Gmail now lets you block annoying senders on the Web and Android

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Google is rolling out an update for Gmail that allows you to quickly and painlessly block specific email addresses in just a few taps. The block feature is being switched on from today on the Web and will roll out to Android devices in the next week. Once blocked, all mail from that address will go straight to your spam folder – it isn’t retroactive though, so you’ll have to delete the older mails yourself. And if you have a change of heart and want to unblock an address, you can do that in ‘settings’. In addition, Android users can now…

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Slash Keyboard for iOS partners with popular Web services to share just about anything

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If you ever need information or advice about what to do or where to go while out an about, you might throw a query to Siri or Cortana. But they have nothing on Slash Keyboard, a new app for iOS that arrives today. Slash is a free, intelligent helper that makes it easy to share links and other information without switching apps. Just tap the forward slash (/) on your keyboard to access partners like Foursquare, Stickers, YouTube, Contacts, Genius, Google Search and Maps and others. Slash is integrated with a total of 15 apps, including Giphy — its launch partner. Slash is accessible the same way…

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Backblaze takes on Amazon S3 with dirt-cheap data storage for developers

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Amazon’s S3 storage service is popular among developers because it’s cheap, fast and highly available, but Backblaze might be about to shake that up for good. The company, which is well known for unlimited file backup, has launched Backblaze B2 today to take on Amazon’s S3 service — at incredibly low prices. Built on top of the custom storage pod infrastructure Backblaze designed itself, B2 costs just $0.005 per GB, compared with Amazon’s $0.022. B2 launches into private beta this October for developers to start using before it becomes available widely later this year. Not only is B2’s storage price cheaper than…

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Storehouse kills off social features, focuses on story creation

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Storehouse started life as a social network for sharing your photos and videos in an attractive narrative layout with friends, but has big news today: it’s pivoting away from the social part. A major reboot of the platform is launching today, which removes all of Storehouse’s social features. There’s no more following, likes or timeline in Storehouse 2.0 which is now in the App Store. That might come as a surprise for a company that received an Apple Design Award and was hyped to be the best way to share your story with friends, but CEO Mark Kawano says that the company found…

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Now you can see if someone screenshots your Periscope broadcasts

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Periscope released an update today for iOS users that lets you see if people are taking screenshots of your videos. If someone takes one while you’re broadcasting, a screenshot icon will appear on the screen alongside the hearts. Periscope has also updated its Private Broadcast feature; now when you select people to invite, you will also see a list of mutuals (people you follow and also follow you). Users can invite these people to the stream in one tap for the whole list or select people individually. Last week, Periscope also introduced Web profiles for its users. Since hitting the 10 million user milestone, Periscope…

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Google Wallet for iOS now lets you send and receive money from contacts easily

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After launching Android Pay earlier this month, Google has now released a new version of its Wallet app for iOS to simplify money transfers between contacts in the US. The latest update lets you send and request money from anyone in the States using just their email address — they don’t even need to have the app installed. You can also split tabs at restaurants with a few taps. In addition, you can request a physical Google Wallet debit card to spend your account balance in brick-and-mortar establishments or withdraw it from an ATM. If you prefer, you can transfer your Wallet…

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Yahoo Mail now lets you view messages and attachments side-by-side

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Yahoo has launched an update to Mail for the desktop that lets you view both your email and attachments side-by-side — ending the hassle of switching back and forth between the two. According to a blog post by Yahoo Mail senior product manager, Mayukh Bhaowal, when you click on a Mail attachment, an attachment preview will appear so that you can read your message or compose a reply, while still viewing the document. In early 2014, Yahoo let you preview attachments without having to download them. It also recently announced improvements to the way users search and attach recent photos and files users received or sent —…

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Dropbox simplifies collaboration with new teams feature

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Dropbox is about to become a lot more useful for teams. The company today announced a new collaboration feature for both its Basic and Pro users that allows small teams to organize their files more easily. A new ‘Team’ option will appear on the left-hand menu of the Web interface. When you create a one, you’ll be able to put all the files you need in a shared team folder. Each team automatically gets access to the files in a folder, so there’s no need to set up permissions every time. You can furthermore subdivide your team into different groups…

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It’s now easier to post text GIFs on Slack

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GIFs are a wonderful way of expressing yourself on the Web, but sometimes you don’t want a full blown clip. Thankfully, posting animated text GIFs on Slack just got a lot easier. http://ift.tt/1KvHbZi An update to the Giphy plugin allows you to post text-based GIFs by adding ‘#text’ before your search terms. The full sequence would look like this: /giphy #text pizza Which pulled up this insightful image that looks like it belongs in the Geocities era: The use of the hashtag modifier could also indicate that we’ll be able to find more kinds of specific GIFs on Slack in…

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