I can already read your thoughts upon glancing the title above. You are thinking… …Twitter. To be fair, you are not far away. A feature has been released in Google+ to support hashtags, meaning that including one on a post…
Category: Google+ Features
Connect Google+ with YouTube
Some of you may have already come across the ability to connect various social networks (including Facebook and Twitter) to YouTube. The idea is that when you perform an activity on YouTube (comment on a video for example) it’s then…
Decide Who Can Notify You on Google+
Google have released a nice and much needed feature to Google+ allowing us to control who can notify us on the social network. I have to admit it’s been released with good timing as I’ve been subject to a couple…
Google+ Sparks have Disappeared
…or have they? You may have noticed that the original Sparks header vanished from your left sidebar a while ago while the actual Sparks you saved are still there. At first I thought it was a temporary interface error but…
Google+ Game Notifications
When Google+ released games, they made the wise decision of keeping all invitations, gifts and help requests separate to the main feed. This was a case of Google using their common sense and keeping the community happy as a large…
Google+ Hangouts: With Extras
So I was a little excited last night with Google+ going live to the public and overlooked improvements 92 t0 99 as published on the Official Google Blog. I don’t want to simply repeat what has been announced but will…
Google+ Goes Live to the Public!
Yes, you read it correctly. And yes, I am as surprised as you. Google’s social network has been released to the public after being in an invitation beta phase for only 90 days. Vic Gundotra, the Senior Vice-President of Social…
Google+ Follow Suggested Users
It looks like Google+ has borrowed a feature similar to that of Twitter. Newcomers to Google+ are now provided with a “Get Started” list of suggested users to follow, this page is not just restricted to new accounts though and…
Google+ Features Explained in Detail
So I keep putting the argument forward to people that Google+ is going to do what Facebook did to Myspace. They just look at me blankly and ask, “Why?” I tell them about how many members Google+ has already accumulated…