Google finally launches Google+ Pages for businesses and brands
Now brands and organizations have a way to market themselves to the Google+ crowd.
Google promotes Web journalists – as long as they have Google+ profiles
Is a new tool from Google helping writers promote their work or cornering them into using Google+?
Google rolls out Reader redesign, integrated Google Plus sharing
Google has revamped the look and feel of Google Reader, and swapped out its old sharing functionality for integration with Google Plus, but some of Reader's most avid fans are petitioning to revive the old version.
New social network Unthink says ‘FU’ to Facebook and Google+
Dubbed the "anti-Facebook," newly launched social network Unthink aims to free users from the bonds of corporate money-making by giving them complete control over their personal data.
Gmail leaks its new redesign
Google has accidentally outed the coming renovations for Gmail, which look like they include the debut of Smart Ads.
Google engineer who publicly bashed Google+: ‘Nothing bad happened’
Google engineer Steve Yegge has published a follow-up to his Google- and Amazon-bashing manifesto, which he accidentally published publicly on Google+. According to Yegge, everything worked out alright.
Overdue: Google Reader to get design revamp, Google+ integration next week
One of the best RSS readers on the planet, Google Reader, will receive a long-awaited facelife and tight integration with Google+ next week.
Google+ update: Pseudonyms and brand pages are on the way
Google+ offers a look at its roadmap, which will include the introduction of the alias and new marketing opportunities.
Google+ traffic continues to drop, down as much as 70%
Google+ traffic continues to decline while Google still struggles to keep users coming back to the social network. Traffic has dipped as much as 70 percent since the public launch on September 20.
Google to put Buzz out of its misery
Yes, Google Buzz is still alive -- but Google announced today that the failed social network isn't long for this world.
Google Q3: $9.72 billion in revenue; Google+ has 40M users
Google earned nearly $10 billion during the third quarter of this year, a 33 percent year-on-year increase. Google+ has 40 million users, according to CEO Larry Page. And Android revenue is up, as well.
Google engineer: Google+ is ‘a pathetic afterthought’
Google engineer Steve Yegge accidentally published a manifesto about the ways in which Google does things wrong internally, especially the way it has handled Google+, and why Facebook is such a success.
Zynga announces new games, and gaming platform “project Z”
During the Zynga Unleashed event Zynga announced "Project Z" which will be a way for Zynga gamers to play games independent of a social network. Zynga also announced a few new games including CastleVille for gamers who can't get enough for FarmVille or CityVille.
Google+ traffic drops 60% after public launch
Google+ traffic dips 60 percent after huge usage surge after public launch on September 20. Traffic is back down to pre-launch numbers as the service seems unable to keep users coming back for more.
Will Google+ pass the Dungeons & Dragons test?
Ongoing gaming experiment explores the limitations - and potential - of Google's evolving social media system.
With Unreal Engine 3 support, Flash 11 may bring console-quality games to Facebook, beyond
Epic Games has announced that its Unreal Engine 3 is supported by Adobe Flash 11, which means that console-quality games could be coming to Facebook and any other devices that are Flash friendly.
Google+ gets a traffic surge of 1269 percent
Google Plus has reached a new high, with traffic up 1,269% and a spot in the top ten social networking sites--though still behind Facebook and even MySpace.
Zynga brings Facebook’s Most popular game CityVille to Google+
Zynga brings Facebook's most popular game, CityVille, to Google+ and hope that you are willing to ask a whole new group of people to be your neighbor.
Warning: Facebook Lists aren’t as private as you think
Facebook's new Lists feature might organize the site better but they have the potential to embarrass and overwhelm you.
Come one, come all: Google+ officially opens up for business
Google finally invites everyone to check out Google+. But do you even want to anymore?
Facebook officially unveils Lists revamp
The new friend management system attempts to address privacy concerns as well as your over-saturated News Feed.
Facebook taking on Google+ Circles, introducing ‘Smart Lists’
Take that Google+: Facebook has begun rolling out its answer to Google Circles with a new focus on its Friend Lists feature, included an auto-intelligent grouping tool.
Google+ launches suggested users list similar to Twitter
Will pointing out and listing celebrities on Google+ have the same effect of increasing popularity as it did on Twitter? Google is launching a test to find out with some data borrowed from a competitor.
Internet anonymity suffering scrutiny courtesy of the London riots
The Internet alias takes another hit as British officials meet to discuss how to possibly regulate social media.
New Facebook additions are a reaction to competitors
Is competitor pressure causing Facebook to up its game? Either way, the users win.
Google’s +1 button adds features, becomes useful
Google announces updates to its +1 button which will allow users to easily share pages and stories with their circles.
Facebook was viewed one trillion times by 870 million people in July
Facebook reached one trillion page views and 870 million unique visitors in the month of July.
Fake Paul Krugman Google+ account fools right-wing media
Economist, professor and New York Times columnist Paul Krugman found out the hard way this week why Google+ needs to verify celebrity accounts on the social network.
Facebook finally overhauls its privacy, sharing, and tagging systems
After mounting concerns over its privacy features and some pressure from new competitor Google+, Facebook is making some very noticeable changes to its site.
Google+ suggests Facebook blocked its invite links
Users speculate that Facebook was blocking Google+ invites from the News Feed, which Facebook denies. Simple technical error, or is the G+ pressure started to get to Facebook?
Eye-tracking software shows how Google+ ads could line up against Facebook’s
Eye-tracking reveals that Google+ could show Facebook a little ad competition...now it just needs that user base.
Facebook’s new game update might return spam to the News Feed
Facebook has made some major changes to its app platform — and we can already see that they're not all good.
Facebook introduces Messenger, could this be the end of Blackberry?
Facebook just announced a new iOS and Android app named Messenger, which will allow users to send and view messages across the two most popular mobile phone platforms.
Video: Can you pick out the Google Guru?
In 2000, Google co-founder Sergey Brin went on the TV game show "To Tell the Truth," and managed to successfully fool a celebrity panel into thinking he was not himself. Here's the video.
With 25 million users, Google+ becomes fastest-growing social network
Since its launch in late June, Google+ has amassed more than 25 million users, according to comScore, making it the fastest growing social network of all-time.
Google ‘+1’s for sale!
That didn't take long: A +1 sale operation is uncovered, giving Websites the option to buy their way into what they would believe to be a better social search ranking.
Report of Google+ traffic dive lacked key data
An earlier report indicating a dive in Google+ traffic did not account for the different ways people interact with the new social network.