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Oct 7, 2011 3:21 AM CDT

Google Bosses Not Using Google+

Only 2 of top 18 Googlers are active users of service

(Newser) - The top layer of management at Google doesn't seem to have warmed to to Google+, blogs Michael Degusta at the understatement . Out of the company's top 18 execs, only two can be considered active users of the social networking service, he finds. Five others are minimal users, including...

Google+
Membership
Skyrockets

Sep 28, 2011 6:16 AM CDT

Google+ Membership Skyrockets

Traffic up 1,269% after membership opened up

(Newser) - Google+ ditched its invite-only policy last week and was rewarded with a massive surge in traffic—a 1,269% rise, according to Experian Hitwise. The Internet metrics company believes that on the day after the policy changed, Google overtook Twitter to become the third-most popular social media site in the...

You Don't Need an Invite
for Google+ Anymore

Sep 21, 2011 9:39 AM CDT

You Don't Need an Invite for Google+ Anymore

New Hangouts features introduced as well

(Newser) - If you’re one of those poor, sad souls who couldn’t get a friend to hook you up with a Google+ invitation, good news: It's your lucky day. As of yesterday anyone can sign up for Google’s social networking service, Ars Technica reports. Google still considers the...

Facebook Should Worry About Google+ Games

Aug 12, 2011 10:47 AM CDT

Facebook Should Worry About Google+ Games

Social network to offer Angry Birds, Sudoku, more

(Newser) - With 25 million users, Google+ is still far behind Facebook's 750 million, but yesterday Google introduced a powerful new addition that could quickly make it a more formidable social networking threat: games. There's no FarmVille or CityVille—two of the most popular games that are exclusive to Facebook—...

Google+ Banning
'Wrong' Names

Jul 26, 2011 11:15 AM CDT

Google+ Banning 'Wrong' Names

But standards are not clear: Gawker

(Newser) - Planning to join the 20 million users of Google+ ? Better hope that your name passes muster. The newest social network is closing accounts for various name-related reasons, some of which are raising the eyebrows of bloggers like Ryan Tate . Though the official Google standard is to "use the...

Google+ Takes Off
With 20M Visitors

Jul 22, 2011 1:34 PM CDT

Google+ Takes Off With 20M Visitors

Impresses observers after 3 weeks online

(Newser) - Google’s new social networking site, Google+, has gotten an impressive 20 million unique visitors in its first 3 weeks online; of those, 5 million are from the US. And that’s with access still limited only to those who have been invited by other members—and without any advertising...

Google+ App
Now on iPhone

Jul 19, 2011 5:32 PM CDT

Google+ App Now on iPhone

Adds pop-up notifications, photo uploads

(Newser) - Google+ has arrived as a free app for your iPhone. Its user interface is similar to Facebook’s, writes Josh Lowensohn at CNET , and it improves upon the mobile-browser version. It provides a way to upload photos from your phone, but it lacks video chat, and “the Circles organizing...

William Shatner
Booted From
Google+

Jul 18, 2011 1:46 PM CDT

William Shatner Booted From Google+

Relax, he's back now

(Newser) - Google+ isn't off to the most celeb-friendly of starts: William Shatner found himself blocked from the social network today, TechCrunch reports. The actor's explanation, via Twitter: "My Google+ account was flagged for violating standards. Saying hello to everyone apparently is against the rules maybe I should say...

Circles? Sparks?
How to Master
the World of
Google+

Jul 17, 2011 5:45 PM CDT

Circles? Sparks? How to Master the World of Google+

Google's new social media platform is no Facebook clone

(Newser) - You're a pro with lingo like "friends" and "walls." Too bad that vocabulary won't help you get up to speed on Google+, whose bread and butter is Circles, Hangouts, and Sparks. Writing for the Huffington Post , Craig Kanalley pulls together 15 confusion-busting tips for Google+...

Google+ Could Be
'Education Game Changer'

OPINION

Jul 14, 2011 3:33 PM CDT

Google+ Could Be 'Education Game Changer'

Teachers can connect with students without privacy issues: Liz Dwyer

(Newser) - Count another one for the Google+ camp: Liz Dwyer at Good writes that the new social networking tool "could end up being a serious education game changer." Google's format allows teachers to set up specific "circles" just for students or classrooms, eliminating those "weird privacy...

Google+ to Let Users
Keep Gender Private

Jul 14, 2011 10:02 AM CDT

Google+ to Let Users Keep Gender Private

Site wants the information, but it can be hidden

(Newser) - As Google works out its social-networking kinks, it has announced a new privacy setting: Google+ users will soon be able to keep their gender hidden from others. "Gender can be a sensitive topic, especially on the Internet," says a Google product manager in an online video. Starting this...

Google+ at 10M Users, Analyst Says

Jul 13, 2011 4:15 AM CDT

Google+ at 10M Users, Analyst Says

Social network set to double in size by the weekend

(Newser) - Google says it is testing Google+ with "a small number of people," but one analyst trying to keep tabs says the social network's population is exploding so fast he can barely keep up. Based on surname analysis, Ancestry.com founder Paul Allen says the social network probably...

Google+ Runs
Out of Space,
Spams Users

Jul 11, 2011 1:46 PM CDT

Google+ Runs Out of Space, Spams Users

Fortunately, problem was only temporary

(Newser) - After all sorts of good Google+ press , a bit of the bad kind: Users were spammed with numerous error messages this weekend after Google+ ran out of storage space. A senior VP of the service apologized on his own Google+ page, explaining, "For about 80 minutes we ran out...

MySpace Creator: We Had Video Chat Years Ago

Jul 7, 2011 1:00 PM CDT

MySpace Creator: We Had Video Chat Years Ago

People weren't ready for it then, but they are now: Tom Anderson

(Newser) - News that Facebook is teaming up with Skype must have sounded like deja vu to MySpace founder Tom Anderson. In a Google+ post , he notes that MySpace partnered with Skype in 2007 and had video chats three years before that, reports PC Magazine . But Anderson isn't joining the critics...

For Once, Facebook
Looks Vulnerable

OPINION

Jul 6, 2011 7:35 PM CDT

For Once, Facebook Looks Vulnerable

Google+ puts its rival on defensive: Rolfe Winkler

(Newser) - Facebook unveiled its video chat today with the usual fanfare, but it looked to Rolfe Winkler like a "hasty response" to Google's social networking venture. "Facebook suddenly looks vulnerable," writes Winkler at the Wall Street Journal . "This could be bad news for investors who have...

Jul 5, 2011 7:39 AM CDT

Most Popular User on Google+ Is ... Zuckerberg

Facebook founder has more followers than anyone else

(Newser) - How's this for irony: Google+ is a Facebook competitor ... but its most popular user is none other than Mark Zuckerberg. Zuck hasn't even posted to Google+ yet, the Atlantic notes, but according to tracking service Social Statistics , he has amassed the most followers; in second is Larry Page....

'Insane Demand'
Halts Google+
Invitations

Jul 1, 2011 1:40 AM CDT

'Insane Demand' Halts Google+ Invitations

'Mark Zuckerberg' signed up before cutoff

(Newser) - Google's new social networking project has already won far more buzz than Buzz ever did. Google+ users were briefly allowed to invite friends to join the service but the option only lasted a few hours as demand skyrocketed, the Los Angeles Times reports. "Insane demand," posted the...

How Google Can
Trump Facebook

ezra klein

Jun 30, 2011 4:30 PM CDT

How Google Can Trump Facebook

It gives us a chance to start fresh with social networking: Ezra Klein

(Newser) - Google's new plunge into social networking hasn't exactly been met with unanimous praise in the tech world. But Ezra Klein at the Washington Post sees one distinct advantage that Google+ has over goliath Facebook: It gives people "the opportunity to start over online," he writes. Facebook...

Google Launches
Social Network

Jun 28, 2011 3:08 PM CDT

Google Launches Social Network

But Facebook shouldn't worry too much: Danny Sullivan

(Newser) - Google's highly anticipated social networking project is here—and it's interesting, but "far from a Facebook-killer," writes Danny Sullivan at Search Engine Land . (For starters, it's named Google+, which, as Sullivan points out, is awful: "Google+? Google+! I can’t even question or exclaim...