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Google+ for Consumers shutdown timeline revealed

AyushVij@TWCN — Sat, 02 Feb 2019 15:30:29 +0000

Last year in October 2018, Google Plus’s (Google+’s) data was leaked and about 500,000 Profile were affected by this leak. Google acknowledged this issue and announced that they will soon be shutting down Google+. Later, another bug was detected that could result in risking data of about 52.5 Million users. The shutdown timeline has been […]

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Google Plus to shut down in April now, after new data leak

HemantSaxena@TWCN — Wed, 12 Dec 2018 13:15:13 +0000

Google Plus will shut down on a date earlier than planned. The rescheduling is followed by the discovery of a security flaw discovered in the Google Plus People API. The bug inadvertently exposes the personal information of 52.5 million Google Plus users. Moreover, it allows third-party apps to gain access to users’ private data. Google […]

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Google is shutting down Google+ due to security concerns

VamienMcKalin@TWCN — Tue, 09 Oct 2018 04:22:14 +0000

Google is making a lot of big changes where security is concerned, and we have to say, it’s going to break a lot of hearts in the coming 10 months. It should be interesting to see how folks respond as time moves forward. Here’s the thing, earlier this year, Google kicked off what it calls […]

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Google killing Google+

AnkitGupta@TWCN — Tue, 28 Jul 2015 02:58:13 +0000

It’s a known fact that Google+ did not quite fared well as Google hoped for. Recognizing the same, over the last few months, Google has shown enough intent to decouple many features off the Google+. After moving Google+ Photos to the new Google Photos app, the company has now decided to detach Google+ profiles from […]

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Google Plus new feature ‘Collections’ under testing

SusannahLindsay@TWCN — Sun, 26 Apr 2015 07:25:52 +0000

Folks using Google Plus are offered a way to connect with friends and family, explore their interests and do lot more. The site has evolved into a pretty good social network with changes always underway to make it more acceptable. As such, there’s a new feature coming sometime in the future, called Collections. Google Plus […]

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Google Plus to be split into Google Photos and Streams

ShiwangiPeswani@TWC — Tue, 03 Mar 2015 03:31:51 +0000

After around a week of rumors, Google finally has announced two of its new products Photos and Streams. Google is supposedly reorganizing its social networking site Google+. In a post, Horowitz today announced that the company will soon be splitting Google+ into ‘Photos’ and ‘Streams’. Bradley Horowitz is vice president of product for Google’s social […]

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Social media does not raise stress, it’s the cost of caring, says study

AnkitGupta@TWCN — Fri, 16 Jan 2015 18:20:52 +0000

We all now what stress is and recently there has been a lot of debate about social media being a source of stress. Many have attributed social media a contributing factor of stress in their life. But, does social media really cause stress? Is internet and social media use is contributing towards the higher rate […]

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Google Hangout to let users make free one minute International calls

AnkitGupta@TWCN — Thu, 30 Oct 2014 18:11:41 +0000

The users of Google Hangout app have one more reason to smile. Recently, Google announced that user can make a minute long international call for free via Google Hangout. This facility will be available for the users from 25 countries across the globe. Google also published the list of these 25 countries in this announcement. […]

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Google reportedly planning to dismantle Google+

AnkitGupta@TWCN — Tue, 29 Apr 2014 08:53:48 +0000

Google+, the social networking website and authorship tool from Google Inc, is reportedly in troubled waters after the sudden departure of its head, Vic Gundotra. Last Thursday, April 24th 2014, Vic Gundotra announced that he is leaving Google after spending 8 years with the company. Announcing the decision, he wrote at his farewell blog, […]

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Gmail now lets you send emails to your Google+ contacts

SusannahLindsay@TWCN — Thu, 09 Jan 2014 19:00:09 +0000

Google has pushed a new feature that integrates its email client, Gmail and social network Google+ in a very handy way. Gmail users will now be able to send emails to people they have in their Google+ circles. This feature has outdone one of the basic cornerstone that was required to send emails – knowing the email […]

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Google+ introduces new Photo Editing Tools for Chrome users

HemantSaxena@TWCN — Sat, 14 Sep 2013 15:25:31 +0000

Google’s acquisition of Snapseed app is now visible in the form of Google + Photo editing tools. Some sophisticated new photo editing features have been accommodated into Internet giant’s social networking platform – Google+. The editing tools however work in Chrome browser only. Why so?? Google’s Chrome is the only browser that uses Google’s Native Client […]

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Google introduces new Google+ Plugins & Badges For Websites

HemantSaxena@TWCN — Sun, 30 Jun 2013 01:41:52 +0000

All rumors that doubted Google + existence 2 years ago have been put to rest. The social networking platform has turned 2 today. And to promote itself, Google + has rolled out some updates and improvements. New Google+ Plugins For Websites Badges for Google+ Communities In the first place, Google has decided to introduce a […]

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