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Samsung is increasing its efforts to win over iPhone customers. The smartphone maker has launched a new website called “iTest,” and it allows iPhone users to “get a little taste of Samsung” through a web application that simulates the Android experience. When you visit Samsung’s iTest website, you’ll be prompted to add the web application to your iPhone’s home screen. Once you do…

Google today announced a ranking system update that changes what Search considers a good product review, and in turn what sites end users will see when looking up products. The company says people “appreciate product reviews that share in-depth research, rather than thin content that simply summarizes a bunch of products.” This “product reviews update” is meant to reward publishers that…

Twobird is one of the “new breed” of email apps like Spike that are rethinking what email should be without moving away from standard email protocols. It’s built to be a simplified messaging type app (think iMessage), but it’s your email. Previously, Twobird only worked with Gmail, but today it’s adding Outlook support. “Twobird reimagines the inbox experience for everyone, and…