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Trump takes on TikTok, Google Plus lawsuit, and more | Digital Trends Live

On this Digital Trends Live, we talk the top tech, including Trump's TikTok executive order, the Google Plus class-action lawsuit, and more.
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Download your archive and get ready to bid farewell to Google+ on April 2

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Google+ continues to sink with a second massive data breach. Abandon ship now

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Facebook’s Zuckerberg sets up big meeting over news feed flap

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Google determined to save Google+, gives it another makeover

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New study suggests Google Plus’ active usage may be much lower

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Is Google+ being slowly sunsetted? Mandatory Gmail integration gets removed

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New research breaks down how the social Web is changing news

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YouTube’s commenter uproar proves Google’s crystal ball is broken

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Even YouTube’s co-founder hates the new Google+ commenting integration

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The 13 most typical YouTube comments responding to the new YouTube comments

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Report: Google+ user numbers tell an incomplete story

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Sorry, ‘expectations of privacy’ are lower online, and you should know this by now

What do Google Plus user outrage over Shared Endorsement ads and Reddit's Silk Road community have in common? A misunderstanding of the public Web.
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Google Hangouts app review: A step forward for video chat… with some drawbacks

Google Hangouts once lived in Google Plus, but it's broken out into its own stand alone app. It has tons of potential, but doesn't quite live up to them yet.

Google+ app review: The social network you’re not using gets better

Google Plus got a huge update on the web earlier this week, and now the Android app is getting its own revamping. New photo and location features lead the way.
Turns out Google+ isn't for us, it’s for researching us

Turns out Google+ isn’t for us, it’s for researching us

For all the beautiful, innovative updates Google+ keeps pushing, it can't get me to use it. Why?

Gnip hits the social media data jackpot with API access to Instagram, Bitly, and Reddit

Social media data gathering has been made even better for companies as Gnip gains access to six new public APIs, enriching their social reporting even more.
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Google+ may have ultimately killed Google Reader

The Reader will exist no more by July 1, but what's the real reason why Google is killing a product that's never made money in the first place? According to a former Google Reader manager, it might be because of Google+.

Google+ rolls out local ‘Reviews,’ huge cover photos, and a prettier ‘About’ section

Google+ has new updates to talk about including a local 'Reviews' tab, cover photos that fill up a screen, and an About section that's easier on the eyes.
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Google exec says ‘insanely great cameras’ coming to future Nexus devices

Vic Gundotra, a top-ranking engineer at Google, teased in a recent Google+ post that new Nexus devices will feature some big improvements to camera quality.

Hangout with President Obama on Google+ this Valentine’s Day

Following his February 12 State of the Union address, President Obama will be doing a modern-day Fireside Chat using Google+'s Hangouts.
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Google introduces bandwidth slider and audio-only option for Hangouts

Thanks to two new features that make Google Hangouts a lot more user-friendly to those in areas with low connectivity, users can control bandwidth settings and chat without video.

Apps and updates worth downloading: Facebook Messenger, Cycloramic, Final Fantasy II, and more

Deck out your new phone or tablet with apps to use while you're un-decking the halls and recovering from the holidays. Facebook Messenger and Skype get updates, get a new app to manage your tasks or replace your keyboard, and relive classic games like Final Fantasy and Metal Slug on new platforms.
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Mr. Zuckerberg, tear down this wall! The social Web and the Web are now one

As reports break that growing Google+ numbers are thanks to Google force-feeding users their accounts, it's time to realize that the social Web is the only Web.

Google’s Google+ strategy: Evil, but still working

Google is forcing users to sign up for Google+ when they sign up for their other services. And the strategy is working regardless of right and wrong.

Google will challenge Facebook Comments with third party commenting system

Google will strike at Facebook again by launching an outside commenting system that will leverage its Google+ social network. The question is, will we want to use it?

Google+ axes MG Siegler’s ‘offensive’ profile picture

According to the site's policy, Google can pull your picture based on its interpretation of "mature or offensive content."
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Could Google+ hit 400 mln users in 2012?

Google+ may still be a tiny social networking service compared to Facebook, but one watcher forecasts Google+ will reach 400 million users by the end of 2012.

Google talks social enterprise focus for 2012

Google's ready to kick off 2012 with a renewed interest in the social enterprise market, which means the Google+ upgrades will be fast and furious.
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Google debuts ‘big improvements’ to Google+

Google has begun to roll out a number of new features to Google+, including a Circle prioritization tool, multi-manager support for Google+ Pages, and a revamped Photo Lightbox with new tagging functionality.
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Rebecca Black crowned top search term in Google Zeitgeist 2011

With countless numbers of search terms flowing through Google's search engine all the time, the company likes to compile the most popular search terms each year and publish the Google Zeitgeist.
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Google+ traffic up, but still struggling

Google+ traffic is finally on the rise again, but the numbers are far below what it saw during its peak at the end of September.

Microsoft working on its own social network Socl

Microsoft is working on its very own social network that is it currently calling Socl, but that name may change. Socl looks like a couple of social networks you know and love (or hate), but offers a couple of new features that people should enjoy.
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Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich source code is now officially available

Google releases the source code for the newest version of Android named Ice Cream Sandwich. While this doesn't mean that Android users can put Ice Cream Sandwich on their phones today, it is the first step in the long process from software to phone.
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Google hits us with yet another YouTube redesign

A new makeover that integrates Google+ has been spotted and is likely to hit YouTube in the future.
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Diaspora co-founder Ilya Zhitomirskiy dies at 22

Diaspora co-founder Ilya Zhitomirskiy has passed away at the age of 22.

Google invitations go out: Music store in our midst? [UPDATE: Google has not reached agreements with Sony and Warner]

Next week Google is primed to make what looks to be a music-related announcement. Fingers crossed, we'll finally have an MP3 store that syncs with Music Beta and Google+.
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Report: Facebook to change privacy settings to appease the FTC

Facebook is nearly an agreement with the FTC to change the default privacy settings on all Facebook accounts. The agreement will also open up Facebook to 20 years of privacy audits.