I’m on the (Google)+ one list!

Posted on 4 July 2011

I’ve been on Google+ for half a day or so, so here’s my take on it so far. I’ve reflected on the key features Google announced the other day, plus detailed (quite!) a bit more I’ve discovered on my explorations. SIDENOTE: Before I talk about functionality further, please indulge a little gripe I have with Google+ a moment: why can’t I use Google Apps account for Google+?! I mean come on, I thought the whole new architecture for Google Apps rolled out late last year was supposed to sort this kind of shit out?! Anyway, moving on… Stream While Google didn’t mention it for obvious reasons, the stream is a crucial part of the Google+ infrastructure. Basically it’s much like Facebook’s News Feed. UPDATE 15 July 2011…

Categories: Internetz & the social web

Tagged: Facebook, Gmail, Google, Google +1, Google Apps, Google Contacts, Google Docs, Google Images search, Google Latitude, Google Maps, Google Maps for mobile, Google Mobile, Google Places, Google Plus, Google Profiles, Google Talk, Picasa, Picasa Web Albums

Google announces Google+ service

Posted on 29 June 2011

Over night Google (officially) announced the launch of Google+. I am yet to get an invite (if anyone’s got one, hook me up yeah?) but here’s some of the basics from the Official Google Blog: Obviously Google+ is designed to interact with the recent Google +1 recommendation infrastructure that was rolled out in back in March, but this YouTube video (below) details a whole raft of new features that make up Google+. At it’s core, it’s an attempt by Google to rethink their previous attempts to enter the social networking market. It aims to overcome some of the short-fallings of Facebook by allowing much greater control over how and what gets seen by who when you post. I’ll post more about why this is interesting and what it…

Categories: Internetz & the social web

Tagged: Android OS, Facebook, Google, Google +1, Google Hangouts, Google Latitude, Google Maps, Google Maps for mobile, Google Places, Google Plus, Google+ app, Official Google Blog, online privacy management, Picasa, Picasa Web Albums, RSS, social media, social media + privacy

Picasa for Mac? Where?

Posted on 5 January 2009

Did Google really release their desktop photo management software Picasa for Mac yesterday? Because there’s a press release that says they did, but both times I have tried to download the Picase 3 Public BETA release for Mac all I get is the Picasa Web Albums Uploader for Mac. According to the help page I should get ‘picasamac.dmg’ but as you can see that’s not what downloads. Thankfully the Terms of Use you are signing up too after you click ‘Download Picasa for Mac (beta)’ are the standard Google for Mac Terms of Use; could have been a little problematic if you’re agreeing to terms that do not correspond with the software you are provided with. Clearly the download link is directing users to the…

Categories: I'll filter this later

Tagged: Google, google for mac, iPhoto, iPhoto plug-ins, Picasa, Picasa iPhoto plug-in, Picasa Web Albums, Picasa Web Albums uploader

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