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Google rolls out a bevy of new features for its Google+ iOS app. The update is the last part of 43 new features Google has released for Google+ across its various platforms. The new iOS app includes better photo enhancements and highlighting, integrated hashtags, enhanced comments, and more control over profile editing. In addition, the update allows users to copy a post's permalink to their device's clipboard.
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Google has just announced a new search feature, which lets you search within and across your Google+ photo albums from Google Search itself. All you have to do is need sign into the account you use to store your Google+ photo albums and fire away with a keyword. What takes this search technology up a notch is Google's introduction of machine learning and computer vision to the way it recognizes specific photographs.
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Google+ Circles are just that – a circle of friends organized around the way you want to share with them. Think of them as special and specific "drop zones" for stuff. The great thing about Circles is that you can use them in a variety of flexible ways. The ideas for using Google+ Circles for personal productivity aren't new by any means. Here are five.
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Google announced at its I/O Developers Conference on Wednesday that Google+ will receive several new features that affect users' Streams, Hangouts, and Photos. There are 41 features in total, and each one is aimed at the benefit of its users. The most notable of these changes is the redesigned layout for the Google+'s Stream. Revealed by Google's Vic Gundotra at the conference, the redesign features new animations and cards that closely resemble Google Now, although a better comparison would be to Pinterest's pinboard-like layout.
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It's becoming apparent that cloud storage is the new standard these days, and Google recently recognized a need to help users keep their files in a unified space. with that in mind, Google announced on Monday that it is now offering 15GB of free storage across three of its most-used services: Google Drive, Gmail, and Google+ Photos. Google Apps users will receive 30GB across the three services.
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Google added a small but potentially significant update to its Google+ Hangouts: a remote desktop feature. Similar to Skype's desktop-sharing feature, Google+ remote desktop lets you remotely control and view another person's computer while chatting away, assuming you get that person's permission, of course.
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The face of search could change once again with Google's new "app activities" in Google Search. From now on, any app or website that allows its users to use Google+ sign-in, would be able to showcase what's popular with its users alongside its Google search results. Searching for Fandango, for example, will automatically show the top movies among Google users.
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Google is battling Facebook comments by bringing its very own Google+ comments to Blogger blogging service. Google+ comments are currently only available within Blogger blogs, but can be a very useful feature for bloggers that use Google's platform for generating their content, opening up some interesting ways to interact with their reader base.
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Non-profit organizations have been placed front and center with their inclusion in Google's Knowledge Graph. Google has been making tiny improvements to Knowledge Graph ever since it was introduced last year, and this latest change will make it easier for you to select a non-profit organization from the many out there and decide which one to donate to. You no longer have to rummage through an organization's website to find the necessary information.
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Google+ Hangouts are a pretty cool tool - one which we've put to good use here at MakeUseOf. Whether it's to hold editorial meetings or to host our own Podcast, Technophilia, we're big fans of everything that Google+ has to offer. Now we want to give you a few extra ideas on how you can get even more out of the service.
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I will say that Google+ has moved out of the shadows and is a viable social network for a lot of specific purposes. The Google+ experience is growing on me. That’s why I really liked what the Chrome extension called Replies and More for Google+ brought to my social conversations. It is a recommended install from our Best Chrome Extensions page.
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Google has updated Google+ with the ability to add animated profile picture. This comes hand in hand with some major updates for the Android and iOS mobile apps. Profile pictures can now take the form of animated .GIFs, and the mobile apps now feature photo editing, a better feed, improved interaction with Communities, and more.
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If you're still trying to navigate the labyrinth that is Google+ and are wondering who to follow, we've got a list of 10 must-follow photographers, techies, and more that will liven up the quietest Google+ feed out there. With Google employees, tech bloggers, photographers, vloggers, designers, entrepreneurs, and more, there's an incredibly lively discussion going on on Google+, it's just a matter of knowing where to look.
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Finding inspiration for photography is never a problem on the web. But even when we are taking in all we can, we shouldn’t forget the real-timeliness of social media and its natural give and take interactivity. Your first leanings could be towards Facebook. But in my opinion and social runs, Google+ is quite a few steps ahead when it comes to being an online training school for photographers.
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Google Docs integration has graduated from extras, and is now a regular Hangouts feature available for everyone. For smaller teams of ten members or less, Google Hangouts is a wonderful collaboration tool in real time, and with Google Docs collaboration becoming a core feature on Google Hangouts, this could get a serious boost.
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