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Google+ App Gets An iPhone Update With A Beautiful Redesign
Google has updated the Google+ iPhone app. The new app supports larger profile pictures, stronger fonts, and high-density display. “We’re embracing the sensor-rich smartphone (with its touchable screen and high-density display), and transforming Google+ into something more intimate, and more expressive,” stated Google SVP Vic Gundotra.
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Google+ Hangouts On Air Now Available For Everyone
Google+ Hangouts On Air is a live-streaming service on Google+ that was only available to a limited number of publishers when they launched last year. The first On Air hangout was with Black Eyed Peas’ singer Will.i.am. Now Google has made Google+ Hangouts On Air available to everyone. It will be available for the millions of Google+ users over the next few weeks since launching live stations takes some time doing. Below is a list of some special hangouts that will be hosted on Google+ Hangouts On Air:
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Google+ To Host VC Office Hours
In order to capture additional attention from startup entrepreneurs, Google+ is hosting a series of events called VC Office Hours. Google VP of Product at Google+ Bradley Horowitz revealed some of the names that are participating in this series:
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Google Testing Google+ Button Instead Of Likes On YouTube
Google Inc. has been pushing the Google+ social network as much as possible. New Google users are automatically given a Google+ account and there are G+ buttons next to every search result. Actor Wil Wheaton noticed that Google is testing out Google+ buttons as a replacement to the YouTube “like” and “dislike” button. Wheaton wrote this on his Tumblr as a response to seeing that:
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How Google Counts Google+ Users At 170 Million
Whenever Google reports the number of Google+ users that are active, it does not necessarily mean that these are people that go directly to plus.google.com and browse the social network from there. When Google+ announced their redesign, Google SVP Vic Gundotra said that “more than 170 million people have upgraded to Google+.” Here is how Gundotra came up with that number.
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Google+ Gets A Redesign
Google has announced a redesign for the Google+ social network, which would have revamped navigation, drag-and-drop features when hovering above different items, and easier ways to join conversations. There are new profile pages and a dedicated page for Google+ Hangouts.
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Google+ Hit 61 Million Visits In March
Even though many people say that Google+ receives a fraction of the traffic that their rivals are seeing, their social network is showing some promise. Visits to Google+ grew 27% from the previous month according to Experian Hitwise and they hit 61 million visits in March. Google+’s growth has grown steadily in monthly visits since they went live last June.
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Larry Page Is “Driven By His Paranoia About Facebook”
Larry Page was made CEO of Google in January 2011. For the last three years Ken Auletta has been getting to know Larry Page as part of a book that he is writing called “Googled: The End of the World As We Know It.” Auletta was recently quoted as saying “Larry is driven by his paranoia about Facebook. Clearly, these are two companies at war with each other.” Page takes Google+ very seriously in that regard. In an interview with Bloomberg, Page said:
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How To Delete Your Google+ (Google Plus) Account Without Affecting Your Entire Google Profile
A Pulse2 reader has e-mailed me to ask how to safely delete their Google Plus account without affecting other services. Most people believe that if they delete their Google+ account, they will lose their other Google accounts. This is not the case though. Here is a guide on how to go about deleting your Google+ account:
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Why Google+ Does Not Have An API For The Feed Yet
Google+ head Vic Gundotra was at SXSW this week to discuss the social network. Gundotra said that he was “100% to blame” for the social network lacking an API seven months after the launch. “Your stream could easily be overwhelmed,” if Google was allowed to post content on behalf of their their users’ said Gundotra.
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