Thursday's tech news roundup is feeling square:
There's no escaping the mobile-ad attack
In the search for more money, YouTube is adding video commercials to play before videos on smartphones and tablets. These ads will play for five seconds before users can skip right to the video. As we spend more time on mobile devices, it's only natural for advertising to migrate. Android users will be the first to see pre-roll ads, since the YouTube iPhone app cannot show ads. But that will change in the next YouTube app version for iOS 6.
The Google+ network has updated its sliders. The feature, found in the feed for various "circles", is a sliding bar that adjusts how many posts you want to see from that circle in your main feed. It can be set to alert you for every post, if you'd like. If someone in that circle is too chatty, you can mute that specific person. Also, when making a post, you can check a box to e-mail blast everyone in that circle. (Before you annoy an entire circle, better think twice before checking that box.)
Microsoft has a new logo for the first time since 1987. The s... [Read more]
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