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Google's mobile app can figure out what's wrong with you

Trying to diagnose your symptoms with a Google search just became a whole lot easier.

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Watch this: Google symptom search will help diagnose you

Instead of digging through a mess of search results, Google's new symptom search will display medical information within the search results. The info takes the familiar form of cards. Google cautions that this new feature is no substitute for a doctor.

Watch this: Twitter ups video limit to 140 seconds


Twitter also added something new. No, it's not about medical information. Instead, Twitter will allow users to upload videos up to 140 seconds long. Longer videos are also headed to Vine. Don't worry, those six-second loops are not going away.

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