Google+ Gets A Major Redesign, New Hangout Apps, and New Features
At the Google I/O conference today Google announced an update to the Google+ social network in the form of a redesign. Google+ seems to have design inspiration from Pinterest also.
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Google Now Lets You Send Money To Friends With Gmail
Google has announced a new way to pay your friends through Gmail and Google Wallet. You can send money to friends and family even if you do not have a Gmail address.
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Google Hits 900 Million Android Activations
Google said today that there are now 900 million Android devices that have been activated. In 2011, there were 100 million activations and 400 million the year after. Hugo Barra said that the company paid out as much to developers in the first four months of 2013 as they did for all of 2012.
Outlook.com Gets Google Talk Interoperability
Well, we didn’t see this coming since Microsoft and Google are intense rivals. Microsoft’s Outlook.com has added chat interoperability with Google Talk. The Google Talk feature in Outlook.com is rolling out worldwide in the next few days. It will allow Outlook.com users to chat with their friends on Google Talk like they can with Facebook friends.
Google Inc (GOOG) Surges Past $900 Per Share
Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) has surpassed $900 per share, giving them a market cap of over $300 billion. There are rumors circulating that Google is going to announce a streaming music service that is similar to Spotify. Google’s share price has been growing over the last month and his an all-time high this morning.
Google Fiber Is Coming To Gladstone, Missouri
Google Fiber is a service that has a connection speed 100 times faster than today’s broadband. Google Fiber offers 1 gigabit of upload and download speed along with a full channel TV line-up.
Google+ Recommends Additional Content From Your Mobile Website
Google has launched a new service for Google+ that allows publishers to include a new discovery feature for any mobile news website. This feature helps mobile websites drive more traffic to other articles, not just the one that they are current reading.
Dylan Casey Joins Yahoo! From Path
Yahoo! Inc. has hired Dylan Casey from Path where he was the director of product management, according to AllThingsD. Casey oversaw the recruitment of Path’s product management team and helped manage the product road map process including Path’s new messaging features.