14
Jul
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Google+ App Gets Update, Brings Fixes For Swype, Huddles, Circles, And More

Posted by in Applications, News

The Google+ app received an updated today that brings about several much-needed enhancements, bug fixes, and performance improvements. Have a look at the changelog:

  • Customize the main stream view to show streams from individual circles
  • Fixed some issues encountered by users with the Swype keyboard
  • Set permissions for who can start a huddle with you
  • If someone you've never huddled with before invites you to a group huddle, you can now dismiss the invitation (without blocking them)
  • New UI allows adding multiple people or entire circles to an existing group huddle
  • Set photo as wallpaper
  • Performance improvements and bug fixes throughout the app

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The update hasn't made it to the Web Market just yet, but you can pull it directly from your device.

05
Jul
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Editorial: Google+ Will (Probably) Never Overtake Facebook - But It Doesn't Matter

Posted by in Android OS, Editorials

Got you on the title for a second, didn't I? With all the buzz (har har) surrounding Google+ lately, there's been near endless speculation about whether the new social network will have what it takes to "defeat" its biggest competitor: Facebook. In fact, it seems taken for granted that Google+ and Facebook are like oil and water - two things that simply cannot co-exist in harmony. As you may have guessed from my title, I think this is an absolutely silly discussion. Let's talk about just why that is.

Two Internets

Well, there's not really "two internets." But for the purpose of our discussion here, I'm going to characterize Facebook and Google as two separate "internets" (or, if you will - interwebs).

03
Jul

[Weekend Poll] Can Google+ Succeed?

Posted by in Off-Topic, Polls
Last Updated: September 3rd, 2011

This is the latest in our Weekend Poll series. For last week's, see How Much Cellular Data Does Your Device Use Per Month?

This week, Google revealed its most serious attempt at social networking yet, Google+. Despite being released just a few days ago, it's easy to see that it's a much more accessible, polished attempt than Google's previous attempts, namely Google Wave and Google Buzz. It brings a familiar interface, but clearly bears the Google mark: clean, minimal, but with some well thought-out improvements. That's to be expected, given that the service is Google's next big push - they closed the beta rather quickly and only a small number of users have been invited thus far, all in the name of using a sort of control group to improve the service before opening the flood gates.

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