LinkedIn now features job matching and 1-Click application functionality

Knowing whether or not you’re a good fit for a role is one of the most challenging parts of the job hunt. Being able to understand exactly how your skills and experience match with what a potential employer is looking for can feel like solving a riddle with no clear answer. Today, we’re announcing a feature to help ease that process - How You Match.

Now, when you view a job on LinkedIn, look toward the right-hand side of the page to find How You Match. You’ll find a checklist of how factors, like your education level, skills, years of experience, and current job title, match with what a company is looking for in a potential new hire based on criteria they share when posting a job on LinkedIn.

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Color Pop editing feature starts showing up for some Google Photos users

One of the new editing features coming to Google Photos is one the company calls Color Pop. It turns the background into black and white and makes the subject of the photo pop since he/she stays in color. This particular feature seems to be rolling out slowly to the app’s users. Android Authority spotted a Reddit user’s photo showing off Color Pop’s capabilities. Said user didn’t show what the original photo looked like, though. If you want to check it out, you might want to try exploring your Google Photos app to see if the update made its way to you.

Gmail starts rolling out Nudges feature

Ever ignore emails and then completely forget to reply to important ones? One of the newest features in Gmail is its new Nudges feature. It’s an automated feature that will surface emails to the top of your inbox the service thinks require your attention and reply. It’ll include a highlighted message telling you how long ago you received the message. If you’re using the new Gmail, you get this AI feature enabled by default. You can, of course, turn this off in the settings if you don’t want it.

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First time Google Pay users in select countries can get $10 Google Play credit after making five purchases

After rebranding Android Pay to Google Pay, the company is looking to get more people to use its payment platform by offering $10 Google Play credit. There are a few things you need to know, though. One is that it’s only open to users in Canada, the US and UK, and Australia. Two, you need to make five purchases, which doesn’t have a minimum amount required to be counted. Three, it’s only available to new Google Pay users. Four, it was initially supposed to last until May 14^th but according to Android Police the promo has been extended to August 31^st.