Google has just introduced the Google+ Project here is an overview of each of the elements – this is one of Google’s boldest attempt to get social right. It also illustrates that this stuff is not easy and requires some serious thought to get right. If you have a Google Profile you can request an [...]
When U2 made the announcement last week that they were adding two South African cities to their 360° tour there was a lot of excitement, since the last time the band was here, was in 1998. Judging from the comments on Twitter it was evident that there was going to be a mad rush for [...]
Google Buzz is a powerful service which Google introduced earlier this year. Chris Saad tweeted the following passing interpretation on comments made by Bradley Howitz (VP Product Managment at Google) during the TechCrunch Disrupt event: The tweet was reshared on Twitter and also sparked this interesting discussion on Google Buzz. In response Bradley Howitz clarified his [...]
Lately I have been getting huge value from Google Mobile Maps. So I thought I would share some of these with you as there is a huge amount of functionality that is just a click away on your phone. Most phones these days can use mobile maps, but if you have an Android, Blackberry, iPhone, [...]
Yesterday I made this status update on Social Media IQ‘s Facebook Page: “Trend: social search is going to grow rapidly in 2010 – if people use the social networks to search for your business and/or product/service will they find you?” This morning Google announced that Search is getting more social This is another major indication [...]
[youtube http://youtube.com/w/?v=WRkYmx4A9Do&rel=0] This is an exciting announcement and represents how seriously the information that is shared on social networks has become. When this goes live you will see a new “Latest” option in the “Show options” sidebar of Google Search. There is also a way to filter results just to status updates from Twitter and [...]
We love watching the web evolve – here is what’s heading our way from Google. We think Stateless is the new black In our mind this is the natural evolution of how we at the office use Google. We like many others have built an elaborate system on the Google platform so that we can [...]
Yesterday was a fascinating day at the Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco with some really big announcements coming from the two search giants and from the worlds largest and most active social networks. Here is a summary of the announcements: Twitter has struck a deal with Google and Microsoft (Bing) to gain access to [...]
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