Like Kanye West at the MTV Video Music Awards, memes have burst onto the internet and refuse to leave, no matter how annoying you might find them. Before, you had to have some minor knowledge of Photoshop or at least know the url …
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Google+ Adds Some Bells and Whistles to Live-Video Hangouts
One of the cooler features of the new-ish Google+ social network is the ability to hold “Hangouts”—live, multi-person video chats. Today, Google unveiled some new Hangout-specific additions to the service.
For starters, …
Google+ Adds New ‘Find My Face’ Facial Recognition Feature for Photos
Now Google+ will automatically look for your face in your friends’ pictures—provided all of you opt into the system.
Who’s Top of the Google+ Charts? Britney, of Course
Everyone who’s been hoping and praying for a Britney Spears comeback all these years, you finally have your wish…well, kind of. While the former pop princess may not be back to her days of musical ubiquity just yet–personally, …
YouTube Gets a Google+ Facelift
Google+ integration, a new dashboard and a gray makeover are already showing up for a few select users.
New Google Reader: Improvement or Total Disaster?
Google just released the new version of its popular RSS reader, Google Reader, and the Internet is, well, not too happy about it. The online petition to bring back the old Reader currently has more than 9,000 signatures. The Twitterverse is a cacophony of Google Reader hate. At this rate, it won’t be long before angry techies are burning …
‘What’s Hot’? Google+ Adds ‘Ripples’ Feature and More
It’s taken a few months, but Google+ is finally rolling out its version of Twitter’s “trending topics” feature, with the somewhat unimaginative title of “What’s Hot.” But the truly interesting new feature introduced is Ripples, which visualizes how things get shared across the burgeoning network.
Both features were introduced via the …
Google Giving ‘Buzz’ the Axe
Everyone’s favorite Twitter clone that never really went anywhere is being put to sleep sometime in the next few weeks. Google Buzz was launched in February of 2010, immediately ran into trouble for opting every Gmail user into the service, and ended up paying out an $8.5 million settlement later that year. It’s seen a lot of hoopla for …
Dalai Lama Joins South African Nobel Laureate in Google+ Hangout
These days, social media is circumventing politicians and bureaucracies in ways they could have never have imagined. Thanks to the Internet, the Dalai Lama joined Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu for the Archbishop’s 80th birthday – via Google+. No visa, plane tickets or government intervention required.
The …
Are Companies Being Anti-Social with Twitter and Facebook?
The problem with most corporate social media strategies, according to one expert, is that they’re just not social enough, they’re actually anti-social, and that that will lead to “social blindness” and a downturn in overall brand loyalty if left unchecked.
Brian Solis, a new media analyst from Altimeter, believes that corporate social …
Why Have People Stopped Posting on Google+?
So young, so promising. It was in its prime, and stood to reap the rewards of all of Facebook’s flaws—and in a weird twist, made Facebook copy Google+ for some of its newest “changes.”
But the fact of the matter is, public posts on Google+ have decreased 41 percent since the social networking service launched a few months ago. …
