{"id":65389,"date":"2014-04-25T18:00:16","date_gmt":"2014-04-25T16:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onsoftware.en.softonic.com\/?p=65389"},"modified":"2025-07-02T00:43:56","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T07:43:56","slug":"the-softonic-minute-windows-8-1-facebook-minecraft-and-google-street-view","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/the-softonic-minute-windows-8-1-facebook-minecraft-and-google-street-view\/","title":{"rendered":"The Softonic Minute: Windows 8.1, Facebook, Minecraft and Google Street View"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Windows 8.1<\/strong> will welcome back the start menu, <strong>Facebook<\/strong> lets you share your location with friends, <a href=\"https:\/\/minecraft-pocket-edition.en.softonic.com\/iphone\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Minecraft<\/strong><\/a> will let you construct your own worlds, and <strong>Google Street View<\/strong> travels back in time. Check out this week&#8217;s hottest software news in the Softonic Minute.<\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of Brightcove Player --><\/p>\n<div>Default player<\/div>\n<p><!--\nBy use of this code snippet, I agree to the Brightcove Publisher T and C\nfound at https:\/\/accounts.brightcove.com\/en\/terms-and-conditions\/.\n--><\/p>\n<p><object><\/object><\/p>\n<p><!--\nThis script tag will cause the Brightcove Players defined above it to be created as soon\nas the line is read by the browser. If you wish to have the player instantiated only after\nthe rest of the HTML is processed and the page load is complete, remove the line.\n--><br \/>\nbrightcove.createExperiences();<\/p>\n<p><!-- End of Brightcove Player --><\/p>\n<h3><a title=\"Rumor: Start Menu to return to Windows by fall this year\" href=\"http:\/\/news.en.softonic.com\/rumor-start-menu-to-return-to-windows-by-fall-this-year\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rumor: Start Menu to return to Windows by fall this year<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>The next major update to Windows 8.1 will be in August, and will include the lost but not forgotten start menu. Along with Windows 8.1 updates, details of the upcoming Windows 9 have been leaked as well. <a title=\"Rumor: Start Menu to return to Windows by fall this year\" href=\"http:\/\/news.en.softonic.com\/rumor-start-menu-to-return-to-windows-by-fall-this-year\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Facebook launches Nearby Friends<\/h3>\n<p>Facebook has launched Nearby Friends, a new feature for its mobile app that lets you find friends who are close by. As always, you can choose whether or not you want to activate it, as well as which friends can see you, and which friends you want to see. Both friends must agree to be able to share their location.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Download Facebook for iOS\" href=\"http:\/\/facebook.en.softonic.com\/iphone\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Download Facebook for iOS<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Download Facebook for Android\" href=\"http:\/\/facebook.en.softonic.com\/android\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Download Facebook for Android<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><a title=\"Minecraft 1.8 to get World Customization tool (video)\" href=\"http:\/\/news.en.softonic.com\/minecraft-1-8-to-get-world-customization-tool-video\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Minecraft 1.8 to get World Customization tool (video)<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>The latest video showing the next planned update to Minecraft 1.8 introduces the terrain generator, known as World Customization. While you can&#8217;t sculpt worlds manually, you can control the parameters the games uses to create worlds. <a title=\"Minecraft 1.8 to get World Customization tool (video)\" href=\"http:\/\/news.en.softonic.com\/minecraft-1-8-to-get-world-customization-tool-video\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Watch video<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3><a title=\"Google Street view gets a 'time machine'\" href=\"http:\/\/news.en.softonic.com\/google-street-view-gets-a-time-machine\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Google Street view gets a &#8216;time machine&#8217;<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>Google Maps has added an option that lets you see the evolution of a location. You can now see all images taken from 2007 to today, although the new feature currently only works with Chrome. <a title=\"Google Street view gets a 'time machine'\" href=\"http:\/\/news.en.softonic.com\/google-street-view-gets-a-time-machine\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Make sure to check out all of our past <a title=\"The Softonic Minute\" href=\"http:\/\/news.en.softonic.com\/t\/softonic-minute\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Softonic Minutes.<\/a> <\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Windows 8.1 will welcome back the start menu, Facebook lets you share your location with friends, Minecraft will let you construct your own worlds, and Google Street View travels back in time. Check out this week&#8217;s hottest software news in the Softonic Minute. 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