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Now if you want to share files with friends via Facebook Groups, you can do so via Dropbox.
?When the owner of the file makes updates, those updates will also be shared back to the group. And, just like other posts to Facebook Groups, people can like or comment on the content,? a Facebook representative told Mashable.
Since edits are shared directly back to the group, the functionality could be ideal for group projects where several people need access and the information is constantly changing.
Dropbox and Facebook also see the feature being used to share things like videos of a birthday party with your ?family Group,? or class notes with a study group you have on the s…
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Scrollbars help gadget users pinpoint their location in the vast computer sea. Are you at the top of the page or the middle of a document? The trusty scrollbar will let you know.
SEE ALSO: Listen Up: Here?s a Brief History of Headphones
Twitter user Ivan Listes offers a look back at the history of scrollbars with a simple graphic that probably won't have you pining for the days of clunky red scrollers.
Image courtesy of @ilistes
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Until the NOSQL wave hit a few years ago, the least fun part of a project was dealing with its database. Now there are new technologies to keep the adventuresome developer busy. The catch is, most of these post-relational databases, such as MongoDB, Cassandra, and Riak, are designed to handle simple data. However, the most interesting applications deal with a complex, connected world.
A new type of database significantly changes the standard direction taken by NOSQL. Graph databases, unlike their NOSQL and relational brethren, are designed for lightning-fast access to complex data found in social networks, recommendation engines and networked systems.
Pancake, for example, w…
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