Author Archives: ecdm21

Hang on, Hangouts

Posted on 21 September, 2011

One of the stand-out features of Google Plus is the ‘Hangout’, where up to 10 users can video chat with each other.  Although it’s an exciting and innovative feature, the execution is proving to be quite difficult.  The nature of … Continue reading →

Posted in Google+, Hangouts | Tagged , , , ,

Circles vs Friend Lists

Posted on 21 September, 2011

Google Plus has become Facebook’s worst nightmare.  Up until now, Facebook has sat comfortably on the throne of social media, however if anything was going to be able to challenge it, it’s Google.  Mark Zuckerberg himself created a Google Plus … Continue reading →

Posted in Circles, Google+ | Tagged , , , ,

Putting it in the ‘Too Hard’ Basket

Posted on 21 September, 2011

Since the unveiling of Google Plus, there was some, although not much, buzz about it on my Facebook newsfeed.  Being a curious person I decided to take a peek at the “future of social media”.  Although the navigational introduction seems … Continue reading →

Posted in Google+ | Tagged , , , , ,

Everyone’s (not) doing it!

Posted on 21 September, 2011

David Seaman has given quite a scathing report of Facebook’s decision to bar the easy collection and transition of friend lists to Google Plus in his article on the Business Insider website. He likened Facebook to a desperate and clingy … Continue reading →

Posted in Google+ | Tagged , , , , ,

Must have gotten lost in the mail…

Posted on 21 September, 2011

The first I heard of Google Plus was from one of my tech savvy friends who was single handedly spreading the word about this new social networking service.  It was the same friend who became slightly more popular after realizing … Continue reading →

Posted in Google+ | Tagged , , , ,