Google Chrome Beta Brings Improved Battery Life For Laptops, Update Now

Google Chrome may be almost every user’s go-to browser given the obvious advantages, but the piece of software does leave some improvements to be desired, especially on the battery consumption front if you’re using a notebook. This is exactly what the team at Google has targeted to fix, as Chrome gears up to offer smart Flash content playback, improving the battery life of your notebook.

Adobe Flash may be, for some at least, eye-candy and seem ‘flashy’ given the variety of content it can display giving life to a webpage, but the platform is a swinging hammer when it comes to battery life performance. According to Google, there was a need to eliminate all non-webpage-centric Flash based content and only focus on what is central to the site the user is visiting.

The new update will “intelligently pause Flash content (like Flash animations) that aren’t central to the webpage,” but will allow the browser to run content central to the webpage. This means, if you’re watching a Flash based video in Chrome, the browser will pause content like ad animations but continue to play the video you’re watching. This however, could mean that the feature pauses some content you’re interested in as well, but luckily the Big G has the answer for that too.

In case you come across content that is paused on a webpage, simply click it once to resume playback. I’m sure some of you may have already experienced such content that you have paused and played before, only this time Chrome will be pausing these automatically and intelligently. Needless to say, this should definitely improve the battery life on different laptops, especially on a MacBook, where battery retention issue is quite prevalent when it comes to Flash. “This update significantly reduces power consumption, allowing you to surf the web longer before having to hunt for a power outlet,” says Google.

The update will be enabled by default on the latest Chrome Beta for desktop, and is already available for download. For those on the Chrome desktop, the update should start rolling out soon enough for users. Chrome users can also manually enable or disable the feature by heading into Chrome’s content settings and selecting “Detect and run important plugin content.”

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Google Chrome Beta Brings Improved Battery Life For Laptops, Update Now

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Google Chrome may be almost every user’s go-to browser given the obvious advantages, but the piece of software does leave some improvements to be desired, especially on the battery consumption front if you’re using a notebook. This is exactly what the team at Google has targeted to fix, as Chrome gears up to offer smart Flash content playback, improving the battery life of your notebook.

Adobe Flash may be, for some at least, eye-candy and seem ‘flashy’ given the variety of content it can display giving life to a webpage, but the platform is a swinging hammer when it comes to battery life performance. According to Google, there was a need to eliminate all non-webpage-centric Flash based content and only focus on what is central to the site the user is visiting.

The new update will “intelligently pause Flash content (like Flash animations) that aren’t central to the webpage,” but will allow the browser to run content central to the webpage. This means, if you’re watching a Flash based video in Chrome, the browser will pause content like ad animations but continue to play the video you’re watching. This however, could mean that the feature pauses some content you’re interested in as well, but luckily the Big G has the answer for that too.

In case you come across content that is paused on a webpage, simply click it once to resume playback. I’m sure some of you may have already experienced such content that you have paused and played before, only this time Chrome will be pausing these automatically and intelligently. Needless to say, this should definitely improve the battery life on different laptops, especially on a MacBook, where battery retention issue is quite prevalent when it comes to Flash. “This update significantly reduces power consumption, allowing you to surf the web longer before having to hunt for a power outlet,” says Google.

The update will be enabled by default on the latest Chrome Beta for desktop, and is already available for download. For those on the Chrome desktop, the update should start rolling out soon enough for users. Chrome users can also manually enable or disable the feature by heading into Chrome’s content settings and selecting “Detect and run important plugin content.”

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• How To Tweak Google Chrome Browser To Use Less Memory

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How To Disable / Turn Off Twitter Autoplay Videos On iOS, Web

In this day and age it’s amazing how the Internet has changed the way we live our lives. Communicating with people in another country has become a matter of routine, and one of the reasons for the world’s seeming ability to shrink is Twitter.

Constantly allowing people to connect with each other, Twitter also fancies itself as a source of video content and as a result has introduced what it calls “a more streamlined consumption experience”which essentially boils down to outplaying videos, Vines and animated GIFs. Which is all well and good, but there are times that autoplaying video just doesn’t need to be seen by anyone. After all, tapping or clicking the content to enable isn’t a huge job, is it?

Luckily you can turn it all off, meaning that no matter what platform you are on you can stop Twitter from autoplaying videos. It’s not difficult to do, and a few minutes later you’ll be able to browse to your heart’s content without having to worry about a video autoplaying and deafening you.

He’s what you need to do to disable autoplaying video on your desktop:

Step 1: Click on your Twitter thumbnail on the top right of the Twitter website and then click on ‘Settings.’

Step 2: Scroll down to the ‘Content’ section and look for ‘Video Tweets.’

Step 3: Uncheck the ‘Video autoplay’ option.

Step 4: Your’e done once you press the ‘Save’ button at the very bottom.

If you’re using Twitter for iOS, then the steps aren’t hugely different. Here’s how you can go about it:

Step 1: Launch the Twitter app from your home screen.

Step 2: Tap the ‘Me’ tab, followed by the ‘gear’ icon. Now tap on ‘Settings.’

Step 3: Under the ‘General’ section, tap on ‘Video autoplay’ and either turn it off or choose to only automatically play content when you’re using WiFi rather than 3G / 4G.

Step 5: Make sure you save before exiting.

If you’re wondering about how to disable it on Android, then don’t bother at all. Twitter hasn’t rolled video autoplaying into all versions of its apps yet, but we’re told Twitter support is on its way.

Until then though, sit back and relax while iPhone and iPad owners get increasingly annoyed at that cat GIF autoplaying all the time.

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How To Disable / Turn Off Twitter Autoplay Videos On iOS, Web

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In this day and age it’s amazing how the Internet has changed the way we live our lives. Communicating with people in another country has become a matter of routine, and one of the reasons for the world’s seeming ability to shrink is Twitter.

Constantly allowing people to connect with each other, Twitter also fancies itself as a source of video content and as a result has introduced what it calls “a more streamlined consumption experience”which essentially boils down to outplaying videos, Vines and animated GIFs. Which is all well and good, but there are times that autoplaying video just doesn’t need to be seen by anyone. After all, tapping or clicking the content to enable isn’t a huge job, is it?

Luckily you can turn it all off, meaning that no matter what platform you are on you can stop Twitter from autoplaying videos. It’s not difficult to do, and a few minutes later you’ll be able to browse to your heart’s content without having to worry about a video autoplaying and deafening you.

He’s what you need to do to disable autoplaying video on your desktop:

Step 1: Click on your Twitter thumbnail on the top right of the Twitter website and then click on ‘Settings.’

Step 2: Scroll down to the ‘Content’ section and look for ‘Video Tweets.’

Step 3: Uncheck the ‘Video autoplay’ option.

Step 4: Your’e done once you press the ‘Save’ button at the very bottom.

If you’re using Twitter for iOS, then the steps aren’t hugely different. Here’s how you can go about it:

Step 1: Launch the Twitter app from your home screen.

Step 2: Tap the ‘Me’ tab, followed by the ‘gear’ icon. Now tap on ‘Settings.’

Step 3: Under the ‘General’ section, tap on ‘Video autoplay’ and either turn it off or choose to only automatically play content when you’re using WiFi rather than 3G / 4G.

Step 5: Make sure you save before exiting.

If you’re wondering about how to disable it on Android, then don’t bother at all. Twitter hasn’t rolled video autoplaying into all versions of its apps yet, but we’re told Twitter support is on its way.

Until then though, sit back and relax while iPhone and iPad owners get increasingly annoyed at that cat GIF autoplaying all the time.

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Google Play Music Launches Free Ad-Supported Radio Streaming Service

Apple took on the big names in the music streaming space when it announced Apple Music at WWDC this year. However, that doesn’t mean that Apple’s competitors in this space will just sit and not do anything. Today, the Mountain View company announced its free music streaming tier to the already-rich Google Play Music, which will basically serve as a curated, ad-supported radio station selection for non-subscribers (read: free users) of the search giant’s music offering. The new free tier of Google Play Music is all set to take on Apple’s iTunes Radio service, and the upcoming Beats 1 radio station, which is going to be a part of Apple Music.

The new service, which is essentially Google’s Pandora/iTunes Music, will become available for users in the U.S. using the Web platform starting today, while support for Android and iOS will follow suit shortly, and will roll out as part of the Play Music app on the aforementioned mobile platforms. So expect an update within a week or two.

Google Play Music will have curated radio stations that will be crafted carefully by music experts. Google says that this initiative is building on its purchase of Songza about a year back, and will be in direct competition with the likes of Pandora, Apple’s iTunes Radio and the freshly announced Beats 1 radio station, as we mentioned before.

“Our team of music experts, including the folks who created Songza, crafts each station song by song so you don’t have to. If you’re looking for something specific, you can browse our curated stations by genre, mood, decade or activity, or you can search for your favorite artist, album or song to instantly create a station of similar music.”

This is an interesting move on Google’s part particularly because the Play Music brand already features over 30 million audio tracks that can either be streamed or stored on device for offline playback, all for a meagre value of $9.99 a month, and that, too, after a 60-day free trial. On the other hand, Apple’s Music service comes in at a similar $9.99/month value, or $14.99/month for the whole family, and offers a three-month free trial period – something that sparked quite a controversy with Taylor Swift recently. The Apple Music service is set to go live at the end of this month and will be a part of the iOS 8.4 update for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch devices.

Google has gradually made a name for itself through its Play Music service already, and this move furthers the search giant’s position in this arena. When it comes to the sheer volume of music available, both Google and Apple are head-to-head, and it’s going to be small distinguishers that will decide the ultimate winner.

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Google Play Music Launches Free Ad-Supported Radio Streaming Service

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Apple took on the big names in the music streaming space when it announced Apple Music at WWDC this year. However, that doesn’t mean that Apple’s competitors in this space will just sit and not do anything. Today, the Mountain View company announced its free music streaming tier to the already-rich Google Play Music, which will basically serve as a curated, ad-supported radio station selection for non-subscribers (read: free users) of the search giant’s music offering. The new free tier of Google Play Music is all set to take on Apple’s iTunes Radio service, and the upcoming Beats 1 radio station, which is going to be a part of Apple Music.

The new service, which is essentially Google’s Pandora/iTunes Music, will become available for users in the U.S. using the Web platform starting today, while support for Android and iOS will follow suit shortly, and will roll out as part of the Play Music app on the aforementioned mobile platforms. So expect an update within a week or two.

Google Play Music will have curated radio stations that will be crafted carefully by music experts. Google says that this initiative is building on its purchase of Songza about a year back, and will be in direct competition with the likes of Pandora, Apple’s iTunes Radio and the freshly announced Beats 1 radio station, as we mentioned before.

“Our team of music experts, including the folks who created Songza, crafts each station song by song so you don’t have to. If you’re looking for something specific, you can browse our curated stations by genre, mood, decade or activity, or you can search for your favorite artist, album or song to instantly create a station of similar music.”

This is an interesting move on Google’s part particularly because the Play Music brand already features over 30 million audio tracks that can either be streamed or stored on device for offline playback, all for a meagre value of $9.99 a month, and that, too, after a 60-day free trial. On the other hand, Apple’s Music service comes in at a similar $9.99/month value, or $14.99/month for the whole family, and offers a three-month free trial period – something that sparked quite a controversy with Taylor Swift recently. The Apple Music service is set to go live at the end of this month and will be a part of the iOS 8.4 update for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch devices.

Google has gradually made a name for itself through its Play Music service already, and this move furthers the search giant’s position in this arena. When it comes to the sheer volume of music available, both Google and Apple are head-to-head, and it’s going to be small distinguishers that will decide the ultimate winner.

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How To Undo Send A Sent Email In Gmail

Here’s how you can ‘Undo Send’ a sent email message in Gmail using this native feature. More details and step-by-step guide on how to use it can be found right here.

The ‘Undo Send’ feature in Gmail has been around for a good few years now, but was part of Google Labs. In short: it was experimental, and choppy at best in certain situations. But now, the feature has matured enough to be a permanent part of Gmail, and is no longer a lab experiment, all ready to be taken advantage of by millions of users around the globe.

Getting to grips with the feature is fairly easy, and we’ll show you how it’s done.

Setting Up ‘Undo Send’

Step 1: Click on the ‘gear’ icon on the top right of Gmail, and then click on ‘Settings.’

Step 2: Under the ‘General’ tab, scroll down and look for an option titled ‘Undo Send.’

Step 3: Enable the feature and select the ‘Send cancellation period’ according to your liking. We’d suggest ’30 seconds,’ so you get a hefty amount of time in your hands to undo an email.

Step 4: Now scroll down and click on ‘Save’ to confirm your settings.

How To Use ‘Undo Send’

Step 1: Compose a new email message in Gmail.

Step 2: Type in an email address you want to send off the email message to, add a subject, and type anything in the body and click on ‘Send.’

Step 3: At first it seems as though the email message has been sent off, but it hasn’t. If you look at the notification being presented to you at the top of Gmail, you’ll see a ‘Your message has been sent’ banner, and right next to it an ‘Undo’ button. Simply click it, and your email will be unsent.

We’re pretty certain that this feature will come in handy to a lot of people. We’ve all been in that situation where we wished that we hadn’t sent that one email that could’ve been something else, but it was already too late. With ‘Undo Send’ around in Gmail, those days are long gone.

Set it up on Gmail, and do let us know what you think about it in the comments section below.

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How To Undo Send A Sent Email In Gmail

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Here’s how you can ‘Undo Send’ a sent email message in Gmail using this native feature. More details and step-by-step guide on how to use it can be found right here.

The ‘Undo Send’ feature in Gmail has been around for a good few years now, but was part of Google Labs. In short: it was experimental, and choppy at best in certain situations. But now, the feature has matured enough to be a permanent part of Gmail, and is no longer a lab experiment, all ready to be taken advantage of by millions of users around the globe.

Getting to grips with the feature is fairly easy, and we’ll show you how it’s done.

Setting Up ‘Undo Send’

Step 1: Click on the ‘gear’ icon on the top right of Gmail, and then click on ‘Settings.’

Step 2: Under the ‘General’ tab, scroll down and look for an option titled ‘Undo Send.’

Step 3: Enable the feature and select the ‘Send cancellation period’ according to your liking. We’d suggest ’30 seconds,’ so you get a hefty amount of time in your hands to undo an email.

Step 4: Now scroll down and click on ‘Save’ to confirm your settings.

How To Use ‘Undo Send’

Step 1: Compose a new email message in Gmail.

Step 2: Type in an email address you want to send off the email message to, add a subject, and type anything in the body and click on ‘Send.’

Step 3: At first it seems as though the email message has been sent off, but it hasn’t. If you look at the notification being presented to you at the top of Gmail, you’ll see a ‘Your message has been sent’ banner, and right next to it an ‘Undo’ button. Simply click it, and your email will be unsent.

We’re pretty certain that this feature will come in handy to a lot of people. We’ve all been in that situation where we wished that we hadn’t sent that one email that could’ve been something else, but it was already too late. With ‘Undo Send’ around in Gmail, those days are long gone.

Set it up on Gmail, and do let us know what you think about it in the comments section below.

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Uber Launches UberBOAT Boat Hiring Service

Uber has just launched its first ever boat-for-hire service in Istanbul, Turkey, called UberBOAT. The new service is aimed at taking people across the Bosphorus strait connecting the two halves of the city.

Uber has typically been the go-to car hire service in many countries, and it was just a year ago that the company launched its cab service in Istanbul. In fact the new service is part of the company’s celebration of its 1 year anniversary in the city. Uber explains that the UberBOAT service will be automatically offered to users once they’re at the waterfront or nearby, and will be able to hail a speedboat that can carry as many as eight passengers. Once a pick up request is sent, the boat’s captain will call the user up to confirm the ride, reaching just shortly after that.

Uber has entered into a partnership with a Turkish company, Navette, which operates these speedboats, ferrying passengers across the Bosphorus. Fares will be “based on distance (sea mile) and time and will be automatically charged on your credit card at the end of a trip,” but a rough estimate puts the ride’s cost starting at $20 and going up till $150, depending on the destination of course. UberBOAT will also be supporting the Fare-Splitting feature in the Uber app so you and your friends can split cost of the fare.

Interestingly, the service faces some significant competition in connecting the two halves of Istanbul, which includes the 81 cents public ferry, as well as the mass transit underground metro, and two highways bridges. These means of transportation have been estimated to shuttle almost a million people across the strait every day.

UberBOAT is not the company’s first venture into the boat business, though it does appear to be the first permanent one. Uber had begun offering ferry services around Boston last year in partnership with a local firm, but the service was ended with the change of the season. Similarly, UberJET was also a temporary gig which was offering a private jet followed by a car ride to the last Cannes Film Festival in May.

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Uber Launches UberBOAT Boat Hiring Service

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Uber has just launched its first ever boat-for-hire service in Istanbul, Turkey, called UberBOAT. The new service is aimed at taking people across the Bosphorus strait connecting the two halves of the city.

Uber has typically been the go-to car hire service in many countries, and it was just a year ago that the company launched its cab service in Istanbul. In fact the new service is part of the company’s celebration of its 1 year anniversary in the city. Uber explains that the UberBOAT service will be automatically offered to users once they’re at the waterfront or nearby, and will be able to hail a speedboat that can carry as many as eight passengers. Once a pick up request is sent, the boat’s captain will call the user up to confirm the ride, reaching just shortly after that.

Uber has entered into a partnership with a Turkish company, Navette, which operates these speedboats, ferrying passengers across the Bosphorus. Fares will be “based on distance (sea mile) and time and will be automatically charged on your credit card at the end of a trip,” but a rough estimate puts the ride’s cost starting at $20 and going up till $150, depending on the destination of course. UberBOAT will also be supporting the Fare-Splitting feature in the Uber app so you and your friends can split cost of the fare.

Interestingly, the service faces some significant competition in connecting the two halves of Istanbul, which includes the 81 cents public ferry, as well as the mass transit underground metro, and two highways bridges. These means of transportation have been estimated to shuttle almost a million people across the strait every day.

UberBOAT is not the company’s first venture into the boat business, though it does appear to be the first permanent one. Uber had begun offering ferry services around Boston last year in partnership with a local firm, but the service was ended with the change of the season. Similarly, UberJET was also a temporary gig which was offering a private jet followed by a car ride to the last Cannes Film Festival in May.

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How To Block Annoying Facebook Game Invites And App Notifications

Here’s how you can block the annoying Facebook games and apps invites on iOS, Android, mobile and desktop in a few simple steps.

Mobile Facebook

Step 1: Head over to ‘www.facebook.com’ from the Web browser on your phone and log into your account.

Step 2: Hit the hamburger menu button on the top right hand corner.

Step 3: Scroll down and tap ‘Account Settings’ under the ‘Help & Settings’ section.

Step 4: All configurable account settings will be displayed here. Go ahead and tap ‘Apps.’

Step 5: Now tap ‘Platform,’ and you should see an option titled ‘Game Invites and App Notifications.’ It is likely that incoming invitations are currently enabled and set to ‘Yes.’ Disable all invitations by selecting ‘No.’

With this done, you will not receive any app or game invitations from your friends in the future.

Facebook for iOS / Android

Step 1: To begin, launch the Facebook app on your phone, and log in if you haven’t already.

Step 2: Hit the ‘More’ button in the Facebook navigation ribbon. The button should be located on the top of the screen on Android, but at the bottom on an iOS device.

Step 3: Scroll down and tap on ‘Account Settings’ under the ‘Settings’ section.

Step 4: You should be seeing a setting titled ‘Apps’ here, so go ahead and tap that.

Step 5: You should now be looking at the ‘Apps and Websites’ panel. Here, simply tap ‘Platform’ to bring up the option to disable or enable incoming apps and games invites.

Step 6: By default ‘Game Invites and App Notifications’ will be set to ‘Yes.’ Flip the switch here and select ‘No’ to disable incoming invitations.

Voila! All done.

Desktop

Unlike the mobile Web, Android, and iOS versions of Facebook, the desktop version of the social network allows you to filter out apps of your choice, and offers no universal button for disabling invitations to all apps and games.

Step 1: Open www.facebook.com on your PC or Mac, and hit the arrow-like button on the Facebook navigation ribbon up top to reveal a drop-down menu.

Step 2: Click on ‘Settings.’

Step 3: On the left column, you should see a setting labelled ‘Blocking,’ click on that to continue.

Step 4: A host of blocking options will be available on this page. You are looking for the ‘Block apps’ section. Here, simply type in the name of the app you don’t want invitations for.

That’s it, once you select an app, it will be added to the blocking list, and no invitations regarding that particular game or app will be sent to you.

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How To Block Annoying Facebook Game Invites And App Notifications

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Here’s how you can block the annoying Facebook games and apps invites on iOS, Android, mobile and desktop in a few simple steps.

Mobile Facebook

Step 1: Head over to ‘www.facebook.com’ from the Web browser on your phone and log into your account.

Step 2: Hit the hamburger menu button on the top right hand corner.

Step 3: Scroll down and tap ‘Account Settings’ under the ‘Help & Settings’ section.

Step 4: All configurable account settings will be displayed here. Go ahead and tap ‘Apps.’

Step 5: Now tap ‘Platform,’ and you should see an option titled ‘Game Invites and App Notifications.’ It is likely that incoming invitations are currently enabled and set to ‘Yes.’ Disable all invitations by selecting ‘No.’

With this done, you will not receive any app or game invitations from your friends in the future.

Facebook for iOS / Android

Step 1: To begin, launch the Facebook app on your phone, and log in if you haven’t already.

Step 2: Hit the ‘More’ button in the Facebook navigation ribbon. The button should be located on the top of the screen on Android, but at the bottom on an iOS device.

Step 3: Scroll down and tap on ‘Account Settings’ under the ‘Settings’ section.

Step 4: You should be seeing a setting titled ‘Apps’ here, so go ahead and tap that.

Step 5: You should now be looking at the ‘Apps and Websites’ panel. Here, simply tap ‘Platform’ to bring up the option to disable or enable incoming apps and games invites.

Step 6: By default ‘Game Invites and App Notifications’ will be set to ‘Yes.’ Flip the switch here and select ‘No’ to disable incoming invitations.

Voila! All done.

Desktop

Unlike the mobile Web, Android, and iOS versions of Facebook, the desktop version of the social network allows you to filter out apps of your choice, and offers no universal button for disabling invitations to all apps and games.

Step 1: Open www.facebook.com on your PC or Mac, and hit the arrow-like button on the Facebook navigation ribbon up top to reveal a drop-down menu.

Step 2: Click on ‘Settings.’

Step 3: On the left column, you should see a setting labelled ‘Blocking,’ click on that to continue.

Step 4: A host of blocking options will be available on this page. You are looking for the ‘Block apps’ section. Here, simply type in the name of the app you don’t want invitations for.

That’s it, once you select an app, it will be added to the blocking list, and no invitations regarding that particular game or app will be sent to you.

You may also like to check out:

• Disable / Turn Off Facebook Messenger Location Logging On iOS, Android, Here’s How [Guide]

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Facebook’s Floating Video Player Lets You Scroll Through News Feed While Watching Videos

In its ongoing effort to boost Facebook’s credentials as a video sharing service, the social network has begun testing a brand new floating video player, allowing users to watch their favorite cat snippets and scroll through their News Feed at the same time.

Facebook has started rolling out this feature only to a select few users at the time of writing. It isn’t available for everyone yet. If you’re one of the lucky few for whom the floating video player has been enabled, you should see a new video detach button visible alongside the playback controls the next time you play a video on the desktop version of the site.

Once you hit that aforementioned button, the video will automatically pop out of its static placeholder and can be moved around as long as you remain in the News Feed on the same page. If you’re hoping to move it out of the browser, it’s not a feature yet supported, but it would be great if Facebook does go down that route. So far videos can only be floated on the desktop version of the website, so mobile Facebook and apps for smartphones and tablets doesn’t appear to be supported.

The floating player itself carries a rather basic and minimal playback interface, but in addition to the usual play / pause and close buttons, there are Like and Share buttons as well. As for the size of the window, Facebook may want to increase it down the road, or better yet, allow users to resize it on their own.

Facebook has been making some changes in its approach to video content lately. A new way to embed Facebook videos on websites was introduced a few months back, and it’s no secret that the company is looking to join the YouTube-like ad-revenue system for its own videos. This new floating video player could may well go on increasing viewing times – essential for selling marketing space to advertisers.

With today’s new addition, it’s clear that Facebook wants more users to engage in video related content while also encouraging people to share more as well. We’re certain that the social network in future will roll out even more refinements to how video works and performs on both its desktop website and mobile apps.

(via: TheNextWeb)

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Facebook’s Floating Video Player Lets You Scroll Through News Feed While Watching Videos

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In its ongoing effort to boost Facebook’s credentials as a video sharing service, the social network has begun testing a brand new floating video player, allowing users to watch their favorite cat snippets and scroll through their News Feed at the same time.

Facebook has started rolling out this feature only to a select few users at the time of writing. It isn’t available for everyone yet. If you’re one of the lucky few for whom the floating video player has been enabled, you should see a new video detach button visible alongside the playback controls the next time you play a video on the desktop version of the site.

Once you hit that aforementioned button, the video will automatically pop out of its static placeholder and can be moved around as long as you remain in the News Feed on the same page. If you’re hoping to move it out of the browser, it’s not a feature yet supported, but it would be great if Facebook does go down that route. So far videos can only be floated on the desktop version of the website, so mobile Facebook and apps for smartphones and tablets doesn’t appear to be supported.

The floating player itself carries a rather basic and minimal playback interface, but in addition to the usual play / pause and close buttons, there are Like and Share buttons as well. As for the size of the window, Facebook may want to increase it down the road, or better yet, allow users to resize it on their own.

Facebook has been making some changes in its approach to video content lately. A new way to embed Facebook videos on websites was introduced a few months back, and it’s no secret that the company is looking to join the YouTube-like ad-revenue system for its own videos. This new floating video player could may well go on increasing viewing times – essential for selling marketing space to advertisers.

With today’s new addition, it’s clear that Facebook wants more users to engage in video related content while also encouraging people to share more as well. We’re certain that the social network in future will roll out even more refinements to how video works and performs on both its desktop website and mobile apps.

(via: TheNextWeb)

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