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<title>Briefly: Google+ Hangouts SMS integration, Google+ Games closing</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/13/05/16/google.hangouts.to.gain.sms.integration.outbound.calls.google.voice/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1368723233_googleplushangoutsmay2013thumb.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[The new Google+ Hangouts app will soon have SMS integration, though this is likely to be only within Android. The Next Web notes that the permissions list for the app includes listings for reading and sending SMS messages from within the app, something which would bring Hangouts in line with Apple's iMessage app. A message by Google employee Dori Storibeck confirmed that SMS integration is on the ...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 16:55:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Google+ gains unified messaging, automatic image editing in redesign</title>
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<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1368642583_googleio2013googleplus2.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Google has shown a significant number of changes to Google+ at its Google I/O developer event, as part of its attempts to attract users. The redesign of the social network is accompanied by the rumored unified messaging system, branded Hangouts, and the automatic enhancement, editing and highlighting of photographs uploaded onto its service....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Google updates Hangouts On Air with full-screen camera</title>
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<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1203/google+apps-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Google has updated the Hangouts feature of Google+ that will help one-person broadcasts. Hangouts On Air will now default to a full-screen single-camera video for broadcasts, instead of showing a large image with a smaller thumbnailed view in the camera roster below, something which apparently has been added after numerous requests from users....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jan 2013 10:17:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Google adds 18 new features to Google+</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/12/14/google.gets.new.android.ios.apps.today/</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 14 Dec 2012 17:54:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Android app reviews in Play Store gain Google+ integration</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/11/27/users.forced.to.use.social.network.accounts.as.identification/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1354019487_googleplaygoogleplusintegration.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Google is forcing users of its Play Store to reveal their identities, in what appears to be a move to force more accountability in application reviews found on the service. The change in policy sees Google adding Google+ integration to the review system, permanently linking a review to the social network account....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 27 Nov 2012 12:21:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Google+ hands out custom URLs to prominent users</title>
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<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1107/googleplus-2.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Google is rolling out vanity URLs to profiles on its social network. In a move similar to Facebook's Username system, Google+ will supply memorable customized addresses to a small number of verified profiles and accounts, with businesses such as Toyota, Delta Airlines and Britney Spears shortening their profile URLs by a considerable amount....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 14 Aug 2012 10:59:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Google+ traffic rises 66 percent in last nine months</title>
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<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://www.electronista.com/tag/Google+Plus' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Google+ has 60-percent more unique visitors than nine months ago, according to traffic analytics company ComScore. Public Relations consultant Morten Myrstad shared the figures through the social network, estimating Google+ to have received over 110 million unique international visitors in June, compared to 66.7 million last November, with US traffic increasing from 15.2 million to 27.7 million in...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jul 2012 19:31:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Google+ snags top spot in service index</title>
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<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1107/googleplus-2.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Google+ topped other popular sites in the American Customer Satisfaction Index E-Business Report. As Bloomberg details, Google+ tied socially-editable encyclopedia Wikipedia with a score of 78 out of a possible 100. Google's "social layer" attained higher customer satisfaction scores than Facebook, even though Facebook maintains an overwhelming lead in terms of user base....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jul 2012 00:35:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Google+ dedicated app coming to iPad, other tablets</title>
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<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1340822848_Google-Plus-Tablets.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[At today's Google I/O conference, the company announced that its social network, Google+, will be getting a dedicated app for the iPad and other tablets. The app is being designed specifically for the tablet experience.  People will be able to attend video hangouts and interact with the social network in the same way now possible on desktops. The app will also contain the new Google+ Events featur...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jun 2012 19:31:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Google+ open to all, adds mobile video chat and live streams</title>
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<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1109/googleplus-public.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Google+ received a shot in the arm Tuesday as Google took it out of its invite-only phase to make it public and push into mobile.  The newly opened-up social network now includes video chat Hangouts on phones: any active Hangout works in the same drop-in, drop-out approach as it does on the web with several at a time.  Support already exists in the Android app (Android Market) and is coming soon f...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 20 Sep 2011 16:50:00 GMT</pubDate>
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