span><br /> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #3e433e; font-family: "Open Sans", HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 10px; width: 770px;"> </div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #3e433e; font-family: "Open Sans", HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 10px; width: 770px;"> The air filter is rechargeable, and comes with polymer lithium-ion battery that takes about 3-4 hours to fully charge. The filter is apparently able to achieve PM2.5 filtration efficiency of up to 99 percent. This is a first for Xiaomi, as the company has only indulged in making air purifiers before this. The company alongside the Mi Air Purifier Pro also launched the Mi PM2.5 Detector.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #3e433e; font-family: "Open Sans", HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 10px; width: 770px;"> As for now, this is only available via the crowdfunding site in China, but we sincerely hope that it arrives in India. The alarming post-Diwali pollution levels in North India will have many customers flocking in to buy this Cloth Pear Fresh Air Mask from Xiaomi.</div> </div>

TECHNICAL NEWS Xiaomi Anti-Pollution Air Mask With PM2.5 Rechargeable Air Filter Launched

After launching the Mi Air Purifier Pro earlier this month, Xiaomi has now launched an anti-pollution mask with built-in air-filter. Cal...

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