Rest of the Day: Google Makes It Easy to Publish Articles on AMP
Google fixes their pesky AMP URLs. AMP articles are low data versions of posts that are hosted on Google servers, so they load faster, but have a weird URL that makes them difficult to publish. About this and much more in today’s news.
- Since Google AMP Articles are hosted on their servers and not on the actual source of the document, it is difficult to share them on Facebook and Twitter if you want to link to the actual source. Google will now also offer an actual address at the top of the article so you can copy and share as much as you like. [Google Developers Blog]
- This Slack plugin can supposedly detect your team’s emotions based on the language they use. Vibe analyzes chat logs to judge morale and trends in your teams, and can even suggest reasons for up and down trends. I’m sure our chat logs are only on the upward trend here :). [The Next Web]
- WhatsApp is testing a feature that will allow you to recall or edit messages that have been sent but not yet read. But there is nothing to save if the recipient has already read your drunken text. [Mashable]
- Discord, a popular chat app designed for gamers , has apparently turned into a dump of abuse . In less than two years, the app has quickly gained over 30 million users, but it has only a handful of customer service people and no moderators, making abuse unmanageable. [Gizmodo]
- Did you know that the Super Bowl drone rooftop part with Lady Gaga was pre-recorded? It was. [Deadspin]