Google+ Reaches 100 Million “Social Network” Users (& How This Is Different From Pa
Yesterday, Google announced that it had 400 million people who had “upgraded” to Google+, a statistic we’ve had updated over time. But...
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Report: Google+ Hits 400 Million Upgraded Accounts
Today a post welcoming Nik Software and updating current Google+ stats. According to Gundotra, 400 million users have “upgraded” to...
Now Filming At Google: “The Internship” With Vince Vaughn & Owen Wilson
We wrote earlier about a new movie, “The Internship,” starring Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson as slightly-older-than-normal Google interns....
Google Strengthens Mobile Photo Presence With Snapseed Acquisition
Nik Software, the makers of popular mobile and desktop app Snapseed. Snapseed is a hybrid app that meshes Photoshop-like editing...
Birthday Reminders From Google+ Now Showing On Google.com
No longer will Google+ users bypass a fellow circlers birthday. A new feature has been released that shows birthday reminders directly on...
Pre-Approved Custom URLs Now Rolling Out On Google+
Earlier this month Google announced the quasi-launch of custom URLs, and today some users have noted that they are available for...
Google Changes Smallest, But All-Pervasive, Element Of Brand Identity – The Favicon
The New Favicon, Enlarged It’s such a small thing — only 16 pixels by 16 pixels — but, when folks are browsing along day-to-day, the...
Report: Major Brand Adoption Of Facebook & Google+ Has Dropped
In its latest Social Share Report, BrightEdge says that 90 of the world’s top brands have Facebook pages and 75 have Google+ pages....
What To Do When 87.5% More Queries Are Blocked: Coping With Firefox 14
One of the more notable changes (from both the user and the marketer’s perspective) is that Firefox will now encrypt all searches made...
Google+ New Management APIs Opening To ‘Hundreds More’ Third Parties
Late last year Google launched third party page management tools for Google+. The initial page management APIs were only opened to a...
Review: Official Google+ App Launched For iPad
Back in May, a sleek, highly visual iPhone app was launched that retooled the entire look of Google+ on mobile. Today Google has finally...
Google’s Developer Dilemma: Open Up Google+ Or Hold On To ‘Something Special’?
The company has been, in the words of Google+ VP Bradley Horowitz, “tentative” in its approach to opening up a complete read-and-write...
Google Takes The Google+ Platform Mobile
Last week Facebook announced they were taking “likes” mobile — this week it’s Google’s turn. One year after launching Google+, the...
Google I/O 2012 Day Two Keynote: Chrome Browser For iOS, Google Drive For iOS & Chrome OS, Goog
Android software/hardware, Google+ and Google Glass(es), we’re expecting today to be all about Chrome, cloud-related news and Google TV....
Google+ Events Lets You Invite All Circles To An Event, Spam Ensues
Yesterday Google announced the promising Google+ Events functionality at Google I/O. However, one feature immediately irked many...
Google+ Turns One: Hits, Misses & What’s Ahead
It’s been a year of hits and misses for Google+, and whether there’s been more of the former or the latter depends on who you ask. Google...
Google+ Users Spend 12 Minutes Per Day ‘In The Stream’
It’s always a bit tricky when hearing Google share usage statistics about Google+, because the company doesn’t typically measure activity...
Google Shows Nexus 7 Tablet, Media-Streaming Device “Q” At Developer Conference
The deep integration of Google’s content store, Google Play, together with its $199 pricing makes the Nexus 7 a direct and formidable...
Google Announces Google+ Events With Google Calendar Integration
Today at Google I/O senior Vice-President of Social Business, Vic Gundotra, announced a long awaited feature for Google+, Google+ Events....
Google +1 Recommendations Rolling Out To All Sites Sporting A +1 Button
In its continued push to Google+-ify the internet, Google is launching +1 recommendations to all +1 buttons across the web. The new...
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