Tyler Sky has been thinking about Friends minidolls and the retired LEGO Exo-Force theme, and perhaps eating a little too much cheese before bed. “What if Exo-Force continued to evolve, and then got assimilated by Friends?” These six Exo-Friends were the result. The minidolls look very cute with their new hair styles even if some of their exosuits are rather more intimidating. We have an eye-catching lime exosuit, loosely-based on the alternate build suggestion for LEGO 7712 SupernovaThose clawed toes look very flexible and give the impression this Exo-Friends character is not limited by gravity and can climb any obstacle. My own favourite comes next with a balanced mix of Bionicle and System elements all rolled into one. The blues compliment the Pearl Grey very nicely, making for the most classical mecha-looking of all the Exo-Friends. This yellow Exo-Friend was inspired by LEGO 8106 Aero BoosterThe roller-feet deserve a special mention. This looks like a speedy mecha with a handy snowboard attached… just in case.
The tallest of the Exo-Friends comes next and represents Tyler’s impression of the next level of evolution in the theme. However, I can’t help but think this minidoll is wearing her father’s suit! Good positioning of a tiny kitty for scale. I know you are busy being an Exo-Friend and everything, but I only have half a bowl of nibbles left. This purple and lilac tracked Exo-Friend is more of a vehicle than a suit, and is loosely-based on LEGO 8118 Hybrid Rescue TankI love the bunny providing top-cover on the roof mounted weapons system. Finally, on the far right is Tyler’s spiky azure suit. This suit is not based on any particular set but was an attempt to capture in an “out of this world vehicle” that would fit into a Japanese animé cartoon. If there was a points system for hairstyle matching your exo-suit then this one would definitely win. So there we have it, six Exo-Friends to start off a new theme. Which one is your favourite? If you like this mix of Friends and mecha, you should check out these Mecha Friends that are ready to rumble.
Tell all your friends!Google has added a new setting into the My Business service. Using the settings users can manage notifications for email and mobile devices. From now on you can modify the following notifications: - important account updates; - feedbacks from customers; - notifications about photos published by the clients; - notifications about new features and offers, which will help to attract more customers and others. More information about the innovation is available in the Help screen in Google My Business. Google starts testing mobile-first index. It means that in the near future, the search algorithms will be primarily assessed by the relevance of a mobile version of the page and alternatively by the desktop. This information was published in the company's blog. Today more and more people are searching through mobile devices. However, Google's ranking system continues evaluating the relevance of the desktop version of the page. In order to make the search results more useful Google started testing mobile-first index.
Although the search index will remain united, eventually Google's ranking algorithms will primarily evaluate the mobile version of the page. In the coming months Google will experiment the updated index with some users. Having finished the testing, the system will be launched around the world. Despite the fact that the process of transition to mobile-first index is only on its way to be introduced to the public, Google has prepared several recommendations for the webmasters: • If your website is configured as an adaptive or dynamic display design, in which the main content and layout are identical for both mobile and desktop devices, no changes to be applied in this case • If a website configuration requires different content for mobile and desktop devices, it is necessary to perform the following changes: o Make sure that the structured markup is used in mobile and desktop website version. o Check the equivalence of micro markup on both desktop and mobile version using the structured Google data testing tool.
o By adding structured data on the mobile website, you should avoid including a large number of micro markup, which is not relevant to a specific content of each document. o Use a robots.txt file verification tool to verify that the mobile version of the site is accessible to Googlebot. o It is not necessary to apply changes to the canonical URL. Google will keep considering these attributes to display matching results to mobile and desktop users. • If you have confirmed only the desktop version of the website in the Search Console, you should also add the mobile resource version. • If you have only got a desktop website, Google will go on indexing it, even if the mobile user agent is used to view the resource. • You should keep in mind that when creating a mobile version a functional, focused on desktop website is much better than an incomplete or non-mobile version. Please launch the mobile version only when it is completely ready to use. As it was already stated earlier Google will launch a separate mobile code and make it the primary in the coming months.
Now it turned out that the index will remain the same for all types of documents. China legislative body has approved the cybersecurity law which caused a lot of debates, according to Bloomberg. The new law allows law enforcement authorities to freeze the accounts of foreign citizens and organizations with suspected sabotage of the China's information infrastructure. During the investigation, they will be required to provide the full access to data to the authorities. The law also requires mandatory certification of computer equipment and personal data storage of Chinese users within the country. According to experts, the input of these requirements will give one more advantage to local market companies over foreign competitors such as Microsoft, Google, Cisco and others. "This is a step backwards for Chinese innovations. The country's authorities are right in the aspect of ensuring the security of digital systems and information in the country; however, the law will not help to achieve the goal.