This isn’t every single thing there is to know about Google+. That could probably be a book rather than an article, and the Google+ Project has only just begun. If Google has its way, it will live on for years. Or it could go the Google Wave route. It’s just too early to tell.


Do you think Google+ will succeed? Share your thoughts in the comments.

While we’ll no doubt learn plenty more about Google+ as time goes on, here are some quick nuggets to get you a little more acquainted with it.

1. Google+ is currently available on an invitation-only basis.

2. Google does not consider it a Facebook competitor (at least publicly).

3. Google+ is currently available for download as an app in the Android Market.

4. When you download that app, it splits off the “Huddle” feature as a separate app.

5. Users can post status updates, and these appear on the Google Profile under a tab called “Posts”. The +1′s and Buzz tabs remain separate. I have to wonder if we’ll see Buzz and Posts merge eventually.

6. What is available now is “just the beginning” according to Google. These are just the first features or presumably many more to come.

7. Circles is one current feature. It lets you share things with different people (kind of like Facebook Groups) but with a very different user interface.  
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8. Another feature is Sparks. This looks for videos and articles it thinks you’ll like, so “when you’re free, there’s always something to watch, read, and share.” Filter Bubble anyone?




9. Hangouts is another feature. It’s basically group video chat. Google describes it as “the unplanned meet-up.”

10. Instant uploads is a mobile-specific feature. Photos upload themselves as you take them, and are stored in a private area on the cloud.

11. Huddle is another group-conversation feature for mobile. Essentially, it’s group chat.

The Stream

12. The stream is basically the equivalent of the Facebook news feed.

13. When you share something with Google+ it’s added to your stream and the stream of everyone you shared with.

14. The stream shows you what all of your Circles have shared with you.

15. If you mention a user, using the “+” or “@” symbols, the person may receive a notification that you mentioned them.

16. You can see who specific posts were shared with in the stream – whether they were shared publicly, to extended circles, or a limited group.

17. You can filter the stream by specific Circles.

18. You can chat directly in the stream

19. You can report inappropriate content.

20. You can search for people from the search box at the top of the stream.

21. Soon, Google says you’ll be able to search the stream itself from the search box.

22. If you leave comments on a post, you can edit or delete them.

23. The same goes for posts, but you can’t edit a post’s sharing settings after the post has been shared. However, you can delete the post and share again to different circles.

24. You can “reshare” posts made by others (like retweeting).

25. You can “mute” a post. This will let you stop receiving updates from a post, like if the comments get out of control for example.

The Google Social Network

26. You can use the “Google+ Bar” that appears at the top of various Google products as your connection to the social network.

27. When you’re signed in you’ll see your full name or email address displayed with a photo or avatar next to it, to help you identify which account you’re currently signed in to.

28. If you’ve enabled multi sign-in you can sign in to two different Google accounts and switch between them using the Google+ bar.

29. When you sign up for Google+, you’re also signing up for Picasa Web Albums, so all photos and videos uploaded to Google+ (including from your phone via Instant Upload) will also be available in Picasa Web Albums.

30. You can use the Google +1 button from the stream.

31. You can have a ton of friends on Google+. Robert Scoble quickly added over 1,000.

32. The central user interface is very Facebook-esque.

33. Google+ quickly became the butt of a lot of jokes (and even cartoons), but has also received a great deal of praise thus far.

34. With Google+ Google adds a “You” link to the recently redesigned (painted black) navigation bar across Google properties

35. You can view public Google+ content without actually being invited (Danny Sullivan has a guide on how to view it )

36. China is already blocking Google+. That didn’t take long.

37. Invitations have been listed on eBay.

38. There are already privacy concerns about Google+ but the Privacy Guide can be found here.

39. According to the Financial Times article, you can share something within a closed “Circle,” but somone from that circle can then reshare it with anyone, and even make it public.

40.Is Google+ destined to bring real competition to Facebook or will the hype fade? Share your thoughts.

Source : http://www.webpronews.com/google-plus-2011-07

Google+ is based on a radically different approach from the old Google Buzz, the automatic linking function caused a big scandal last year. With Google+ Circles, Google proposes to carefully select which of your contacts, see your profile. Unlike Facebook, which tends to confuse all your "friends" in a large bath that is very difficult to manage the new Google network allows you to organize your contacts in Google groups ("circles") that you create. When you share your personal content, you can choose exactly what circles of friends will have access. Yes, Google Circles + is very similar to the civil aspects of Diaspora and will probably avoid a few gaffes. It will also facilitate the sharing, given that we can communicate its status or content directly to a group of friends from all Google sites, using the new black toolbar that you have probably noticed.


Google+ comes with a more complete messaging system

Who uses Facebook messages? It seems not many people . If the social network was unable to repeat his success with the mail tool of its instant messaging, a competitor like Google+ could successfully do the opposite. Google offers two innovations that go in that direction.
First, allows the user to Click on a mobile, open a chat group with all your friends from the same circle. Ideally, according to Google, to organize an outing at the last minute ...
On the other hand, it will be possible to start video chats very easily : a member creates a "bubble" video chat, and friends are then free to join once the bubble is active. A principle similar to that of Tiny-chat, popular with young people. The ideal social network for mobile phones? Google + will soon be available on Android will and soon for any IOS devices. And perhaps in this way that the company is more likely to impose its new social network. The mobile version of Google + includes most functions of the Web version and adds some specific features for smart phones.
First, a location-based news feeds to receive news from friends in the vicinity. But "who,
what, when, how, where" (phew!), Which is a little Facebook house seats. This tool allows you to post your position with content.
Most innovative, Instant Upload automatically sends a private space that you make the pictures with your mobile and share them more easily later.

While Google is attractive and practical Google+, will have to avoid the empty shell syndrome that now affects Buzz. It will have to Convince regular Facebook users to share content on a new social network and switch to it, and that will not be an easy task: it is difficult to convince users to give up old habits. Oh no! Facebook flows are unlikely to be integrated into Google +! If Google + is well made and​​ has functions for some practical and innovative services , it nevertheless remains that there is not much new in this mix of services comparing to Facebook.

Google getting re-birth on WWW with new look and feel, Google changed its all Products Look and feel, its  change on ever Product of google.

Google is on a roll the weak. It took the tech world by storm with Google+, freshened up the user interface of Google Calendar and just unleashed a new design for Gmail.

Earlier this week, the Google blog promised that there would be a few tweaks coming to the Google homepage, Gmail and other Google applications.

And voila! They're kicking things off by letting you test out a brand new Gmail layout. It has Google's signature coloring all over it, and looks sneakily similar to the insides of Google+.

Text & Images from Gmail Official Blog:

We’re kicking things off with two new themes for you to try out as a sort of sneak peek at what we’re up to. Starting today, you’ll see the “Preview” and “Preview (Dense)” themes in the Themes tab in Gmail Settings. Why two themes? Our new interface will eventually expand dynamically to accommodate different screen sizes and user preferences, but until then you can pick the information density that you prefer.

Here’s what one of the new themes currently looks like:


And in conversation view:


To convert to the new preview, head over to the Gmail settings gear icon in the top right corner, select Mail Settings, and look under "Themes," towards the end of the list.

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It is all Entertainment; all major search engines realized that more than 10% of all Internet search queries are related to entertainment. So, why not create a separate channel for entertainment and music lovers. In June, Microsoft launched a separate vertical for entertainment search queries and integrated in Bing and promoted results for Zune.

Google is also working on something similar and planning to build a music download service of its own.

Both Google and Bing provide links to stream full songs found in search results, but Bing provides additional details on lyrics and buy links. After launching this service, Google will integrate this service to its search engine and music searches on Google will link to full song streams provided by MySpace Music, as well as Twitter updates. This search giant still leads the pack with around 70% of market share for searches in US but when it comes to music, it is none other than Apple, which commands 70% of digital music download sales in the United States. This is the reason why both Microsoft and Google are trying to compete with Apple through their mobile platforms.

You all know Google's latest effort in the Social Networking - Google+ (pronoused "Google Plus"). Its Somthing like Google +1 concept,Google+ is more of a social network, integrated across all the Google sites. This includes Gmail, Google Search, Reader, and Buzz. You can read more about this ambitious project on the official blog post.

In Short What is Google+
Their latest creation is called Google+ and it hopes to bring the “nuance and richness” of real-life sharing and connections to our online world. Unlike Facebook, where all your connections are simply deemed as “friends” and the tools provided for making connections and sharing are very rigid, Google+ will allow for greater flexibility and customization.

Google+ comprises of several new features including Circles, Sparks, Hangouts, Mobile, Location, Instant Upload, and Huddle. The names can be a bit confusing as to what exactly those features entail.

You Want Invitation?
this morning I managed to snag an invitation to the beta program. Google has opened up invites as of this morning (not sure if there’s any limits!), so I’m offering anyone an invite if you’re looking for one. Just post a comment with your email, and mention why you would like to use Google+. I’ll do my best to invite everyone, but might run into a volume limit eventually.
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Google has started to offer their staff use of 30 electric vehicles. These cars are a part of Google’s employee car-sharing program.

As the company explained in its Official Blog on Thursday, these cars are a mixture of Nissan Leafs and Chevy Volts and only available in the USA.

The company now offers more than 200 chargers for electric vehicles at its Mountain View, California, Googleplex campus and plans to add 250 more soon. Google’s goal is to electrify 5% of its parking spaces. The company has about 23,000 employees, and most of them are stationed at the Googleplex.
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Saving an attachment that received through a Gmail account on a Samsung Galaxy S might be a mystery for a lot of users. If you’re not a tech savvy and are not aware of all the features that the Android platform and Samsung Galaxy S can offer, here is a small tip on how you can save any kind of attachment.
Every document received through the Gmail account, it is automatically opened by the ThinkOffice application, either you’re using the Gmail application or the Internet browser.

If your attachment is a document file compatible with ThinkOffice, after the attachment is opened through the application you can click in the menu on the File option and choose to save to the SD card.
It seems that within the Gmail application, the save feature is dependent on file type, so if you have a picture file as attachment instead of a document file, you can click Options and download or preview.
Most of the attachments can be downloaded by using the web browser, rather then the integrated Gmail application.
Still, the easiest way to download and save any kind of attachments on the SD card is to install a third-party file manager.
If you’re not yet familiar with the Astro File Manager, then you should know that this one of the most popular file managers on the Android Market.
After installing the application, simply go to Preferences and select the option that enables browser download.
This option will enable users the ability to save any kind of attachment via Gmail application, so you won’t need to use the web browser every time.
Some users are simply using the Gmail through their web browser thinking that this is the quickest way to save and download attachments on their SD cards.
Still, I believe that the Astro app is a mich better choice, as the third-party application can be used for other tasks too.

Google has started rolling out the Android 2.3.3 OTA (on-the-air ) update for Nexus S and Nexus One devices. If you are still waiting to receive the update for your device then you can download and manually install the Android 2.3.3 on Nexus S.


Follow the instructions given below to manually install Android 2.3.3 on your Nexus S deivce:

1. Download the Android 2.3.3 update from here or here.
2. Rename the file to update.zip.
3. Copy the update.zip file to your phone’s internal storage.
4. Now turn off the phone and turn it on by holding the Power and Volume Up at the same time to access the bootloader.
5. Now use the Volume keys to navigate to recovery and press Power to execute.
6. When you’ll see a triangle with an exclamation point, hold down the Power button and hit the Volume up button for the recovery menu to appear.
7. Now use the volume keys and go down to “apply update from /sdcard” and press power to start the update.
8. Now select “reboot system now” option to reboot your phone.
9. That’s it. Your device is now powered by Android 2.3.3 Gingerbread.

The Google +1 button makes it easy for visitors to recommend your pages to friends and contacts exactly when their advice is most useful on Google search. As a result, you could get more and better qualified site traffic. +1 is shorthand for “this is pretty cool” or “you should check this out.” Let visitors recommend your pages right in Google search results and help your site stand out

See +1’s


Sometimes it’s easier to find exactly what you’re looking for when someone you know already found it. Get recommendations for the things that interest you, right when you want them, in your search results.

The next time you’re trying to remember that bed and breakfast your buddy was raving about, or find a great charity to support, a +1 could help you out. Just make sure you’re signed in to your Google Account.

Show +1’s

In order to +1 things, you first need a public Google profile. This helps people see who recommended that tasty recipe or great campsite. When you create a profile, it’s visible to anyone and connections with your email address can easily find it.

 Your +1’s are stored in a new tab on your Google profile. You can show your +1’s tab to the world, or keep it private and just use it to personally manage the ever-expanding record of things you love around the web.

For webmasters and programmers who want to customize the +1 button for their website, you can read all the instructions on this page : Google Code for +1 button API
Source : Google +1 Button