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Monday, July 11, 2011

Google+ quick intro

   So you've heard of Google+ and that's why you are here.. and now that you're here I might as well give you the informations you want..
   Basically, Google+ is Google's version of Facebook, that means it's a social network where you sign in and get a personal page where you can post links, images from your phone, computer, or albums and videos from your computer, phone or from youtube. You can post threads but there doesn't seem to be a limit for the number of characters for threads. You can also get your location using the GPS function. You get your friends updates and you can see their posts just like Facebook and Twitter. Although you might find longer posts unlike Twitter due to the characters number limit.
   Right now only people who get invited by others who already have a Google+ account get to sign up and some of them get rejected due to the fact that this feature is limited to a certain number of people. Hopefully that'll change soon.
   Unlike the limit of Facebook, you can change your status to busy or offline. In Google+ you also get to choose your interests between Sports, Fashion... and when you choose an interest and add it you can access updates from that interest and put posts of your own such as videos threads and pictures.
   One of the best features of Google+ is Circles; they are groups in which you can sort your contacts to familly, friends, colleagues and make your own creative circles. And when you make posts you can choose which groups they'll be sent too.. If some of you contacts dont have Google+ yet it's no problem, because the posts will be sent to their Email. However they will not be able to comment unless they manage to make their own Google+ account. So you can control which circles are allowed to see each post and update you make on your Google+.
   There are also versions of Google+ available for Android phones, it's basically 2 apps, one of them is called Google+, and the other one is called Huddle and it's for Chat, and you can chat with multiple contacts at the same time that means you can chat with a whole circle and so..
   I forgot to mention the old Notification on top of the screen. And you can Also share links and stuf without leaving a page, so you dont have to go to your main page to share a link. And there are also more functions on the top of the screen like the old google bar.
   Another Cool feature of Google+ is the "+1" button which you can use in search results from google search, and in Google+ pages, this interesting function allows other people to choose between popular pages and ones that are not with much interest, and so when you press the "+1" button of a certain search result from the google search engine you tell other people that it's an interesting result and that they should check it out.  
   There are rumors that Google+ will be released for the public on the 31st of July but it should be released sooner if you ask for my opinion :)
   So that's pretty much it, I hope you enjoyed reading this post it's my first and feel free to contact me for comments and suggestions.. thanks you

3 comments:

  1. I cant wait for it to be released I want a Google+ account now !!!! hope they release it soon ;)

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  2. My friend send me an invitation go Google + but I cannot access it without +18 years but when I will be launched it would be open for all .

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  3. You're right Achraf52. I'm really sorry I forgot to mention that, the same thing hapened to me..

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