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After releasing ‘What’s Hot” on Google+ just weeks ago (which highlights the most popular posts),. 

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After announcing impending updates to Google Reader last week, it seems that the changes have finally taken place,. 

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Several new updates have been implemented into Google+ this week, one being What’s Hot On Google+. This. 

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Google Plus Hangouts Gets a Facelift

By Zoheb Hajiyani | On Friday, December 23rd, 2011 - 1 Comment »
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Last week, the Google Plus team announced some major overhauls to the new social network’s most popular feature- hangouts. Hangouts has been one of my favorite features on Google Plus, and some of the new features look to make hangouts even more useful. Like a post? Turn it into a hangout! Google Plus’s layout serves as a great platform for discussions- and status updates (text,. 

Google+ Adds Trending Topics To Search

By Aly Juma | On Monday, November 21st, 2011 - No Comments »
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After releasing ‘What’s Hot” on Google+ just weeks ago (which highlights the most popular posts), Google+ has added the more standard Trending Topics to their search results, so you can see what the hot topic’s for conversations are on the network. Twitter anyone? To access Trending Topics you simply need to do a search in Google+ and on the right hand side will. 

Google+ Pages: New Tools and Future Features

By Aly Juma | On Wednesday, November 16th, 2011 - 1 Comment »
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There are several updates to share in regards to Google+ Pages, as Google continues to improve their latest addition to the network. The first bit of news was the integration of a range of third party tools to allow you to easily manage your pages, along with the rest of your social media portals. These tools include: BuddyMedia, Context Optional, Hearsay Social, Hootsuite, Involver, and. 

No Ads On Google+ & More On Brand Pages

By Aly Juma | On Friday, November 11th, 2011 - 3 Comments »
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A recent statement  by +Christian Oestlien during a keynote address for ad:tech New York, said there are no plans for ads in Google+. Aside from the recently introduced pages for brands, Oestlien believes there are other ways to approach the consumer brand relationship. “Social marketing is not about doing something completely new. It’s about improving everything you already. 

Mark Zuckerberg vs. Bradley Horowitz (Interviews)

By Aly Juma | On Wednesday, November 9th, 2011 - No Comments »
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A recent interview by Charlie Rose hosted Mark Zuckerberg and Sheryl Sandberg of Facebook to talk about the impending “war” between Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google. You can see an excerpt of the interview below and a full transcript here (note: second video autoplays) Of course, Zuckerberg takes a dig at Google and their own “little version of Facebook” when discussing. 

Google Plus launches Pages for Brands & Businesses

By Zoheb Hajiyani | On Monday, November 7th, 2011 - 8 Comments »
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+BREAKING: Google Plus has finally launched a platform for businesses and brands to actively interact with their customers via Google Pages. Via the official google blog, +Vic Gundotra mentions: People + pages, better together  Google+ has always been a place for real-life sharing, and Google+ Pages is no exception. After all: behind every page (or storefront, or four-door sedan) is a. 

UPDATES: +1 Photos, YouTube Integration & New Extensions

By Aly Juma | On Friday, November 4th, 2011 - 3 Comments »
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What a surprise, Google+ with more updates this week as they focus on photos, YouTube, and a few more chrome extensions. Let’s check them out below. 1. Now You Can +1 Photos A simple but highly requested feature was announced Thursday in a post by +Vincent Mo. The update essentially allows you to +1 photos once you have clicked on them to see them in the photo viewer. Now you will. 

Users Unhappy With New Google Reader

By Aly Juma | On Wednesday, November 2nd, 2011 - 3 Comments »
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After announcing impending updates to Google Reader last week, it seems that the changes have finally taken place, as Google Reader now sports a new design (seen below) and revamped sharing features. My post last week was met with some strong reactions against the integration with Google+, as it seems there was a healthy, niche community who loved the social options already integrated in. 

Google App Users Can Now Sign Up For Google+

By Aly Juma | On Monday, October 31st, 2011 - No Comments »
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Google Apps Users are now able to sign up for Google+ accounts, after your account admin enables access. For some this may be done automatically, if your settings are setup to do so. If not, the manual activation is pretty straightforward, just follow these steps. An administrator needs to login to the Google Apps dashboard Navigate to the “Organizations & Users” section.