Google Plus has gained a lots of momentum in its first days. It is not yet open to public but it has already crossed 10 million users. Most of the users have very positive views about G+ and are using it more than any other social networks like Facebook and Twitter. However, as G+ is not finished its development yet, there are lots of things the team is working on and also highly demanded by users. There are plenty of feature requests on the Google Plus discussion forums. Here is a list of most important updates most probably coming next week.
Now it has not been more than 2 weeks and the number of users of this has grown to more than 20 lakhs. It has crashed twice as more people than its capacity login into it. E-Bay is selling it at the rate of 44 rupees per invites. After the first week of the start, the market value of Google reached up to 20 Arab dollars .So if you have not heard of it, then you must be living in some other world. You are welcome in the new environment of Social networking.
Up till now the efforts of Google for social networking has got the answers like “what is new?” Google Wave was just another technician’s invention, and Google buzz stopped just after few days it started and orkut was just a choice of said backwards. These all were left behind in the race of social networking and no one even noticed them.
Google plus keeps in loop, friends, family, knowns and the people you want to follow. By simple drag and drop function you can create, edit and delete circles. Whenever you post a status on stream, then you can choose the circles that can see your update. You can choose one link; video, your location or you can choose a photo on your stream and can see then according to the groups made by you. And also you can disable re-sharing and can ensure that you message will not go out of your circle or the particular people you have chosen. this gives you a right to maintain your online groups in organized and clean manner and this facility makes this more user friendly then face book or twitter.
So you saw that I was not wrong when I said that Google plus is the combination of all the online spaces on the web-you can soon become expert in its new facilities.
Opposite to Sixth sense and Stumble upon, which provide you recommendations to read according to you interest, Google plus has an inbuilt search engine, which helps you find the material as according to your interest.
The Important point is that this uploads photos with the help of online photo service of Google called PICASA. And also the user of Google plus can use Google clouds Space for you tube’s photos and videos. Hangout is a new interesting feature, which has a facility of online video chat. You can chat with 10 people at one time; Camera turns towards the speaker automatically. A group chat starts automatically when a video starts, But you can press ‘Push to talk’ to express your views. Isn’t it fun!
Google wants to connect all your comforts with Google Plus. Gmail, Google Documents, Google Reader, Youtube, Google Maps, Picasa, Bloggeraur search etc are all connected with one login ID and with one social experience. This will be an innovative web experience for you.
Google Plus Features:
"We found that people already use real-life circles to express themselves, and to share with precisely the right folks. So [...] we brought Circles to software," Google said.
The feature allows the user to assign people to different groups (which only the individual can see) by dragging and dropping their contact card into specific lists.
Google+ is integrated into the navigation bar at the top of almost all Google products, which allows users to keep track of their Google+ notifications without doubling back to the main Google+ homepage.
A drop-down window on each page allows users to keep track of on-going conversations, post their own comments or do nothing at all.
Previously, moving large amounts of data around a user's apps was painfully slow but with Google+ the entire process has been streamlined.
PC World reports, "clicking on the cog in the upper right hand corner and selecting "Google+ settings" from the social network's home page brings you to a revamped Google Accounts page. From there, you can select the Data Liberation tab. And with just a few clicks you can download data from your Picasa Web Albums, Google profile, Google+ stream, Buzz and contacts."
The feature seems to be the least successful aspect of Google+, at least amongst those who are operating the beta version. Users input a list of interests, topics and news stories and 'Sparks' identifies links from individuals and organizations which might be of interest. Currently, the feature doesn't incorporate suggestions from people the user follows, which makes it a less engaging aspect than Google perhaps intended.
The feature allows users to pull groups together for a simultaneous video chat.
"Whether it's inside a pub or on a front porch, human beings have always enjoyed hanging out [...] By combining the casual meet up with live multi-person video, Hangouts lets you stop by when you're free, and spend time with your Circles," Google said.
Google Plus Features:
1. Circles
Google+ bears more than a passing resemblance to Facebook, users can personalize lists of friends and stream news feeds, according to the Washington Post. The key difference, and one that Google have been quick to identify, is the feature encourages users to group their friends together by category -- eg. school friends, relatives, work colleagues etc. Circles aims to streamline one of Facebook and Twitter's key disadvantages: what we share with close friends doesn't necessarily need to be shared with our boss."We found that people already use real-life circles to express themselves, and to share with precisely the right folks. So [...] we brought Circles to software," Google said.
The feature allows the user to assign people to different groups (which only the individual can see) by dragging and dropping their contact card into specific lists.
2. Using the '+'
One of the key features of Google+ is its streamlined approach to online sharing. Google has described the process as "awkward, even broken" and their new network aims to fix that.Google+ is integrated into the navigation bar at the top of almost all Google products, which allows users to keep track of their Google+ notifications without doubling back to the main Google+ homepage.
A drop-down window on each page allows users to keep track of on-going conversations, post their own comments or do nothing at all.
3. Vertical integration
The company have created a group called the Data Liberation Front that is supposed to make accessing data from Google products even easier.Previously, moving large amounts of data around a user's apps was painfully slow but with Google+ the entire process has been streamlined.
PC World reports, "clicking on the cog in the upper right hand corner and selecting "Google+ settings" from the social network's home page brings you to a revamped Google Accounts page. From there, you can select the Data Liberation tab. And with just a few clicks you can download data from your Picasa Web Albums, Google profile, Google+ stream, Buzz and contacts."
4. Sparks
Sparks seems to be Google's answer to Twitter -- a means of posting and keeping track of news and content of interest to the user from around the web.The feature seems to be the least successful aspect of Google+, at least amongst those who are operating the beta version. Users input a list of interests, topics and news stories and 'Sparks' identifies links from individuals and organizations which might be of interest. Currently, the feature doesn't incorporate suggestions from people the user follows, which makes it a less engaging aspect than Google perhaps intended.
5. Hangouts
Although Google+ has been billed as a "Facebook killer", 'Hangouts' seems to be targeting the market currently occupied by Microsoft's latest purchase, Skype.The feature allows users to pull groups together for a simultaneous video chat.
"Whether it's inside a pub or on a front porch, human beings have always enjoyed hanging out [...] By combining the casual meet up with live multi-person video, Hangouts lets you stop by when you're free, and spend time with your Circles," Google said.
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