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Old 07-12-2011, 12:07 PM
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Originally Posted by Mafyoso
Well i sent you an Invite on the yahoo one just in case, But ive seen people use different email services with Google voice so I don't see why you cant have different email service for Google+

Also if u do use Gmail and dont want spam, Just make sure to go to ur notification settings and uncheck everything there for email that you dont want sent to you
I think Google is pushing everyone to use a Google account because G+ is more than being a social network. Everyone's looking at G+ as the Facebook killer but I think Google is really looking at it in a different angle. G+ is their unification of all their products and services. We're already seeing it with the +1 thing they just introduced and Picasa integration. The +1 is gonna be key for them as it'll change search again because now it shows recommendations from people you know when you search. Its similar to Facebook's Like but you don't see that stuff outside of Facebook when you search which is a disadvantage for them. Myspace Tom had a good article on what he thought G+'s vision really is and it makes sense.


Google+ seems like a "reaction" to Twitter/Facebook. But are you starting to see the ways that Google+ just makes Google a better, more integrated set of services? Google already has top-notch products in key categories--photos, videos, office productivity, blogs, Chrome, Android, maps and (duh) search. Can you start to see/imagine what Google+ does for Gmail? Picassa? Youtube? Not to mention search? The +1 system that Google now has control of (unlike Facebook Likes) can really influence and change the nature of their search.

My original vision for MS was that everything got better when it was social--so I tried to build all the super popular things used on the web (blogs, music, classifieds, events, photos) on top of MySpace's social layer. When Yahoo launched 360, MSN launched Spaces, and Google launched Okrut, I was shakin in my boots. But quickly I saw that it's really hard to layer in social to features after the fact. At MySpace we had the luxury of having social first, and building the products on top of that layer. Then I choked and Facebook realized that vision. ;-)

But Google+ really seems to be primed to make good on that original premise--that everything gets better when its social. And unlike FB, Twitter, or anyone else, Google already has the most advanced set of products. And if I can clearly see where this is headed, then I think what we are getting is a much better Google. Does that kill FB/Twitter? Who cares? I'd use all 3, but more importantly, I'll be using Google products I never used, or use them in new, better ways I never used them before.

Oh yah and I love my Google TV

What we're seeing in the early stages of G+ is the integration of +1 and Picasa onto G+. The other stuff will be coming as well such as Google Docs, Voice and whatever other Google product they have (Probably even the Android Market). G+ is rolling this thing slowly cause they're betting the whole company on G+ and if it fails, they'll fail badly.
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It worked for me. I was signed into Chrome under my Gmail account and it used that one. Apparently the link is the important bit.

Thanks! Now to figure out how it works.
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What I love about Google is their Phone service. I make free calls on my Mac all the time and as well as when i didn't have unlimited text messaging, Google Voice would let me text message from my Blackberry as much as i possibly wanted. When you say Facebook killer, I think Google is truly going out for the Kill. They are so above and beyond any other voice over ip service, Email service, Social networking service, and more. Its amazing what they have to offer and most of it is free that's the great part. Who ever is not invested in this company should go out and do so. Its gonna reach a point that when it takes off HARD its gonna take everyone and their mother with them.
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Originally Posted by Mafyoso
What I love about Google is their Phone service. I make free calls on my Mac all the time and as well as when i didn't have unlimited text messaging, Google Voice would let me text message from my Blackberry as much as i possibly wanted. When you say Facebook killer, I think Google is truly going out for the Kill. They are so above and beyond any other voice over ip service, Email service, Social networking service, and more. Its amazing what they have to offer and most of it is free that's the great part. Who ever is not invested in this company should go out and do so. Its gonna reach a point that when it takes off HARD its gonna take everyone and their mother with them.
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I think the main purpose of google + is to have access to the kinds of info facebook does.....i.e. images. Google is the number one search engine, but it is still quite limited. For example, if you do an image search for "bear in a river", most of the results won't be a bear in a river. This is because the image search is based on the HTML description and/or the page where the image is. Now, if you have millions images uploaded with captions and comments, it will be much easier to find what you are looking for.

Facebook already has billions of photos with billions of tags and comments, but they have yet to figure out how to search it. Google wants (needs) that info to beat facebook to the next search engine technology.

The +1 thing was started for this reason. +1 a link that yielded the results you were looking for and now your friends search will be improved and so on.
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Google + = sausage fest.
Google+: Where all the guys are
http://technolog.msnbc.msn.com/_news...l-the-guys-are
Well, now we know that Google+ is the equivalent of Alaska in the social networking world: At least two sites tracking Google+ user demographics say males make up more than 73 percent of the site's users.

Mashable's Jolie O'Dell cites SocialStatistics and FindPeopleOnPlus for the numbers, which are as high as nearly 87 percent on the former, and almost 74 percent from the latter.
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Originally Posted by doopstr
Google + = sausage fest.
Google+: Where all the guys are
http://technolog.msnbc.msn.com/_news...l-the-guys-are
^^ Speaks the truth, Nothing but a Cockfest on there just like Acurazine!!!
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Originally Posted by sho_nuff1997
I think the main purpose of google + is to have access to the kinds of info facebook does.....i.e. images. Google is the number one search engine, but it is still quite limited. For example, if you do an image search for "bear in a river", most of the results won't be a bear in a river. This is because the image search is based on the HTML description and/or the page where the image is. Now, if you have millions images uploaded with captions and comments, it will be much easier to find what you are looking for.

Facebook already has billions of photos with billions of tags and comments, but they have yet to figure out how to search it. Google wants (needs) that info to beat facebook to the next search engine technology.

The +1 thing was started for this reason. +1 a link that yielded the results you were looking for and now your friends search will be improved and so on.
thats a good point, i've kept reading that google+ is part of something a lot bigger but i couldnt actually think of what it could be. Maybe this is part of it.
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is it finally in the store?

And is anyone here Robert Gutierrez?
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I had to use a direct link from Gizmodo or Engadget.

I have no friends.
Old 07-19-2011, 04:43 PM
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I just did a search for "iTunes google plus" in my browser to get a link to it on my iPhone.
Old 07-19-2011, 04:46 PM
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Originally Posted by Doom878

And is anyone here Robert Gutierrez?
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Originally Posted by CocheseUGA
I had to use a direct link from Gizmodo or Engadget.

I have no friends.
Me too....
Old 07-20-2011, 07:13 AM
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PM me your name Cochese. Then you should be able to see my AZ circle after I add you...I think
Old 07-20-2011, 08:52 AM
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Originally Posted by Doom878
PM me your name Cochese. Then you should be able to see my AZ circle after I add you...I think
Yes, if he is in a circle of your, he will see posts made to that circle. But you won't necessarily posts of his unless he adds you to a circle and includes that circle in his posts.
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Originally Posted by Doom878
is it finally in the store?

And is anyone here Robert Gutierrez?
Did he Add you guys to his circle?? Hes my Miami connect to Cheap Print Shop for Business cars, Flyers, Etc
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Are you Really Robert?? GTF out of here!!
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Originally Posted by Mafyoso
Are you Really Robert?? GTF out of here!!
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Not knowing real names is very confusing.
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Maybe the OP should be updated but then we'll be sharing our real names with our aliases.
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Originally Posted by Yumcha
Shit I was About to say, Cause I know that fucker Robert and Hes cool and all but Didn't ever think ill find him here on Acurazine. Ayo Hopefully that Tate contest does go thru so we can see ur ass Banned for a week lmao
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Shit I was About to say, Cause I know that fucker Robert and Hes cool and all but Didn't ever think ill find him here on Acurazine. Ayo Hopefully that Tate contest does go thru so we can see ur ass Banned for a week lmao
No offense to him, I'm sure he is a nice guy, but he is about to be removed from my circle because I'm not into seeing advertisements for his company all over my wall.
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Shit I was About to say, Cause I know that fucker Robert and Hes cool and all but Didn't ever think ill find him here on Acurazine. Ayo Hopefully that Tate contest does go thru so we can see ur ass Banned for a week lmao
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And as you all will discover...Google > *...


Not just Plus. All of Google > *...
Facebook, Apple, et al...take note.





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