Google has made changes to its search algorithm to improve image search results by cutting down on duplicates.
Pinterest Now Lets You Embed Bigger Pins On Your Site
Pinterest announced that it is now letting you embed bigger pins on your website or blog. You’ve long been able to embed pins, but until now, they’ve been relatively small and frankly not that pleasing to the eye. They would…
WordPress.com Adds Support For WebP Image Format
The WordPress.com image service, which delivers the images bloggers use in their posts to their audiences, now supports the WebP image format. With this addition, served images can be reduced by up to 34% in file size compared to a…
‘Marlboro Mascot’ Yields a Funny Google Search Result Thanks to John Oliver
If you search for “Marlboro Mascot’ right now in Google, the first result you’ll see is an cartoon diseased lung smoking a cigarette. That’s Jeff, and according to HBO’s John Oliver, he should be the new Marlboro mascot. Oliver spent…
Google Gives Chromecast Users More Image Options
One of the nice things about Google’s Chromecast other than its incredibly attractive price tag, is that it keeps getting better on its own thanks to both Google’s own updates and increasing adoption from other apps. Google announced one of…
Google Drive Gets New Image Features
Google announced the release of two new features for working with images in Google Docs, Slides, and Drawings: the ability to reset an image and the ability to replace an image. “Unhappy with the properties and formatting you applied to…
Gmail Starts Showing Images Automatically
It’s the dawn of a new era. Gmail will now show images in emails automatically. As Google explains in a blog post, Gmail has historically asked users if they want images to be displayed in emails as a precautionary measure,…
Google SafeSearch Changes Finally Hit Germany, France, and Other Non-English Speaking Countries
Back in December, Google made some subtle changes to their Image search. To make a long story short, Google made it so that users in the U.S. could no longer disable SafeSearch altogether. At first glance, it appeared as though…
BuzzFeed Sued For Millions Over 1/30 Of One Of Its Photo Compilations
A photographer is suing popular viral content site Buzzfeed over a photograph it used in a collection back in 2010. The photographer is seeking $3.6 million in damages. The plaintiff, Kai Eiselein of Idaho, posted the photo to Flickr back…
Play Atari’s Breakout in Google Image Search with This Awesome Easter Egg
If you were planning on getting any more work done today, well, cancel those plans. Go to Google Image search and type “atari breakout.” Are you doing it yet? What you’ll find is a wonderful little Easter Egg from Google,…