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Google+ Rolls Out Ability to Lock Albums from Being Shared

September 8th, 2011
by Brian Krassenstein
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Google+ continues to improve it’s privacy by allowing members to have access to more tools. Today Google rolled out the ability to lock albums so that others can not share them.  Matt Steiner, a lead Google+ engineer, made the following post on Google+ this afternoon explaining the new privacy option: Google+...
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Google+ The Run Away Favorite for Sharing Photos

September 8th, 2011
by Brian Krassenstein
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We all knew that Google+’s ability to share rich, large photos, in an easy fluid manner was a plus for the new social network. We didn’t know, however how overwhelmingly popular it has become compared to other services, among photographers. In a poll posted earlier by Thomas Hawk, he asked “Where...
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Google+ API Coming to Some Developers in a Few Days, Everyone Else, a Few Weeks

September 8th, 2011
by Brian Krassenstein
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There has been much speculation, as of late, on when Google+ will finally release their API. Developers are certainly excited about the potential there is to build upon the Google+ platform, and us in the media are excited to see what could be build around Google’s new social network in the future. Techcrunch...
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2 New Google+ Features Launched Today

September 7th, 2011
by Brian Krassenstein
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Not much has happened in the last few days in terms of changes and additions to Google+. I guess we were all spoiled at the rapid rate of change we saw over the first two months of the social network. Today however, there are a few minor changes being noticed. I want to give thanks to Ryan Crowe once again for pointing...
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Google May Buy Hulu And Other Tv Content Rights: How Will this Help Google+?

September 7th, 2011
by Brian Krassenstein
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Rumors abound that Google may be in the process of making a deal, not only for Hulu itself, but perhaps a multi-year deal for all the content that is currently being distributed on Hulu, plus much more content.  Last week the tech industry got word that Google was one of the major companies bidding on Hulu, possibly...
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New iOS Google+ Application Version 1.0.3.2124 Released

September 6th, 2011
by Brian Krassenstein
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Good news for iOS users out there that have been dying for an update to their Google+ application.  Just moments ago, Google rolled out the latest Google+ app, version 1.0.3.2124 to the Apple App Store.  The new version features re-sharing, meaning that those iPhone users out there now have almost all the functionality...
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iPhone Owners, Import Your Images To Google+ With This New App

September 6th, 2011
by Brian Krassenstein
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For those of you with iPhone’s, there is a new application available which will allow you to import your images from  Facebook, Instagram, Flickr, or Photobucket directly to your Google+ account.  For $0.99 the Google Plus Photo Importer application, created by Dropico, is well worth the money at the App Store,...
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How to Get on the Google+ Suggested Users List & More

September 3rd, 2011
by Brian Krassenstein
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There has been a ton of feedback in the early going about the Suggested Users list on Google+, which launched yesterday afternoon.  Members displayed concern that the list seems incomplete, and is lacking some of the lesser known Google+ users, who post engaging content on a regular basis.  Well, that’s because...
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Who Is On Google+’s Suggested Users List?

September 3rd, 2011
by Brian Krassenstein
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Yesterday Bradley Horowitz announced that Google+ would be rolling out a “Suggested users” list. Well, the list is here to mixed reviews. Many users are a bit frustrated that almost every one of the people on the list are well known individuals who already likely have thousands of people following them....
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Google+ About to Get “Suggested Users List”

September 2nd, 2011
by Brian Krassenstein
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If you are familiar with Twitter, you would know that they have a suggested users section. When a user searches Twitter for a topic, along with tweets, users also are provided with a small list of users related to that topic. On Twitter, those users who come up high for popular keywords, will usually get hundreds...
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