The phrase "allowing users to update" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing features or functionalities in software, applications, or systems that enable users to make changes or modifications.
Example: "The new software version includes a feature allowing users to update their profiles easily."
Alternatives: "enabling users to modify" or "permitting users to change".
According to their sources, Facebook will start allowing users to update their status messages with their location as soon as late May — yes, a few weeks away.
One interesting feature of Gallery is the two-way sync with Picasa albums, allowing users to update and access their Picasa media on-the-go.
Additionally, one of the screenshots indicates that the Facebook application will have a companion widget for the homescreen, allowing users to update their status without opening the application.
On the plus side, allowing users to update their Twitter profiles using Facebook would likely turn the latter into the largest Twitter client overnight.
In addition, Sansan operates a LinkedIn -like service called Eight which is available for free and is linked to the core product, allowing users to update their job, company, etc. without having to provide a new business card.
Eventually, Mobio plans to allow users to update gas prices to the Web site from their mobile phones.
Out-of-date maps can throw a wrench into your driving plans, but TomTom's new Map Share software combines cartography with community to allow users to update maps on the go — and later share the results with others.
The week before, CNN announced a deal with another Web darling, Facebook, to allow users to update their Facebook status messages while watching CNN's video stream of the inauguration.
Too much information.com Listen up over-sharers – Blippy.com, a new micro-blogging site, allows users to update a news feed about their purchases, minute by nail-biting minute.
It was here, one breezy day in 2006, according to legend, that Jack Dorsey ordered burritos with two co-workers, scaled a slide and, in a black sweater and green beanie, like a geeked-out Moses on Mount Sinai, presented his idea for an Internet service that would allow users to update their current status and share what they were doing.
It allows users to update the training data incrementally for future use.
