Google users can now request to unlink revenge porn from its search engine

Google is joining the likes of Facebook, Reddit, and Twitter to put a stop to revenge porn circling on their portals. Google plans to scrub search results of “nude or sexually explicit images” that are shared without consent. But you’re going to have to request from Google to have these links removed, similar to the company’s existing form to request the removal of sensitive information.

“Our philosophy has always been that Search should reflect the whole web. But revenge porn images are intensely personal and emotionally damaging, and serve only to degrade the victims—predominantly women,” wrote Amit Singhal, SVP of Google Search, in a blog post released Friday.

Source: Google | Via: Popular Science

Google Search helps you find the quotable quote you need

Want to channel your inner Marilyn Monroe and borrow a few of her words? Google Search has a way to make it easy for you. All you need to do is add the word “quotes” at the end of your search query (e.g. Marilyn Monroe quotes) and it’ll display a card with the quotes to choose from. Of course, Google isn’t verifying if these quotes so you might want to do some more digging to make sure you’re attributing it to the right person.

Source: Google | Via: Lifehacker

Google Search on iOS now prompts you to install iOS apps

Google’s App Indexing has been available on Android for a while. The feature pulls content from Android apps to show in your search results and if you don’t have the app installed yet, it’ll share you the link to the app store. This feature is now available on iOS, too, from the Chrome for iOS app or the main Google app. It’s initially available to a few select partners but plans to release it publicly at a later date.

Source: Google Developers Blog | Via: The Next Web

Google experiments with tweets in mobile search results

Google has partnered with Twitter a few months back to give the search giant more access to tweets. We’re starting to see the fruits of this deal with a new feature on Google Search for mobile. Google is testing out putting tweets into search results on mobile. For example, if you were searching for #Maythe4thbewithyou, tweets of that topic will start showing up grouped in a carousel so you can peruse through the latest tweets. It is currently a small test though and only some users are able to see this at the moment. But once, Google integrates this more, we might be seeing a more polished version of this feature in the near future.

Source: The Verge