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Google Changes Privacy Terms. Can Now Combine Every Piece of Data About You To Create One Profile
Jan 25th
Google today changed its privacy policies and terms and it seems that they are now gearing up against Twitter, Facebook and Apple for delivering the most relevant information. The company has now combined over seventy different policies into one that mentions that Google now has the ability to combine any information it has about you into one single profile to help you get more relevant results. Read More
Google+ Gets Games
Aug 12th
We knew that this was coming, but today Google has confirmed that social gaming is now a part of the Google+ social project. Google wants to make playing games just as fun and entertaining as in real life, and the games on Google+ unlike Facebook give you complete control. Google Shuts Down Realtime, Will Incorporate Realtime Social Searches in Google+
Jul 4th
Back in December 2009, Google launched Google Realtime, a service that displayed trending topics from around the globe on social networking sites. You could search for any topic, and Google would index sites like Twitter, Facebook, Foursquare, and more to display relevant social information. Read More
Google Sparks – Discover New Relevant Content [Google+]
Jun 29th
Google Sparks helps Google+ users discover new content that spark interest in them. Spark is basically an online content sharing engine that makes it easier to find content that will interest you, and also makes it easier to share interesting articles with circles on Google+. You can choose any topic that sparks interest in you, and the engine will scan the web to deliver a feed of ‘engaging content’ that will be relevant to your topic. Read More
Google Makes it Easier to Upload Photos With Google Instant Upload [Google+]
Jun 29th
If you find it hard to always keep photos captured from your mobile device in sync with your computer, Google’s new Instant Upload might help you. Google Instant Upload makes it easy for you to quickly store and share photos from your mobile device with friends and family. By setting permissions to allow Instant Upload, you can upload each and every photo taken from your mobile device to an album privately stored in the cloud as you take them. Read More
Google Huddle – Group Messaging Network [Google+]
Jun 29th
Google today introduced Google+, its very own social network. Along with Google+ comes Google Huddle, a group messaging service that can be used to chat with multiple people on Google+ at the same time. Huddle can only be used to chat with people in a particular circle. Multiple users can post messages, and build up the conversation. Huddle also works with mobile devices, and makes communicating, discussing, sharing, collaborating, and meeting with different people easy at the same time. Read More
Google Circles – Share Information With Selected People
Jun 29th
A part of the recent Google+ social project is Google Circles. With Google Circles, you can share information with only the people you want. You can create different circles using Google+ like friends, family, co-workers, biking group team-mates, and so on. Instead of sharing information with everyone, you can share information with only relevant people in circles. Read More
Google Realtime Search Adds Quora, Facebook, Gowalla, and Buzz
Apr 27th
Google’s realtime search feature allows you to search for queries in realtime. The realtime search engine usually featured results and links from Twitter, and sometimes Facebook, but today Google has added Quora, Gowalla, Buzz, and Facebook to its roster of services that provide results for realtime searches. Read More
Google Search Gets More Social With +1, Competes With Facebook
Mar 30th
Google has been making changes to its search engine to make it even more social. Today, the search engine giant has introduced +1 – a new social feature that allows you to +1 an article, video, website, and other things. As all +1 data is public, people connected with you will be able to notice the items you’ve +1′d and would consider that you liked the item. Read More
