The Google+ app button has created a stir for Android fans. The app is very impressive as it is hitting the benchmarks for clicks over the other social networking apps.

Although it is admittedly thought that this will be too early for Google to venture into its very own social network, it seems that there is already a stemming problem for iOS based devices.

This is for the reason that currently no apps for iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch are available. It means that the user experience and special notifications will be limited for the user of the said devices.

If the current status will remain for a long time, then it will give us enough reason to suspect that Google might have plans to overtake the big social networking sites (Twitter and Facebook) by giving exclusive features for Android apps.

By then, we can note that iOS apps might lose their popularity.

On the other hand, we still do have the benefit of the doubt. This recent issue can be either caused by the delay of approving the app on the side of Apple or Google has not yet submitted an app to the app store.

In any of these cases, we can say that it would be a cunning strategy for Google to promote Android.

In addition, the swarming products and services of Google are already dominating that can lead us to think that this might mark the fall of iOS and the rise for Android. Hopefully, Google will not be this cruel.

Do you think Google will give priority to Android apps than IOS apps?

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Lately, as we observe the ebb and flow of social networking, we have seen and noticed that people are becoming participative in this activity.

While we can identify that many were just as curious as others that’s why they have joined these social networking sites, still the main reason for joining a social network is to expand the network of friends, easy access to news and information and for personalizing the individual’s profile.

However, as we have seen the entrance of the search giant into the world of social networking, it is admitted that several views and opinions from different users have sparked.

One of these views was taken from the report of ABC News when they asked about the luring means of Google+ to invite facebook users.

While it is clear to say that Google+ is not yet a threat to Facebook, still it has a deadly weapon that may change the course of dominance in the social networking arena.

According to a tech analyst, the new feature of Google+, of which the features from Twitter, Facebook and Linked are being combined can be the strongest weapon of Google+ to lure the users to join the site and claims that this feature will stand out from the rest of the features that other sites may offer.

These claims may be possible as users are currently confused on whether or not to tweet and post something, so an all-in-one service is very feasible to lure more users.

Moreover the neat, minimalist and professional approach of Google+ gained praises from its mainstream users. With that reason, we can now understand why the month old Google+ have reached the 20 million users in a very short time.

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Google has announced its social networking platform – GOOGLE+ which is a fusion of services we already use but better.

It is set to rival Mark Zuckerberg‘s Facebook. With the failure of Google Wave and Google Buzz can Google+ really be termed as the Facebook killer? But if the demo is anything to go by, should Mark Zuckerberg and Co be worried?

When GOOGLE+ was unveiled; Facebook’s CEO Mr. Mark Zuckerberg was one of the first to create a GOOGLE+ account. And believe it or not, he now already have around 184,000+ followers.

That’s more than 90,000 followers than Google’s CEO Larry page, who now just have 94,000+ followers, as of this writing, making Facebook’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg as the most popular user of GOOGLE+.

Why did Mark Zuckerberg wanted to test the Google+ interface?

But recently Mark Zuckerberg disappeared from the list after changing his privacy settings to stop showing his friends and followers.

Is he not fond of all the publicity that was surrounding his Google+ profile? Does he want respect of his own privacy, while Facebook remains a very public and open social network?

Some people really choose anonymity and made their friends and followers also private wanting a bit of privacy is not that vain, what more if you’re a no. 1 in the industry.

Vic Gundotra, a lead on the Google+ project, has recently announced to Google’s current focus on improving privacy on the platform.

Users will be able to keep their gender as anonymous which may make some users more comfortable about joining a social network, without worrying about getting too many random messages.

Boris Veldhuijzen van Zanten, creator of SocialStatistics.com and is a co-founder of The Next Web, says that Matt Cutts, Larry Page, Sergey Brin, Vic Gundotra and Marissa Mayer all changed their profiles overnight and consequently dropped out of the top 100. See Mark Zuckerberg is not the only one.

Is it the trend? Or just trying the new anonymity feature of Google+? Privacy..anyone?

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Are you fond of using the video chat via Skype? If so, which one will you most prefer to use the Skype, on your Facebook account or on your Samsung Galaxy S2?

Recent articles on various sites report that there is an emerging competition on utilizing the video chat. Lately, the rivalry was known to be between Facebook and Samsung Galaxy S2.

In our previous discussion, we have talked about the selection of Samsung Galaxy S2 as one of the Android handsets that will be ported with Skype video chat.

However, the announcement of Facebook that they will also have the integration of Skype video chat has led us into thinking of its possible results. Will there be a stiff competition between a social-network and a mobile device?

Truly, we are full of queries in mind, but the Christian Science Monitor comments that in this competition, Facebook will most likely capture the user’s choice.

This is for the reason that Facebook is currently has the largest users all over the world. Aside from its user friendly, it is freer from the carriers’ traffic and together with Google it has change the course of telecommunication.

In addition, it is more practical to have the Skype via Facebook than on a mobile device as the Skype requires the Internet connection before video chatting will be available.

So, instead of paying two bills, you can reduced your budget by making video calls over the web. Comparably, video chatting via Skype in mobile handsets is not a usual thing that everyone does with their phones, but it goes handy with a device on your hand.

Nevertheless, the Skype on Facebook will open the 750 million access worldwide, but video chatting can only be done if your connected to the Internet.

So, do you like Facebook’s new feature? How would you consider this new feature in your device?

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Previously, we only thought of Google as the most popular search engine. However, with the launching of its new services inclusively the Google +1 button, those previous thoughts have changed.

Google +1 is the new service created to compete directly with Twitter. In the recent tally of the SEO firm BrightEdge, it seems that Google’s Plus button is the most implemented code onto websites among its rivals.

Accordingly, among the 10,000 biggest websites that have been examined over the past weeks, the Google +1 button has 33% increasing placements.

Apparently, just this month the plus button of Google has 4.4 % placements of those websites, which is an 8% increase compared to last month’s placements.

However, the Mashable website have also laid down information that this increase in percentage of placements for Google +1 is none compared to the 20% of Facebook’s Like Button of those 10,000 sites.

It is admitted that Facebook is the one who’s leading the edge in social media, but the working effort of Google+1 for just a year is quiet notable.

With this update, we can say that Google is going to have a long way before it can totally strike out Facebook.

Regardless of their real goal, it is up for the user to decide which button is the most useful and interactive for him. With the advent of social-networking sites, we have seen how far the competition has brought us into another form of socialization.

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The web search giant is thriving these days. Just a week ago, we have felt the warm welcome of users for Google+. We are all amazed and thankful for this service. This is just totally awesome that perhaps some of you may be are thinking for more updates like your Gmail account.

Well, if that’s what you want, we are pleased to inform all Gmail users that you too will receive an update to the look and feel of your account. Recent reports states that Google has confirmed that they are working for the new and improved version of Gmail.

Lately in a blog post, Jason Cornwell, a Google User Experience Designer has announced that this move is part of Google’s aim to give a more focused, elastic and effortless experience to the users. However, we will see the said changes in a gradual state as they want to hear and listen more from the feedbacks of the users.

Well, I can say that’s a wise thing to do. Not only it will save time and effort, it will also give a greater room for improvements.

Add to that, this bit-by-bit approach will allow the integration and incorporation of those feedbacks in the redesigning of Gmail.

Although Google is yet silent about the features of the Gmail service, they have provided the sneak peek of the redesign Gmail layout. Gmail users were given opportunities to access its preview. And as far as we can see, the redesigning can be noticed in its “compose” button and mailbox area.

Finally, Google is paying attention more and more for the best things they can give to the users.

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Technology and Music, two subjects that sometimes collide, but most often they connect to each other like the conception of techno and electronic music genres. Well, I understand not all people have an appreciation with this kind of music, but mind you most of the modern music that has been produced today is created with the aid of technology. Speaking of the special relation between music and technology, let us go further with Lady Gaga’s entrance into business with Google, the biggest and one of the most popular search engine in the world.

According to a report at Times, Steven Jobs has sought for the feedback of Lady Gaga and Troy Carter (Gaga’s business manager) regarding the music-centric social network Ping in a meeting Cupertino, California. The two responded with concerns over the lack of integration to Facebook and other social networking sites. Due to this, Troy Carter with the help of his friend Matthew Michelsen, a technology investor and entrepreneur build a start-up platform called Backplane.

Basically, Backplane is a platform meant to power online communities on a focused level that integrate feeds from Facebook, Twitter and other sites. “Backplane is a blend of music, celebrity and technology…a natural evolution” stated by Troy Carter.

Lady Gaga’s manager has long been one of the influential industry players in Silicon Valley. This influence has been useful enough to bring the venture of Backplane with the brand of Lady Gaga to the chief executive of Google, Larry Page. Apparently, the said platform has raised $1 million plus from a group of investors including the investment firm of Google’s chairman Eric Schmidt, Tomorrow Ventures. On the other hand, Lady Gaga is also one of the major shareholders of Backplane owning 20% stake.

Despite of these, one question remains. Can Lady Gaga make out a corporation?

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Social media and networking is saturating the social aspect of society. While there can be a line that marks between the personal and virtual communication, we have seen today that the line between them is getting thinner as these two are widely done simultaneously.

However, we cannot blame technology for that seemingly social change. Let us just deal with it and allow ourselves to learn and observe how it may be helpful to us. For that case, let me bring some good news for Twitter users.

TwitPic is now helping the Twitter to improve the users’ media sharing. I pity those who say Twitter is boring with their twits and re-twits, wish that they may experience the fun, level up and security that TwitPic can share to them.

Basically, TwitPic is a site that allows Twitter users to share their media in real time. Its utilization is done by posting photos or videos to TwitPic from your phone, from the site, or through email.

It can be supported by using the TwitPic’s API. Accordingly, the API that is most preferred for accessing TwitPic features is the API v2 because it uses the authentication method created by Twitter which is the new OAuth Echo.

Moreover, TwitPic has API documentation. This API documentation enables the user to utilize a plain, easy and simple API for uploading images, videos and posting content that features full access to all aspects of the site. However, before the user can register and get their API Key, they must log in to Twitter first. Thus, calling all twitter users to try TwitPic.

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Friends Aloud 1.0 is available worldwide on the App Store for only $2.99/£1.79. iOS 3.1.3 or later required.

“No man is an island.” This saying pertains to the invaluable worth of companionship among the human. Until now, we can attest that building relationships with other individual is part of the social need. Amazingly, technologies have seen this need. In fact this gives us the reason to be thankful for without the help of technology, faster and efficient communication to people all around the world will be impossible.

Today, a lot of us are enjoying the convenience of social networking sites like the Facebook, Twitter, Multiply and etc. The most popular nowadays is Facebook but due to the busy work that we have during the day, we find it hard to read all the updates because of the limited time. However, there is good news.

If you enjoy using Facebook but don’t always have the time to read through all of your news feed, then Friends Aloud 1.0 can help you. This application will read out all of your news feed to you, and is available to owners of the iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch.

Released by VoiZapp the application is the first to use state of the art text-to-speech technology on Facebook for all iOS devices. The app will read all of your friend’s postings and comments when they occur, as long as you wish for it to do so.

The content is read out to users with a pleasant female voice. Other features of the app include choose to limit the number of comments read aloud, play, pause, and skip forward/back using intuitive controls.

The application is ideal for use when you are driving or simply if you would like to rest your eyes from reading. Go here to get the app.

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This is the famous statement of Mark Zuckerberg, the President and Chief Executive of Facebook, the most popular social networking site as of the time.

Despite the success of reaching the goals of openness and connectivity, Zuckerberg and his colleagues are facing another blow from his critique.

Paul Ceglia the owner of a wood pellet fuel company in New York filed a lawsuit against Zuckerberg claiming 50% of Facebook website revenue. This man has already taken Facebook to court before and lost and has been convicted of fraud, has refilled a law suit against Facebook, bringing bigger guns and bigger evidence with him. A significantly larger law firm is backing him up this time, but the real story here is the new evidence in the form of a formal contract.

He claims that he gave Mark Zuckerberg $1,000 to fund the project with the understanding that he would maintain 50 percent ownership, with more possible if the project was not completed by a deadline.

If this contract turns out to be legit, it could mean that Ceglia will be very rich in time. But if history took a different path, who knows, it might have turned out that Ceglia owned Facebook before it ever really took off. The history of Facebook is indeed a never-ending mystery.

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