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Russian app shames parking jerks via social networks

Russian app shames parking jerks via social networks

We’ve all been there: you’re trying to park downtown and some jerk takes up the last two spaces in his Beamer. Apparently the problem is even more pronounced in Russian cities like Moscow, where drivers regularly hop the curb to park on the sidewalk. Local online newspaper The Village has decided to do something about …

HTC and Facebook set to make another Android phone

HTC and Facebook set to make another Android phone

25 April 2012 by Discuss (1)

Remember the ChaCha and the Salsa? Me neither. But HTC does, and according to DigiTimes, they’re eager to make another phone partnered with Facebook for features and branding. Their supply chain sources say that HTC and Facebook are partnering for another phone with exclusive features that tie into the social network, now an unbelievable 900 …

Google+ SMS support added in 41 countries

Google+ SMS support added in 41 countries

20 April 2012 by Discuss (6)

Who loves Google+ and thinks it’s the best social network? In case you guys didn’t know, you can post updates and respond to comments using SMS just like Facebook and others offer. The only problem here is this feature was limited to the US and parts of India. Today Google has announced this feature is …

Google+ updated for Android with hashtags and web snippets

Google+ updated for Android with hashtags and web snippets

12 April 2012 by Discuss (1)

Google’s social network Google+ has been getting tons of attention lately from the team at Mountain View. The web interface was completely overhauled this week with a fresh new look and improved features, and today they’ve pushed an update for the Android app bringing some awesome web features to mobile. The big one for me …

Digg founder Kevin Rose and team hired by Google

Digg founder Kevin Rose and team hired by Google

16 March 2012 by Discuss (0)

Earlier this week we heard reports that Google might be looking to snatch up a few new employees to help out with their social side of things. The rumors suggested that Digg founder Rose, and the staff of Milk have been hired by Google. Today on Google+ Kevin Rose himself has confirmed the rumors and …

Sonar: Local social networking lands for Android

Sonar: Local social networking lands for Android

05 March 2012 by Discuss (0)

The popular local and location based social networking application Sonar is finally available for Android today in a limited beta. Sonar pulls data from publicly available profiles from Foursquare, Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook and brings it all into a single application. It sounds a little scary I know, but we are hearing great things about …

Official Android Developers now on Google+

Official Android Developers now on Google+

30 January 2012 by Discuss (0)

Android and Google just keep getting more and more social. After making an official Twitter and Google+ page late last year they are back and now have an official social page for all things Android Development. The Android dev team now has a dedicated social space for developers to meet, share, learn, and connect with …

President Obama to appear on Google+ for post State of the Union Interview

President Obama to appear on Google+ for post State of the Union Interview

23 January 2012 by Discuss (0)

Who wants to see President Obama live on a Google+ hangout? If you do then next week you are in luck because Obama will be doing exactly that. After trying to be more “social” the White House made a Google+ account last week. I was confused when I saw it but now it appears that …

Sim City creator bringing his new game HiveMind to Android too

Sim City creator bringing his new game HiveMind to Android too

02 January 2012 by Discuss (0)

The name Will Wright might not ring a bell for many but popular games like The Sims, Sim City and more should all be plenty familiar. Creator Will Wright has recently detailed his newest game, HiveMind and we are now hearing it will also be coming to Android phones and tablets.

Google+ estimated to have 400 Million users by 2012′s end

Google+ estimated to have 400 Million users by 2012′s end

27 December 2011 by Discuss (6)

As long as the world doesn’t end in 2012, the LA Times writes Google+ could round up 400 Million users by the end of 2012. This is only theoretical, and going by the current 625,000 calculated users signing up daily. With some simple arithmetic, we arrive at around 400M.

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