Google News Feed is now ‘Discover’; gets revamped with fresh new look, new types of content and more

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Google last year introduced the ‘Google Feed’ which will surface relevant content from the web to you even when you’re not searching. Today, Google is a major making change to it including a new name, a fresh look, and a brand-new set of features. The ‘Google Feed’ will be called ‘Discover’. Continue reading “Google News Feed is now ‘Discover’; gets revamped with fresh new look, new types of content and more”

Instagram News Feed uses machine learning to create unique feed for everyone

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Instagram ditched the reverse chronological feed for an algorithm in July 2016 and today the company has showcased a new feed ranking algorithm. The company will use machine learning to create a unique feed for everyone. Since it is focused on machine learning, even if you follow exact same accounts as someone else, your feed will be unique and depend on how you interact with those accounts. Continue reading “Instagram News Feed uses machine learning to create unique feed for everyone”

Google rolls out a new personalized feed for Indian users with Hindi support

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Google rolled out the new personalized feed in India for its search app for Android and iOS. The feed will enable you to see cards containing the latest sports highlights, top news, engaging videos, new music, stories about your hobbies and more. Most importantly, the new feed will be available in English and Hindi.

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Opera Mini for iOS gets AI powered news feed and more

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Opera has revamped Opera Mini for iOS with new features and redesigned UI. The AI powered news feed has been added on its start page that helps users to get the news four times faster than the previous version. The news feed is powered by the GBDT (gradient boosting decision trees) machine learning algorithm and deep neural network (DNN) learning. Continue reading “Opera Mini for iOS gets AI powered news feed and more”

Facebook to update News Feed with easier navigation and improved readability

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Facebook has announced a bunch of new tweaks and features for the News Feed that aims at improving conversations and offer better readability.
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Facebook tweaks News Feed algorithm to show you less clickbait

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Facebook is making changes to its News Feed again but this time to curb clickbait. The social network announced it will be tweaking its News Feed algorithm to cut down on how often users see “clickbait”. Continue reading “Facebook tweaks News Feed algorithm to show you less clickbait”

Facebook tweaks News Feed to show more relevant posts from friends

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Facebook has yet again tweaked its News Feed algorithm to surface posts from your friends and family. The social network will now show things such as photos, videos, status updates or links, will be higher up in your News Feed. Continue reading “Facebook tweaks News Feed to show more relevant posts from friends”

Facebook tweaks News Feed again to focus on articles

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Facebook has tweaked the News Feed algorithm again and this time it focuses on surfacing news articles. With the latest update, the social network is adjusting the way it ranks articles, taking into account how often you spend time with an article. Continue reading “Facebook tweaks News Feed again to focus on articles”

Instagram to start testing personalized feed with new algorithm tweak

Instagram could soon change the way you look at your feed. The photo sharing app is taking a cue from Facebook and will start showing content out of order and based on personalized algorithms.

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Facebook to push Live Videos on top of News Feed

Facebook has been continuously tweaking its News Feed to surface relative content to its users. Today, the social network has changed the algorithm again to put Live Video streams on top of your News Feed.

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Facebook tweaks News Feed to run better on slower mobile connections

One area where Facebook is working really hard is its News Feed. The social network has been continuously tweaking its News Feed with different algorithms for quiet some time and today it has announced few more important redesigns.

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