Yesterday Google’s Vic Gundotra told TechCrunch that the way the company handled the Google+ brands pages was “probably a mistake.” Given the backlash Google is currently receiving for their poor handling of Google+ business accounts, it’s good to hear Google acknowledge their mistakes. Google warned Google+ users that the service is currently for real people only and that brands would be shut down, but when the culling happened yesterday, no one seemed prepared. Furthermore, a few people were extremely vocal about their displeasure with the situation. Possibly because the situation hasn’t exactly gone the way it was announced.

Pete Cashmore, founder of social media blog Mashable.com has announced that they have exceeded 70,000 downloads of the Mashable iPhone app that was released a month ago. Now there is a new version of the application [iTunes link], version 1.2. The new app includes Push Notifications, horizontal tilt, more Twitter clients for sharing articles, and international improvements. You can filter Mashable stories by authors, tags, and categories. The Mashable app was developed by Nclud. The app is available for free. [Mashable]

Mashable.com, the social media website created by Pete Cashmore has released an iPhone application to complement their blog. Through the application you can browse by authors, categories, channels, and categories. Stories can be shared through e-mail, Facebook, and Twitter on the application. The application is available for free. [Mashable]