Tag Archives: Google Plus

Report: Kevin Rose moving within Mountain View, now a partner at Google Ventures

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Have you been wondering what Digg co-founder, Kevin Rose, has been up to since joining the Mountain View team a couple months back? Well, AllThingsD is reporting that Mr. Rose has left his duties as senior product manager of Big G’s social network in…


Google+ is a ghost town, study says

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Google’s emerging social network Google+ may boast big user numbers, but a new study suggests that social activity and user engagement are anything but impressive. Intended to give Google a stronger grip on the massive amount of data shared by users on social networks, Google’s answer to Facebook opened its doors to the public last September. After using some user acquisition methods that seemed a bit desperate, Google revealed in December that Google+ was then home to 62 million users. Google+ boasted an impressive 100 million users as of early April, but according to eCommerce analytics firm RJ Metrics, the social network is not the waterfall of data Google hoped it would be. Fast Company on Tuesday revealed the findings


Google+ adds a better ‘notification experience’ to your email, saves you a few clicks

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Google knows just how much you love to Hangout on its social network, thus it’s doing everything within its mighty power to make things a tad bit easier for you. This time around, the Mountain View crew’s bringing an improved Google+ notification exp…


FBI reportedly pressing for backdoor access to Facebook, Google

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Investigators at the FBI supposedly aren’t happy that social networks like Facebook or Google+ don’t have the same kind of facility for wiretaps that phones have had for decades. If claimed industry contacts for CNET are right, senior staff at the bu…


Google News updated with enhanced Google+ integration, real-time coverage

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The good news is we’re still here — luckily. On a lighter note, though, Google’s sprinkling some new features on top of its headline-loving News page. Via one of its numerous blogs, Big G announced it is boosting the default size of news images on t…


Google Play adds shared song playlist to Music, helps you relive your friends’ terrible taste in tunes

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Remember that funky beat your buddy at work shared with you over Google+? Don’t bother digging through their post history, Mountain View’s music service has you covered with its new “Shared with me” auto-playlist. This self-maintaining list keeps tra…


Google Play adds shared song playlist to Music, helps you relive your friends’ terrible taste in tunes

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Remember that funky beat your buddy at work shared with you over Google+? Don’t bother digging through their post history, Mountain View’s music service has you covered with its new “Shared with me” auto-playlist. This self-maintaining list keeps tra…


Google Play adds shared song playlist to Music, helps you relive your friends’ terrible taste in tunes

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Remember that funky beat your buddy at work shared with you over Google+? Don’t bother digging through their post history, Mountain View’s music service has you covered with its new “Shared with me” auto-playlist. This self-maintaining list keeps tra…


Google Play adds shared song playlist to Music, helps you relive your friends’ terrible taste in tunes

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Remember that funky beat your buddy at work shared with you over Google+? Don’t bother digging through their post history, Mountain View’s music service has you covered with its new “Shared with me” auto-playlist. This self-maintaining list keeps tra…


Google TV YouTube app updated for better recommendations, search and sharing

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It only makes sense that the Google TV initiative to increase personalization would extend to videos served up from its YouTube site, and now the official app has been updated to do just that. The new version brings recommendations meant to pull gems…