New Delhi: Google+ has announced to roll out its 'Hangouts On Air' feature to all Google+ users worldwide. This feature lets Google Plus users to go live in front of a global audience. By checking "Enable Hangouts On Air," users can broadcast their live hangouts " from their Google+ streams, YouTube channels or websites " to the entire world. During the broadcast, users can actually look inside the hangout to...
12:39 PM, May 08, 2012
New Delhi: Almost 10 months and 170 million users later Google's fledgeling social networking initiative Google Plus has gone for its first major makeover. The most recent changes seems to have been triggered by the fact that in spite of its large user base, people spend very less time on Google Plus as compared to other leading social networking services such as Facebook and Twitter. Google says the new Google...
10:20 PM, Apr 11, 2012
California: Google is relaxing a requirement that real names be used on its Plus social network. Many people have been seeking the right to set up accounts using nicknames or pseudonyms, but Google has been suspending them when it knows of violations. Google said Monday that it will now allow nicknames and pseudonyms, as well as maiden names and names in non-Latin scripts. There's a catch, though. Google may still...
11:41 AM, Jan 24, 2012
New York: Google's online social networking service 'Google Plus' has crossed 90 million users mark since its launch in June. Google Plus now has attracted 90 million users, reflecting the huge interest in the social networking site which was opened to the public on September 20. That more than doubles the 40 million that Google reported in October. Earlier, Google Plus service was available only through invitation as part of...
04:41 PM, Jan 23, 2012
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05:54 PM, Jan 15, 2012
San Francisco: Google is sifting through the photos and commentary on its blossoming social network so its Internet search results can include more personal information. The additional personal touches that began to roll out Tuesday mark another step toward one of Google's most ambitious goals. The Internet search leader eventually hopes to know enough about each of its users so it can tailor its results to fit the unique interests...
07:05 AM, Jan 11, 2012
London: Google's social networking site Google Plus will have more than 400 million users by the end of 2012, a researcher has said. The service that opened for all users in September has passed the 62 million mark, the Daily Mail said. American analyst Paul Allen has said 625,000 members were signing up every day, and the number would rapidly increase because 700,000 Android devices are being bought every day....
12:58 PM, Dec 31, 2011
New Delhi: Social networking sites such as Facebook have emerged as the new "honey trap" set by enemy spies prompting the government to ask senior officials of paramilitary and armed forces to stop flaunting their career information or at best stay away from such web sites. Cases of such cyber espionage have come to light where officials of paramilitary forces posted in sensitive areas were found chatting with spies from...
11:21 AM, Dec 19, 2011
San Francisco: Google's social networking service is now open for businesses. The expansion, announced on Monday, is the latest feature on Google's Plus service to imitate what's already available on Facebook, the leading website for sharing with family, friends and businesses. Google Inc. unveiled Plus in late June to counter Facebook's popularity and learn more about people's interests. It hopes to gain insights that will help its dominant Internet search...
08:06 AM, Nov 08, 2011
Raleigh: Elvis Presley and Marilyn Monroe, both long dead, get new lives in an online game aimed at the 40-and-over crowd that seeks to tap into the Hollywood legends' eternal, and lucrative, popularity. Presley and Monroe are both "starring" characters in Entertainment Games' episodic, free-to-play adventures of Retro World, which will launch on Facebook on November 8 before expanding to Google+ and tablet devices. But in an unusual twist, Presley...
12:49 PM, Nov 05, 2011
New Delhi: Opening a new page in the I-innovate-you-copy online saga, Twitter has announced Twitter Stories. Available on stories.twitter.com the idea is quite similar to Facebook Stories and to some extent Google Search Stories. The first series of Twitter stories include how "a single Tweet that helped save a bookstore from going out of business; an athlete who took a hundred of his followers out to a crab dinner; and,...
03:18 PM, Nov 02, 2011
New Delhi: Google is now alerting Gmail users about the impending retirement of its Buzz service. The notification in a yellow box reads, "Google Buzz is going away, but your posts are yours to keep" and directs users to a page that provides further information on how users can port their Google Buzz data. Google had, about two weeks ago, announced that it is shutting down the controversial social networking...
02:01 PM, Oct 27, 2011
New York: Internet firm Google's online social networking service 'Google Plus' has crossed 40 million users mark since its launch in June. Google Plus now has attracted 40 million users, reflecting the huge interest in the social networking site which was opened to the public on September 20. Earlier, the service was available only through invitation as part of trial runs. Interestingly, rival Facebook Inc took three years to reach...
02:26 PM, Oct 24, 2011
New Delhi: On a promotional blitzkreig, Shah Rukh Khan is leaving no stones unturned for the promotion of his super hero science fiction flick RA.One. He has endorsed products, launched video games, taken a metro ride in New Delhi and attended innumerable press briefings. The latest promotional trick out of his hat is a chat with his fans on Google Plus Hangout where he will talk more about his role...
02:18 PM, Oct 20, 2011
New Delhi: September seems to be the month where many of Internet's biggest services are rolling out improvements and tools. After Facebook, Google Plus and Twitter's turn to add some new frills and functionality, it's now YouTube's turn. In a bid to foster the creation of video content, YouTube has introduced three new features to empower YouTubers and to facilitate video content creation. The world's largest video sharing service now...
10:09 AM, Sep 22, 2011
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