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Move Your Photos Let Users Migrate Facebook Pics to Google

Some folks who have been waiting for an alternative to Facebook and enjoy the newly minted Google+ social network enough to want to move...

Google+ a Sign of Newfound Social DNA?

MySpace founder Tom Anderson addressed whether social is in Google's DNA in light of the early success of Google+ in a guest post on...

Google Bad for the Brain, Recall, Study Says

The title of this post may well have been: Nicholas Carr Vindicated!I'm referring of course to the fact that another study has come to...

Amazon Android Tablet Coming in October, Says WSJ

The latest spin on the Amazon Android tablet rumor mill has the e-commerce giant pumping out a 9-inch tablet this October to try to...

Google+ Circles Catalyst Speaks Out About Google Defection

If you're interested in the background and social construct behind Google+, you really need to read Paul Adams' post on why he left Google,...

Google+ Vaulting Past 10 Million User Mark

Growing like a weed. Racing like a comet. There are a lot of ways one might describe the trajectory of the Google+ social network,...

Oracle Could Seek Licensing From Android Phone Makers

One of the most painful memes about the Oracle vs. Google Android patent lawsuit is that if Oracle wins it could demand licensing fees...

Facebook Answers Google+ Hangouts With Skype Calling

One has to appreciate the timing of Facebook unveiling a group chat application one week after Google+ launches a social network to not-so-subtly compete...

Google+ Killer App Is User Engagement

What is Google+ killer application?Is it Circles, the friending mechanism that lets users bucket their contacts in gradual, careful curation rather than Facebook's firehose...

Google+ and the Search for Greater Social Intelligence

Rocky Agrawal, guest-writing for TechCrunch, does a good job discussing the signal-to-noise ratios underpinning social networks like Facebook, Twitter and especially Google+, where users...