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Google rolls out Hangouts Capture to make taking snapshots easy

Google's Jeremy Ng has dropped another announcement on Google+, this time introducing Hangouts Capture, an app that allows Google Hangout users to take snapshots during a conversation. This makes it easy to record those here-now-and-then-gone moments of hilarity or other situations you'd like to record as a digital memory. Read The Full Story

Google Babble and the future of chat singularity

, Mar 18th 2013 Discuss [0]

Today the folks at Google have been tipped to be pushing all (if not most) of their chat apps and ecosystems together into a single entity called Babble. This single chat system would take everything that is Google Talk, Google+ Hangouts, Voice, and Messenger, combining them into a final product that spans the entirety of your Google-made universe. With Babble, Google will have its Gmail for chat. Read The Full Story

PSA: Google I/O 2013 registration begins at 7AM

, Mar 12th 2013 Discuss [0]

Google I/O registration begins tomorrow at exactly 7:00 AM PDT, so I hope you all have your alarms set, Google+ accounts registered, and Google Wallet information prepped to shell out $900 for a ticket ($300 for academic students and faculty). Yes, Google is requiring registrants to have a Google+ and Google Wallet account this time around, but I'm guessing most of the people attending already have both accounts set up (or at least one). Read The Full Story

Google Glass: the Feminine Fashion Concern

, Mar 8th 2013 Discuss [0]

If you’ve seen the photo shoots that’ve come out thus far for Google’s Project Glass, you know good and well that they’ve taken just as many photos of the device on the heads of women as they have of men. The idea that the device will not be as appealing to the feminine side of the equation here is about more than just the idea that women will or will not want to wear the first wave of Glass as it appears on the market, but according to a couple of sources we’ve had a peek at this week, there does seem to be some concern that only the distinctly male amongst us will want to go “wearable” with Google in 2013.

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Google+ updates with larger cover photos, new “Local reviews” tab

, Mar 6th 2013 Discuss [0]

Google has been working hard to keep its Google+ social network going strong, and the company announced a few small updates today that make for some big changes, literally. Google+ now offers larger cover photos, which can be displayed at 16:9 when fully viewed, and the service supports up to a 2120 x 1192 resolution for cover photos. Read The Full Story

Google Picasa albums now redirect to Google+

, Mar 5th 2013 Discuss [0]

Google's Picasa photo sharing service has been a great platform for uploading photos and sharing them, but it looks like Google will be giving it the ax soon, as URLs of Picasa albums are now being redirected to Google+ URLs. This isn't too surprising, since Google introduced some great photo features with their social network, but it's sad to see Picasa slowly faded out. Read The Full Story

Google+ Sign-In allows for secure login on third-party apps and services

, Feb 26th 2013 Discuss [0]

Many apps and services allow its users to sign in using their Facebook or Twitter credentials if they don't want to create a dedicated account. However, Google+ has been mysteriously absent from the list of sign-in options for awhile. However, the company has announced what they call Google+ Sign-In, a new developer tool that will allow users to log into third-party services using their Google+ credentials. Read The Full Story

Google Glass in focus: UI, Apps & More

, Feb 22nd 2013 Discuss [0]

You’ve seen the Glass concept videos, you’ve read the breathless hands-on reports, but how exactly is Google’s augmented reality system going to work? The search giant’s Google X Lab team has been coy on specifics so far, with little in the way of technical insight as to the systems responsible for keeping the headset running. Thanks to a source close to the Glass project, though, we’re excited to give you some insight into what magic actually happens inside that wearable eyepiece, what that UI looks like, and how the innovative functionality will work, both locally and in the cloud.

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Google I/O registration starts March 13, Google+ and Google Wallet required

, Feb 22nd 2013 Discuss [0]

Google I/O is coming a bit earlier this year. The event is set for May 15-17, which is over a month earlier than last year's Google I/O conference, which took place towards the end of June. However, we could see some good things come out of the conference. If you're planning on attending, registration officially opens on March 13 at 7 am PT. Read The Full Story

NASA’s ISS Google+ Hangout is live right now [UPDATE]

, Feb 22nd 2013 Discuss [0]

A couple of weeks ago, NASA announced that it would be conducting a live Google+ Hangout from the International Space Station today starting at 10:30 am ET. Of course, the space agency is sticking to their promise and have officially started the Hangout, which means you can watch live as astronauts answer all your hankering questions. Read The Full Story

Google’s stock price passes $800 for the 1st time

, Feb 19th 2013 Discuss [0]

Google's stock has just passed $800 for the first time. The technology juggernaut has many services that it can thank for that. There's its monopolizing search engine, its variety of services like Gmail and YouTube, and of course its extremely popular Android operating system. Google has made some very great decisions within the last few years that brought it to its great milestone today. However, things didn't always look so bright for the company. Read The Full Story

Google Takeout now offers more support for Blogger and Google+

, Feb 16th 2013 Discuss [0]

Google Takeout now offers more support for those of you with a Blogger account and/or a Google+ page. Now through the Google Takeout service, you can export information contained inside of your Blogger account as well as information in your Google+ Stream or Google+ Circles. The Takeout feature is provided by The Data Liberation Front, a Google engineering team in charge of making it easier for users to move their data in and out of Google products. Read The Full Story

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