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Google to combine all its chat services under Babble

By Brian Sin
on 18 Mar, 2013

Google is apparently looking to bring together all of its communication services under one single platform. The platform will be dubbed "Babble", and it will solve Google's fragmented chat services. Right now, Google users can communicate through Google Talk, Google Hangout, Google Voice, Google Chat, Gmail Chat, and Google+. However, those services fail to communicate directly with each other.

Flixster gets social – adds Google+ integration and sharing

By Cory Gunther
on 12 Mar, 2013

A few weeks back Google announced that they were taking Google+ to a new level on the social front. That being the capability to integrate the social network into apps. Just like signing into your favorite Zynga game with Facebook, or allowing apps access to Twitter. Today Movies by Flixster has just updated their Android app with full Google+ access.

Google Picasa albums now redirecting to Google+

By Robert Nelson
on 5 Mar, 2013

Google appears to be continuing the process of pushing all Picasa users over to Google+. We have seen some of this in the past, however as of today, those surfing to picasaweb.google.com will end up on the Google+ Photos page. Another recent push from Google came when they removed the Picasa link in the navigation bar. Those checking will find an option for "Photos" which also takes you to the Google+ Photos page.

PSA: New Google Settings app in your app tray isn’t malware

By Cory Gunther
on 26 Feb, 2013

We've been receiving a few comments this afternoon that users are magically getting an unknown application installed on their devices. You'll notice a new green "Google Settings" icon in your app tray, and a few comments were worried it was a virus or malware. Don't worry folks, this is simply a part of the new Google Services 3.0 that was updated this afternoon.

Google Play services v3.0 brings Google+ sign-in and more

By Robert Nelson
on 26 Feb, 2013

Google has recently announced the v3.0 release of the Google Play Services. And while some of this may be more developer oriented, these changes and new features will filter down towards the end user. In fact, some of these new features sound like they will make things a bit easier and more convenient for the end user. Just to begin with, Google Play Services v3.0 brings Google+ Sign-In and over-the-air app downloads from a website.

YouTube update integrates Google+ profile, adds notification bar controls

By Cory Gunther
on 22 Feb, 2013

Google has begun pushing a few updates out over the past 24 hours for a few of their services. This morning we reported the Play Store was receiving an update, and now it looks like Google has just updated everyone's favorite video streaming service and site to waste time on. YouTube has received a neat little update this afternoon bringing multiple changes so lets take a peek.

App Updates: Facebook, Google+, Temple Run 2 and more

By Cory Gunther
on 14 Feb, 2013

While there's no telling what apps the millions and millions of Android users have installed, especially considering there is more than 700,000 apps in the Play Store. However, today there was a pretty big list of apps getting updated that most users usually have on their phones. So instead of wasting time, here's a list of some popular apps all receiving updates today.

‘The Internship’ debut movie trailer to be shown on a Google+ hangout

By Cory Gunther
on 8 Feb, 2013

A brand new comedy movie featuring the two awesome dudes from Wedding Crashers, Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn is coming soon. And to make thing even better the movie will be about two interns working for Google. It's called The Internship and we mentioned it on our sister site back in September. These two celebrities were shooting tons of scenes of the movie right at Google's HQ in California.

Google Play Music, Google+ Android apps receive new updates

By Eric Abent
on 30 Jan, 2013

If you count yourself among the Google faithful, then get ready to dive in, because the company has just unleashed a pair of updates for its Google+ and Play Music Android apps. Both updates are relatively small in size, but both add features that regular users are bound to appreciate. More importantly, both updates are available right now, so you don't have to wait for these new features.

Google+ passes Twitter as Google heads for Facebook’s top spot

By Cory Gunther
on 27 Jan, 2013

An interesting report has just been released showing basically what we all knew was coming, and that is the rise and dominance of Google in the social network scene. While Google+ is still a bit of a ghost town compared to Facebook (or is it) the amount of active daily users and discussion has exceeded Twitter. Yup, Google+ is now the second most active social network behind Facebook.