Pinterest introduces Guided Search feature to mobile devices

Pinterest has rolled out an expanded search engine of sorts for Android and iOS. Guided Search is designed to help you look for specific pins or give you an idea of what else you want to check out on the site. It shows you a list of Pinterest tiles popular with other users and additional keywords related to your initial search to narrow down your search more. For example, you type in “running” and then it shows you keywords like “songs” and “tips.”

This new feature not only appeals to users looking to widen the scope of their searches on the site but can help advertisers target their potential customers. Pinterest recently just started exploring the idea of paid advertising so this can be seen as a move to develop that further. And they would have a large database to dip into. Pinterest says they now host 750 million boards with 30 billion pins. According to the site, guided search will roll out on the web and everywhere else soon.

Source: Pinterest Blog

HTC begins roll out of Sense 6 for One M7 on May 12

Have you been waiting to get the Sense 6 on your One M7 device? We have good news for you. HTC has announced they would release Sense 6 user interface for the One M7 starting May 12. The Sense 6 brings new features such as flatter UI elements and brighter colors, a more contextually aware BlinkFeed screen reader, Motion Launch, a new camera app, and Extreme Power Saving mode. You can find out more information about the update progress and other real-time information on how to prepare for the new update here.

Adobe Voice mixes sound, graphics and motion to make video stories on iPads

Adobe Voice is a new animated video app for iPad that gives anyone the ability to create and share engaging video stories on the iPad.

Adobe Voice empowers people to inform, persuade or inspire others to action by using a combination of their own recorded voice, imagery, music and cinema-quality motion graphics and effects. Designed to help people make an impact online and across social networks — without requiring any filming or editing — Adobe Voice is ideal for creative professionals prototyping a project, nonprofits championing a cause, small business owners connecting with customers or students looking to create an interactive and engaging school report.

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The Apple Beat: Does Dr. Dre's party video confirm that Apple is buying Beats?

Let Me Ride: Has Dr. Dre become the richest name in Hip-Hop because of an acquisition of Beats by Apple?

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

The past 24-hours have been all about the rumor that Apple is buying Beats for a whopping US $3.2 billion. Speculation has gone through the roof and reactions to the supposed deal range from incredulity to sheer confusion. A video posted early this morning by Tyrese Gibson showing Dr. Dre, the man behind Beats, partying it up and announcing, "the first billionaire in hip-hop, right here from the motherf_____g West Coast!"

So unless Dre's won some otherworldly lottery, this exuberant display seems to lend credence to the rumour that Beats has indeed been acquired by someone for billions. A $3.2 billion acquisition by Apple would be the largest in the company's history, the largest by far. Some are saying there's no way Apple would pay so much for a company that makes headphones and who isn't really into technology.

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