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Latest Updates on Google+: Quick Chats with Circles, Face Tagging and Nearby Streams for Mobile Users

Latest Updates on Google+: Quick Chats with Circles, Face Tagging and Nearby Streams for Mobile Users

Over the past few weeks, several subtle changes have been made to Google+ to make it more productive. These changes include allowing you to chat with mutual friends in Circles, utilizing face tagging technology in pictures and introducing a nearby Stream feature to the mobile Google+ client for Android and... (Continue reading)

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Use gplus.to to Shorten Your Google+ Profile Link and Get A Vanity URL [How-To]

Use gplus.to to Shorten Your Google+ Profile Link and Get A Vanity URL [How-To]

Since Google+ has been opened to the public, many users have wondered just when Google will allow them to set usernames (similar to Facebook vanity URLs). Twitter, Facebook and other social networking sites like to shorten URLs and make it easier for people to find one another. So far, when... (Continue reading)

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A First Look at How SkyDrive Works in Windows 8

A First Look at How SkyDrive Works in Windows 8

The technology industry is a lot like living here in the UK. It’s not a matter of if, but when the cloud arrives. What still separates them though, is that we largely welcome what the virtual cloud rains down on us. All the leading players are latching onto the concept... (Continue reading)

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Getting Started With Google+ Hangouts and How to Host Conference Calls

Getting Started With Google+ Hangouts and How to Host Conference Calls

One of the most exciting features introduced in Google+ is the concept of Hangouts. Hangouts are video chat rooms that allow users to join up, chat and watch as conversations come alive. There are two types of Google+ Hangouts: Hangouts and Hangouts With Extras. Hangouts With Extras allow you to... (Continue reading)

SkyDrive Introduces New Features – Sets Out to Compete With Dropbox, Google Docs

SkyDrive Introduces New Features - Sets Out to Compete With Dropbox, Google Docs

Microsoft has steadily begun working with SkyDrive to make it competitive with Google Docs, dropbox and other similar services over the last few months. However, the latest update to SkyDrive not only looks at what other services are doing right but also what users want to see in the service.... (Continue reading)

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How to Use Hangout Canopy to Find and Join Public Chats on Google+

How to Use Hangout Canopy to Find and Join Public Chats on Google+

Google+ Hangouts are an exciting way to have discussions, hold meetings and even find new people on the social network. For most users on the site, the only way you get involved in a Hangout is to start one yourself or join one from someone you know. If you are... (Continue reading)

Google+ “Ripples” Show You How Posts Spread at the Speed of Light Across the Social Network

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Google has introduced a cool feature called Ripples. Ripples allow you to see how public posts spread as they are shared on Google+ by users. When you post something publically, anyone can see what you have shared and then continue the sharing with others. Ripples tracks how this process works,... (Continue reading)

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Hypothes.is Plans To Be a Peer Review System to Check, Verify & Critique Content All Over the Web

Hypothes.is Plans To Be a Peer Review System to Check, Verify & Critique Content All Over the Web

There have been frequent efforts in the past, sometimes by pretty major organisations such as Google, to bring social annotation to the Internet (Remember Google’s SideWiki?). They’ve often failed, never really living up to the promise for one reason or another. But Hypothes.is aims to be a little different in... (Continue reading)

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Google Maps Dive In – Aim to Give You the Inside View of Airports, Shopping Malls and More [Android]

Google Maps Dive In - Aim to Give You the Inside View of Airports, Shopping Malls and More [Android]

Google Maps 6.0 has been introduced for the Android phone platform and with it comes one of the most innovative and exciting features the developer has ever introduced. Google Maps now gives you access to indoor maps as well as the outdoor ones we are all used to. A lot... (Continue reading)

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Not Sure about Joining Google+? Our Guide to Creating and Managing a Google+ Profile Shows How Easy It Is

Not Sure about Joining Google+? Our Guide to Creating and Managing a Google+ Profile Shows How Easy It Is

Google has made it pretty simple to create a Google+ account. If you already have a Google services account through Gmail, Google Docs or any of the handful of services they offer, you can quickly create your Google+ profile by simply logging in with the e-mail address you already use.... (Continue reading)

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