The White House Joins Google+
The White House has gotten a little more social, creating its own Google+ page. The page will host “news from the blog, behind the scenes photos and videos, plus chances to participate” on a regular...
View ArticleGoogle Introduces Hangouts to Gmail
You don’t have to be a Google+ user to enjoy one of the social network’s best features. Starting today, Google will begin rolling out Hangouts in Gmail, a video chat service that will allow you to get...
View ArticleGoogle+ Hits 400 Million Users, 100 Million Active Each Month
It’s only been a little over a year since Google+ went live, but already the social network has amassed over 400 million users — and 100 million are active each month. That’s a pretty staggering number...
View ArticleEverything That’s Irritating About Facebook, Summed Up By A Google+ Exec
Facebook is soooooo over, says Bradley Horowitz, Google VP of product for Google+. It’s just not set up for the way people really want to interact, i.e. having conversations with a few friends rather...
View ArticleGoogle Hangouts Cross-Platform Chat Now Available for iOS
Google announced Google Hangouts as its new cross-platform standalone chat application on Wednesday. It allows users with a Google account to chat with one another, video chat or even group chat...
View ArticleGoogle Hangout Android Video Chats Aren’t Allowed on AT&T’s Network
Google introduced its new Hangouts cross-platform chat and video application yesterday. But AT&T isn’t allowing video calls from Android devices to be placed over its network, and nobody knows...
View ArticleGoogle Voice Support Coming to Hangouts Soon
If you’re used to using Google Voice through Google Talk on your computer, you may have noticed that it’s no longer available if you upgrade to Google Hangouts. Once you upgrade to Google’s new...
View ArticleAT&T to Support Pre-Loaded Video Chat Apps by End of Year
AT&T customers were shocked, some frustrated, when they discovered that Google’s new Hangout service didn’t support video chat over AT&T’s wireless network. The carrier commented on the...
View ArticleDashClock Hangouts Extension Shows Updates from Lock Screen
A new extension for DashClock released this morning displays Google Hangout notifications on your modified lock screen. The update brings yet another add-on the the popular lock screen widget for...
View ArticleGoogle Messenger Being Dropped for Google Hangouts
Google is making a wise move today by cutting out its Google Messenger service in favor of Google Hangouts through an update to Google+ on Android. It seemed like the natural progression after...
View ArticleGoogle Helpouts Launches, Invite-Only For Now
Google has reportedly been working on a Hangouts-type service for small businesses called Helpouts. The idea is that anyone can use the software to sell services to end-users by helping them. The...
View ArticleGoogle May Integrate SMS/MMS into Hangouts for Android 4.4 KitKat OS
Leaked screenshots from the upcoming Hangouts 1.3 update obtained by Android Police suggest Google may integrate regular SMS and MMS (Multimedia Messaging Service) into its Hangouts app around the...
View ArticleHangouts for iOS Adds Google Voice Integration; Android Left Behind
Ahead of Google’s own Android app, Hangouts for iOS on Friday was updated with support for Google Voice integration, allowing users to receive and make outgoing calls to folks across the U.S. and...
View ArticleGoogle Hangouts Gets Major Update with SMS Integration, More
Google is holding a press conference in San Francisco where it is promising several updates to Google+. The company started out by addressing Google Hangouts first, and said that a new update is on...
View ArticleGoogle Hangouts with SMS Integration Now Available from Google Play
Just before it announced the Nexus 5, Google held a separate press event on Google+ where it discussed updates to its social network, photos and more. One of the larger announcements that day was that...
View ArticleGoogle Updates Hangouts App to Fix MMS Group Messaging Bug
Ahead of the official Android 4.4 KitKat launch, Google integrated SMS and MMS into its Hangouts app in and effort to position it as the new all-in-one messaging platform for your Android phone. The...
View Article“Really Big” Changes Coming to Google Hangouts in 2014, Exec Says
In a recent interview with Live Mint, Google’s head of community partnerships for Google+, Steve Grove, revealed some hints toward what we can expect from the social network in 2014. The short answer...
View ArticleGoogle Hangouts 2.0 for iOS Introduces Redesign, iPad Optimization and More
See full gallery on TechnoBuffalo Google on Thursday introduced a pretty substantial update to its Hangouts app on iOS, jumping ahead an entire version to 2.0. Announced last year, Hangouts is...
View ArticleSix Great Messaging Alternatives To WhatsApp
Facebook’s purchase of WhatsApp is big for a few reasons. But the main thing now is that the social network owns a huge chunk of how people communicate. On top of its own mobile applications, where...
View ArticleGoogle Planning To Discontinue Google Voice In Favor of Hangouts
There’s an entire laundry list of discontinued Google services, with some big names on the list: Google Wave, Picnik, Meebo, iGoogle and Google Reader, among many more. According to 9to5Google, Google...
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