Tag Archives: Google Plus
Google+ News Roundup: iPhone App Available, Verified Accounts and More
A new wave of Google+ stories has arrived! Click through to find the link to the Apple App Store page for the Google+ for iPhone app, the Google+ profiles of Facebook staff, a way to find public Google+ hangouts, LinkedIn CEO Jeff Weiner’s opinion of the new social network and a rumor about verified celebrity accounts.
Categories Craig Kanalley, Facebook, Google, Google Plus, gphangouts.com, Jeff Weiner, LinkedIn, Vic Gundotra
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Chris Messina Wants Hashtags for Google+
Chris Messina, the man responsible for Twitter hashtags, wants to bring the topic-tagging method to Google+. Google already uses “+name” to tag people on Google+, but has yet to introduce any kind of tagging to the social network, which can make sifting through posts a little unorganized. As CNET notes, Google uses tags (“labels”) in Gmail.
Categories Chris Messina, Google, Google Plus, Joseph Smarr, Twitter
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William Shatner Kicked Out of Google+
Wiliam Shatner’s Google+ account was flagged for “violating standards.” TechCrunch reports that while Google has yet to comment on the actor’s ban, Shatner himself tweeted about it. “My Google+ account was flagged for violating standards. Saying hello to everyone apparently is against the rules maybe I should say goodbye?”
Categories Google, Google Plus, William Shatner
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Google Source Codes Indicates a Google Games Service Coming Soon
TechCrunch reports that Yvo Schaap has found, buried in the Google+ source code, a link for a Google Games logo and API endpoints that indicate that Google Games will be a social gaming service. Schaap found references to “game friends” and an ability within Games to “post to stream.” Google is known to have invested more than $100 million in gaming giant Zynga in 2010, and also acquired gaming company Slide last year as well.
Categories Google, Google Games, Google Plus, Slide, Yvo Schaap, Zynga
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Social Networks by the Numbers: Twitter Turns 5, Newborn Google+ and a Maturing Facebook
Twitter is 5 years old today, sparking rounds of nostalgia and statistics. According to TheNextWeb, Twitter saw more than 600,000 new users in yesterday alone. When Twitter first started, it took more than 16 months to reach the 600,000 user mark. Meanwhile, the weeks-old Google+ demonstrates the other side of the spectrum of social network growth: in just a few weeks, it has gained more than 10 million users. Larry Page announced this stat yesterday from his own Google+ account.
Categories Facebook, Google Plus, Larry Page, Sysomos, Twitter
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Google Answers Questions About the Future of Plus
Joseph Smarr, the Google engineer in charge of Google+, has been answering questions about the social network on AnyAsq. GigaOM went through his hundreds of answers and found a lot of information about the future of Google+. What’s next for Google+ users? Updates to the stream and notifications. More integration with other Google products. An API. And, to the delight of our Twitter-trained society, hashtags are on their way to Google+.
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Categories AnyAsq, Google, Google Plus, Joseph Smarr
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Google+ News Roundup: Changes, Millions of Members and More!
It’s time for another update on everyone’s favorite fledgling social network, and Google+ appears to be growing up very fast! Click through for stories on calculating Google+’s millions of users, upcoming changes and chances for users to help make those changes happen, and some info on why you can’t use a pseudonym on your Google Profile.
Categories GMail, Google, Google Plus, Google Profiles, Mark Striebeck, Paul Allen, Vic Gundotra
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Author Neil Gaiman Leaves Google+, Will Others Soon Follow?
Neil Gaiman (@neilhimself) tweeted today, “Just deleted my Google+ profile. It felt good. Less noise in my life.“ For a man who frequently responds when fans @reply him, this is a significant statement—he is not one to shy away from sharing with fans via the internet. Is it just Google+ that’s too much noise, or was adding one more social network to his life the problem?
Categories Google Plus, Neil Gaiman
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