Google+ execs told us a long time ago that Google+ wasn't supposed to be a social network. It WAS supposed to be a universal login for all Google's products.
Google has added 24 new features to its Google+ service and updated its beautiful Android and iOS apps in yet another show of commitment to the social network.
Google today released an Android version of the sophisticated photo-editing application Snapseed, a product it picked up in its acquisition of photography software developer Nik Software. The company also updated the Snapsneed app for iOS to make it free.
Snapseed’s …
Google has rolled out a brand new feature for its Google+ social network today, which brings the ability to form groups based around a specific interest, organization, or passion.
Along with announcing a new Communities feature for Google+ today, Google also finally gave us some updated stats on Google+.
Today, Google gave its Hangouts video chat app an updated look and feel, including a new sidebar, a new tool for app interaction, and new notifications.
Google has taken its integrations one step further and made it incredibly easy to share files from Google Drive to Google+.
How many active users does Google+ really have?
Google bought "photography first" mobile app developer Nik Software today, meaning Google now owns Instagram competitor Snapseed. But while Snapseed will give Google those sepia filters, it also provides an arsenal of photography apps the company can use for its social network, Google+.
Google's Project Glass might be the latest form of "walking in someone else's shoes." While it gives us a new way to see the world, it lets outsiders see the world through others' eyes. What better week to see through someone else's eyes than Fashion Week.
Google has added business-focused features to its Google+ social network including restricted posts, video Hangout integration with Calendar, and better administrative controls.
Google's getting political this year; the company is bringing all the drama, dirt, and hyperbole of the Democratic and Republican national conventions directly to you in a series of wonky Google+ hangouts.
Google and the NFL have teamed up to make fantasy football more real for pigskin fanatics everywhere.
Wednesday, in advance of the 2012 football season, the companies announced that they’re adding Google+ hangouts to fantasy football pages. The team-up will …
Well, would you look at that. Google+, the oft-criticized social network from search giant Google, is growing remarkably fast.
Google+ picked up 66 percent more unique visitors between November and June for a total of 110.7 million visitors in June, …
Maker Camp launched on Google today to bring virtual summer camp to kids around the country. The program is sponsored by MAKE magazine and consists of a 30-day curriculum run on the Google + platform.
Every weekday morning, a new …
Google’s gorgeous new iPad app for its Google+ social network is now live in the App Store, the company announced today on its blog.
The company introduced the app for iPad at its recent I/O conference. And it’s a wonderful-looking …
Those little Google +1 buttons you see littered across the web now double as handy indicators that tell you more content you might like — be it apps or articles — is just a click away.
That’s because, Google, as …
The Chrome Web Store will now start dishing out app recommendations based on the apps your Google+ friends have upvoted. Let’s hope your friends aren’t all just closet Angry Birds addicts, right?
Google+ has long been the cornerstone of Google’s …
Google+ is better than Facebook — at mobile.
Google released a tablet version of its mobile application for the Google+ social network at its Google I/O developer conference. And even though Vic Gundotra’s Google+ presentation was the least exciting and …
What a difference a year makes. Instead of insinuating that it was eating Apple for lunch, Google this year sent a message to consumers, developers, and the media at its Google I/O conference this week that its appetite for mobile …
Stop the dadgum presses! Googler Louis Gray just told us about a new Google+ feature that you won’t read about anywhere else.
Called Google+ History, this new API will let you add past statuses, updates, purchases, pictures, and more to …
Google announced some major milestones as well as some fun new toys for its Google+ social network at the Google I/O developer conference today.
Google+ now has more than 250 million total accounts and more than 150 million monthly active …
As Google’s social network service Google+ comes up to its first anniversary, the company is finally ready to launch a native application for its Android OS platform.
“We now have more users engaging with Google+ from mobile than desktop. That’s …
Popular digital magazine app Flipboard is getting some attention from Google in the form of Google+ API support, the company announced today at the Le Web 2012 conference in London.
The support will give Flipboard users access to content streams …
Google surprised a lot of people last fall when it announced that it was buying restaurant ratings company Zagat. Now, Google is finally making some moves with the buy via Google+ Local, an overhaul of Google’s local search.
With the …
Google has updated its Google+ app for Android with beautiful new flourishes and the ability to start a video chat Hangout on the go, the company announced today.
The app update makes a lot of sense in light of Google+’s …
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Google+ is succeeding in small bursts, feature by feature. As a social network competing with Facebook it’s a flop, but its video-chat tool Hangouts is a winner. Now photo sharing is poised to be the service’s next breakout hit, thanks …
Channeling the design aesthetic of today’s hit mobile app makers, Google has released a bold, new version of its Google+ iPhone application that’s a beauty to behold.
“We’re embracing the sensor-rich smartphone (with its touchable screen and high-density display), and …
Another day, another improvement for Google+, the circle social network from Google — except today’s Google+ update might actually have you spending less time on the social site.
Starting Tuesday, Google+ is getting more fully integrated with Gmail, meaning that …
Google’s Hangouts group video-chat on Google+ continues to be the social network’s most compelling feature. Today, Google is opening up the Hangouts On Air feature to all users, allowing them to broadcast their video chat sessions for the world to …
Google is trying really hard to get people interested in Google+’s group video-chat feature, Hangouts. The company has brought on celebrities, political figures, and is now trying to attract its own Silicon Valley neighbors to participate on the social network …
Ever wanted to lead a ball through a maze and learn about Google Maps at the same time? Me too. Google has released its Google Cube game, to be played once and forgotten.
It’s fun to play for novice gamers …
The above picture shows us exactly what it’s like to be grilled by famed interviewer Charlie Rose. It was taken with Google’s Project Glass headset by Sebastian Thrun, the man spearheading Google’s next-gen innovations at Google X, during his interview …
As if Google hasn’t launched enough stuff already today, the company has just announced the Google+ share button.
This new tool can be embedded on your website or blog and will allow you and your visitors to easily share content …
Google+ is an interesting place for photographers to share their art, according to many photogs we’ve spoken with. So it seems fitting that the first Google+ focused conference would be all about photography.
“There is no more vibrant online community …
Continuing efforts to push its new social network into the mainstream, Google will live stream this year’s Republican National Convention on Google+, the company announced in a blog post today.
Google+ will also serve as the official social platform for …
Despite multiple reports to the contrary, Google+ is not a ghost town, according to chief executive Larry Page in a statement to investors Thursday.
Page, who’s held the CEO title for one year now, said that the company’s fledgling social …
Google is showing off some new Hangout-themed apps today. From play games and goofing around to getting serious work done, the apps use the Google+ social video tool to make the most of face-to-face, real-time interaction.
New Hangout games include …
Google may be getting ready to launch its own third-party commenting system that will tie into the company’s other services.
According to a report from The Next Web, Google’s commenting system is said to be heavily integrated with its Google+ …
A company that makes 96 percent of its revenue from advertising is becoming a massive media buyer itself — and in a far more traditional sense than one might at first anticipate.
In 2011, Google spent nearly $70 million on …
