Another day, another update. Dave Cohen, a Google employee, has been leading the technical advance on Google+ Photos. It looks like he’s the right man for the job as we all now have the ability to download pictures off Google…
Month: September 2011
How to: Share Google+ Circles with Other Users
Yet another cool but simple update! You now have the opportunity to share your circles with contacts of your choice on Google+. It personally brought to mind the “Lists” in Twitter but is still a cool feature nonetheless. I imagine…
Remove Inactive Google+ Contacts from Your Circles
In the days when I used to use Twitter on a daily (or hourly) basis, I would Use Qwitter to identify who had stopped following me so I could do the same in return. It sounds immature but I actually used…
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…
Facebook Fights Back Against Google+
This is not strictly Google+ related but indirectly could still have an influence on it’s long term (and even short term) performance. You may have already come across headlines while browsing online but Facebook’s founder, Mark Zuckerberg, has announced new…
Widen Your Google+ Circles: Part 2
The day after Google+ was officially released, the traffic to this blog doubled. A day later and the traffic multiplied by five. I believe this is a strong indicator of Google Plus receiving a great deal of additional sign ups (and…
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…
Has Larry Page Stopped Using Google+? – The Sensible Version…
So you may have already read a few blogs and articles about the CEO of Google, Larry Page, not using his own social network. His last post was made on the 15th of August and it appears that bloggers are eating…
Politicians Arrive to Google+
Steady there, don’t get too excited! Yes, it’s true, the three political leaders of the UK have signed up to Google Plus: David Cameron, Ed Miliband and Nick Clegg. Don’t hold your breath for insightful posts on how the UK…