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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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A Look Inside Google+
Google+ is not really a new service, but rather a new facet of Google’s already-existing services. It is social networking in a new but familiar way, with features that make you wonder “why hasn’t anyone else done this yet?” Google hasn’t said much about Google+ yet, which TechCrunch reports is because while what we can see is impressive, what Vic Gundotra and Bradley Horowitz have planned is much bigger.
Categories Bradley Horowitz, Google, Vic Gundotra
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Google Me Social Project Being Delayed Until Spring 2011
Google Me, the “Facebook Killer,” project is being pushed back until Spring 2011 according to Mashable. Earlier it was reported that Google was going to release the new product in 2010, but now we won’t see it until at least March 2011. Google Me is a top-secret project being led by Vic Gundotra (pictured above). Google is still focused on integrated social elements within the company’s existing services.
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Categories Facebook, Google, Google Buzz, Google Me, Vic Gundotra
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Max Levchin Becomes VP Engineering At Google After Slide Acquisition
Max Levchin was a co-founder of PayPal and was most recently the CEO of Slide.com. After Google bought Slide.com for $182 million plus $42 million in retention bonuses, Max Levchin became the VP of engineering at the search engine company.
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Categories Google, Google Me, Max Levchin, Slide, Urs Hölzle, Vic Gundotra
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Google Launching An iTunes Competitor Soon
At the Google I/O event, Vic Gundotra introduced the Android 2.2 operating system (aka Froyo). The Android Market will also soon have a Music section added (DRM-free). Here’s how it works: you find a song you like, click the download button, and the song starts to download onto the device. This technology was made possible by Google’s acquisition of Simplify Media. [TechCrunch]
Categories Google, Google Android Market, Simplify Media, Vic Gundotra
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Over 1 Million Users Join Google Latitude Within A Week
This is a bit surprising considering some people consider Google Latitude to be an invasion of privacy. The service basically reports where you are located on a Google Map by reading your IP address or your mobile phone location. Vic Gundotra stated that “more than a million” mobile subscribers signed up for the service within the first week of launch. Google launched Latitude in about 27 markets around the world and supports multiple mobile platforms. The service launched on February 4.
Using Latitude, you can monitor the status of your friends in real-time, chat with them using Google Talk, or call them through the user interface. One of the limitations of Google Latitude is that the IP address location isn’t always accurate. For example, my ISP is based in Detroit so it will report me as being there instead of in Ann Arbor. Regardless, one million within one week is definetely bragging rights for Google. If you haven’t signed up for Google Latitude yet, check it out here: http://www.google.com/latitude/.
Categories Google, Google Latitude, Vic Gundotra
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