Google recently rolled out a slew of new features aimed to take the work out of messaging, video calling and photo editing. The new features include location sharing, SMS for Hangouts and scheduling capabilities for Hangouts on Air. Photographers can now also create full-size backups of their images and access two new photo filters: HDR… Continue reading Google+ Rolls Out New Photo Editing and Hangout Features and Boasts 300 Million Active Users
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Ask Questions in Real-Time With Google+ Hangouts On Air Live Q&A
Hangouts On Air from Google+ just got a little bit more useful. This platform for live streaming video chats will now feature an interactive Q&A feature, Google product manager Amit Fulay announced on Google+ today. Hangouts On Air is a tool hosted by Google+ that lets you broadcast a group video call over the internet.… Continue reading Ask Questions in Real-Time With Google+ Hangouts On Air Live Q&A
HD Video Coming to a Google+ Hangout Near You
Google has begun rolling out 720p HD video to Google+ Hangouts, vice president of engineering at Google Chee Chew told GigaOM. Over the last few weeks a subset of Hangouts users have received the upgrade, and a complete rollout is likely to come soon. The upgrade to 720p video comes from transitioning Hangouts from the… Continue reading HD Video Coming to a Google+ Hangout Near You
Want to Buffer Your Posts to a Google+ Page? There’s Finally an App for That
Google+, a rising underdog in the world of online social networks, is known for limiting which third-party developers can build productivity tools that feed into Google+. Previously Google has partnered with Adobe, Hootsuite, Salesforce Marketing Cloud, Sprout Social, and other social media management companies to create management tools for Google+ pages. Google+ is slowly opening… Continue reading Want to Buffer Your Posts to a Google+ Page? There’s Finally an App for That
Google+ Never Sounded Sweeter: Now Embed SoundCloud Files into Your Posts
As Google+ aims for a larger, more engaged user base, the service continues to add interactive features to the network. As part of these efforts Google+ has introduced SoundCloud embeds for Google+ posts. Now when you share any SoundCloud URL to Google+, a widget will appear that allows you to play the sound directly within… Continue reading Google+ Never Sounded Sweeter: Now Embed SoundCloud Files into Your Posts
Google+ Now Shows Your Friends’ +1’s in Your Stream
Following May’s total makeover of Google+, Google+ is rolling out a new feature that will highlight posts your friends like. Now, in your Google+ stream you’ll occasionally see posts +1’d by people in your circles, and people in your circles will occasionally see posts you’ve +1’d. Similar to the way Facebook incorporates posts your friends like into… Continue reading Google+ Now Shows Your Friends’ +1’s in Your Stream
Google’s New Local Search: How to get your company on the carousel
With the release of Penguin 2.0 last month, SEOs saw Google’s algorithm favor local search. Soon after, Google introduced their carousel feature for local searches at the top of the Search Engine Results Page (SERP). Though this feature just arrived on desktops, Google has been testing it on iPads and various tablets since December. When users… Continue reading Google’s New Local Search: How to get your company on the carousel
REPORT: Google+ Overtakes Twitter as 2nd Most Popular Social Network in US
While Facebook continues to lead all social networks by a wide margin, Google+ has overtaken Twitter as the 2nd most popular social network in the US, according to a March 2013 Survey by Burst Media of over 2,500 adult US internet users. Despite a lot of early criticism about Google+ being a ghost town, the… Continue reading REPORT: Google+ Overtakes Twitter as 2nd Most Popular Social Network in US
