Twitter will launch a bookmarking tool in the near future

Twitter confirmed it’s planning to launch a bookmarking feature to save tweets for later reading. The addition will help users keep a separate list of items they want to refer back to, instead of using the heart (aka “favorite”) button, which can indicate more of a “like” – similar to the “thumbs up” button on Facebook.

The feature’s impending launch was first unveiled on Twitter itself, naturally, when head of product Keith Coleman announced that a new way to save tweets was in the works, as a result of a company HackWeek project dubbed #SaveForLater.

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Keith Coleman  @kcoleman

Fresh out of HackWeek and coming soon — a new way to save tweets to read later. Been a top request (!) The team would love your feedback as they dial in the design! #SaveForLater  https://twitter.com/jesarshah/status/917538205376770048 …

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Other Twitter employees, including newly hired senior director of product, Sriram Krishnan, and PM Jesar Shah, also noted Twitter’s plans in this area.

Like Coleman, Shah said the feature was a popular user request – adding that many people, “especially in Japan,” had asked for this ability.

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Hi Twitter! Many of you (especially in Japan!) have said you’d like to be able to easily + privately save Tweets for later. Right now, people bookmark Tweets by liking, DM-ing to themselves, or Retweeting. But this could be easier. https://twitter.com/i/moments/917475191323746304 …

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And how you've been doing it on Twitter so far!

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As Shah said in her thread, there are a number of ways people privately save tweets to reference later, including bookmarking them with the heart, DM-ing them to themselves, or even retweeting. (I’d also add we open them in new tabs, save them to our Notes app, email them to ourselves, Instapaper their links, or create private Twitter Moments or Storify collections, among other things.)

None of these methods are ideal because they’re not as quick as simply clicking a button to save the tweet, with the exception of the “heart” icon. However, the heart can be misinterpreted since it implies you feel positively about the tweet you’re saving, when the opposite could be true. Plus, for those who regularly use the heart to respond to tweets that don’t require a reply, those saved tweets you wanted to look back on again could be easily lost in your Favorites.

Twitter isn’t the first to realize that its constantly-updating feed needs a save button. Facebook, too, launched its own bookmarking tool several years ago.

A prototype built during HackWeek shows that Twitter’s bookmarking feature appears under the tweet’s “More” menu (three dots), where you then find a new “Add to Bookmarks” option. But this design could change by the time it’s released to the public.

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jesar  @jesarshah

Hi Twitter! Many of you (especially in Japan!) have said you’d like to be able to easily + privately save Tweets for later. Right now, people bookmark Tweets by liking, DM-ing to themselves, or Retweeting. But this could be easier. https://twitter.com/i/moments/917475191323746304 …

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jesar  @jesarshah

For Hack Week @Twitter we started developing #SaveForLater. Here’s the early prototype that we put together in a week, which is likely to change. pic.twitter.com/c5LekvVF3l

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According to Shah, Twitter wants to build the new bookmarking tool with the community’s help and feedback. That’s interesting, given that building “with” user input is how Twitter used to develop features borrowed from the community. For example, Twitter’s @mention and retweet functionality grew out of Twitter turning actions people were already taking on its network into useful product features.

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jesar  @jesarshah

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For Hack Week @Twitter we started developing #SaveForLater. Here’s the early prototype that we put together in a week, which is likely to change. pic.twitter.com/c5LekvVF3l

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We want to build this WITH you all! So we need your help. We’ll be Tweeting to ask for feedback, and share our thinking as we compare designs, experiment, do research, and more.

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But some of Twitter’s more recent product launches – like the controversial @reply format or decisions about what counts as a character – were developed more as an overly-engineered response to the problems with social network’s 140-character limit, rather than by a deep examination of user behavior.  (Twitter has since said it will test expanding character count to 280, which makes more sense than its confusing rules about character count.)

There are no details yet on how soon the new bookmarking tool will roll out or who will be able to test it. But a Twitter spokesperson confirmed the feature is not just an experiment – it will publicly launch soon. They also said the best way to find out more is to follow @jesarshah’s account, as this is where information about #SaveForLater will appear. Product designer @tinastsh will be tweeting as well, we’re told.

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9 Snipping Tool Keyboard Shortcuts In Windows 10

Snipping Tool is the default screenshot capturing utility in Windows 10. Introduced first with Windows Vista, the Snipping Tool allows you to capture the entire screen, window, or a specific area on the screen.

In the latest Windows 10, Snipping Tool has received some improvements. It now comes with a delay option using which you can capture the screen after a delay of up to 5 seconds. The feature comes in handy while capturing menus. The current version of Snipping Tool doesn’t support video capture though.

Most PC users often use Snipping Tool to capture screenshots. If you also often use the Snipping Tool, you might be interested in using keyboard shortcuts to capture the screen using Sniping Tool quickly.

While there is no dedicated keyboard shortcut out there to launch the Snipping Tool, you can create a keyboard shortcut to open the Snipping Tool either be creating a shortcut of Snipping Tool and then assigning a keyboard shortcut for it or by pining the Sniping Tool to the taskbar.

Tip: In Windows 10, you can use Windows logo + Print Screen keyboard shortcut to capture the entire screen quickly and automatically save it to Pictures\Screenshots folder.

Snipping Tool keyboard shortcuts in Windows 10

After launching the Snipping Tool, you can use the following keyboard shortcuts:

Alt + M – Choose a snipping mode

Ctrl + S – Save the captured snip

Alt + N – Create a new snip using the last used mode

Ctrl + N – Create a new snip

Alt + D – Delay capture by 1-5 seconds

(After pressing Alt +D, you need to use the down arrow key to select the delay)

Shift + arrow keys – Move the cursor to select a rectangular snip area

Ctrl + C – Copy the captured snip to the clipboard

Esc – Cancel the snip selection

Ctrl + P – Print the snip

After capturing a screenshot, you can press the Alt key > press T > press P, H or E to choose a pen, highlighter, or eraser, respectively.

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YouTube bans videos showing how to add a bump stock to rifles

Following the deadly Las Vegas shooting that involved a firearm containing a bump stock, YouTube has banned videos that show how to modify rifles so that they contain this particular feature. The videos recently disappeared from the service, and the guidelines were updated alongside this to reflect the new restriction. Until now, such modification videos were allowed on the site.

A bump stock like the one used by the Las Vegas shooter enables a rifle to fire continuously as an automatic weapon while meeting the legal definition of a semi-automatic firearm. Many videos on YouTube provided free instructions on how to modify rifles in this manner, but Google has elected to ban them following the tragic events.

Speaking to The Telegraph, a YouTube spokesperson confirmed that Google decided to expand its guidelines to ban these videos following the Las Vegas event. Bump stocks have received renewed attention — and demands for bans — following the shooting. Many gun advocates and groups have resisted attempts to outlaw the modifications, though others have relented.

A quick search of YouTube shows many videos related to bump stocks, but all of them in an informative, demonstrative, or otherwise non-DIY way. Searching for videos on how to modify weapons to have a bump stock are hard to find, and many of them have already been deleted by YouTube.

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SNES Classic Edition hack opens the door to more games

We all knew this day was coming, though some of us may not have expected it to come so soon. The SNES Classic Edition has been hacked, allowing those who are lucky enough to have one do all sorts of things with the mini console. Obviously, the motivation behind hacking the SNES Classic will be adding new games for many people, thereby solving one of the biggest gripes many of us have with the SNES Classic.

Since adding new games will rely on downloading ROMs and loading them onto your SNES Classic, we’re operating within something of a morally gray area here. Still, given the speed in which the NES Classic was hacked to do the exact same thing, even Nintendo must have known this would happen. After all, the hardware within the SNES Classic is largely the same as the NES Classic, making the process of hacking even easier.

Those hardware similarities also mean that you can hack the SNES Classic with existing tools. An update pushed to ClusterM’s hakchi2 tool over the weekend makes it compatible with the SNES Classic Edition, which means you can now use the tool to hack both it and the NES Classic Edition. It even supports automatic ROM conversion to the SNES Classic’s format, and ClusterM says that currently, about 75% of SNES games are confirmed to work with hakchi2.

Some of those SNES games could prove to be a bit difficult, though, as they had onboard chips that might be a challenge for SNES Classic emulation. For those games, you can also use the RetroArch mod, so if there’s one game, in particular, you’d like to play on your SNES Classic, you should be able to get it up and running one way or another.

So, there you have it – if you were left wondering why some of your favorite SNES games were missing from the Classic, you can now add them. A thread over at NeoGAF breaks down the process of hacking and modding the SNES Classic, but obviously, proceed at your own risk. Consider your decision to hack your SNES Classic carefully, because if you end up bricking your console, it’s going to be difficult to get a new one.

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How Drones are Changing Our World for the Better

There is little denying that we live in an ‘Age of Disruption’. New technologies – many which were the stuff of science fiction just a few years ago – are transforming the world around us. If anything, the trend is just getting started as breakthroughs in artificial intelligence (AI), the blockchain, quantum computing, and drone technology are coming at light speed.

While these disruptions have the potential to disrupt how things have been done in the past, many will change our lives for the better. With that in mind, here are some ways that drones are changing our world.

1. Real Estate

You might not think of the real estate industry as one which is primed for disruption but the fact is that technology is already leaving its mark. This includes the number of websites which have popped up to replace the MLS to the growth of drone photography of real estate.

The latter should not come as a surprise as the old way of searching for a home to buy is extremely costly and probably yields a result which is less than ideal. Think about it. To search for a home, you need to find a realtor, tell them what you are looking for, and then drive from house to house. This process could take weeks or even months – who has time for that?

By using drone photography, you can visit dozens of homes in different neighborhoods all from the comfort of your current abode. In addition, you can visit these homes anytime and you don’t need a realtor to help you. This means you can focus more on what you are looking for rather than being pushed into a purchase by a realtor who is hoping to cash in on their commission.

2. News

Another way that drones are helping the change the world is in journalism. Gone are the days of putting reporters in harm’s way during a hurricane or a protest. Sure, this makes for dramatic television but networks are increasingly relying on drones to help cover events from the relative safety of their office.

By doing so, the media companies can cut down on the cost of sending reporters around the world, allowing them to cover more stories at one time. Granted, they will probably need to combine drone coverage with on-the-ground reporting but in many cases networks can contract with freelance reporters who know the location is covered.

Another potential downside to using drones for news reporting are potential privacy issues. Think about it, unscrupulous journalists could use drones to impinge on someone’s privacy by flying over their home or buzzing their car as they drive. One example of this was the scene in the Emma Watson, Tom Hanks movie The Circle where a drone caused an accident by startling a driver.

However, this doesn’t mean that the technology is bad. Instead, it brings the light to have professional standards in place to govern their use.

3. Farming

Gone are the days where most people worked on farms and today less than 1 percent of the U.S. workforce is directly employed in farm jobs. In the future, that number could fall even further as drones take over many of the tasks done by humans today.

Think about it, tractors and combines could effectively drive themselves and drones could also be used to inspect crops or to check on irrigation and pest control. These uses would further transform the role of farmers and in many cases, they become a mix of livestock managers, data scientists, and commodities traders.

4. Sports

This is already happening as Fox has been testing the use of drones during NFL games. Not only can drones be used to enhance the television experience of live sporting events but they can also be used for crowd control and public safety. As such, the use of drones in sports could dramatically change the experience of not only watching a game but also going to see one live.

5. Fire and Rescue

While police departments and the military have been using drones for years another use which would make our world a better place is in fire and rescue situations – especially those which are too dangerous for firemen.

The could include rescues along treacherous mountain passes in the winter or in scanning burning buildings for survivors. As both would eliminate the need to unnecessarily put rescue teams in harm’s way.

This list just scratches the surface. For example, delivery drones are already being tested and it won’t be long before our cities are full of drones delivering everything from dinner to sneakers to us. While this might impact some jobs, new roles will crop up to take their place. Who knows what we will do with all the convenience – but it helps to make the world a better place.

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