The default circles are Friends, Family, Acquaintances, and Following. A lot of businesses and brands (including OMG! Ubuntu!) rely heavily on social media as a tool to connect with their audience.Īs I touched on above, Circles give you a way to easily organize your contacts into groups that closer reflect real life. The absence of an equivalent to Facebook Pages is interesting, and I’d love to know whether Google have a plan to introduce something similar. There is currently no equivalent for Facebook’s Pages on Google+, so people’s profiles aren’t cluttered with a bunch of music, interests, movies, books, mindless pages, or events. Google have taken a careful approach to the Profile section, mimicking Facebook but with a lot less detail which in my opinion is a great thing. Your photos can’t be seen by anyone until they’re shared. The niftiest feature by far is Instant Upload which, when enabled, automatically uploads photos you take to a private album on Google+. It’s exceptionally feature rich and very responsive, even on my ancient HTC Magic.
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If you’re lucky enough to have an Android phone, there’s a Google+ app in the market. The most interesting feature in Photos is the Photos from your phone section. Photos are split into a couple of different areas, “Photos from your circles,” “Photos from your phone,” “Photos of you,” and “Your albums.” A bit like Facebook Lists, but mainly taking huge inspiration from Diaspora’s way of managing contacts, the Circles feature of Google+ really makes it easier to organize contacts into groups, creating an experience much more akin to real life. One of the biggest selling points over Facebook is the ability to selectively choose which Circles you’d like to share updates to. The stream instantly updates in real time when new comments appear and people +1 things. Your contacts can then “+1” things (equivalent to like on Facebook), and comment. You’re able to post updates, attach photos, links, videos, your current location and more. The Stream is pretty much a Facebook news feed. The basic structure is fairly similar to Facebook, with four main sections of the service: Stream, Photos, Profile, and Circles. If you’re a Google user and your Google Profile is filled out, you’ll have a bit of a head start as Google+ pulls in your profile picture and information automatically, as well as linking to a Picasa account. Upon opening up Google+ for the first time, you’re greeted with a welcome screen which briefly explains a few of the core features: Circles (how you organize contacts), Hangouts (video conference calling), and Sparks (feeds of interesting content).
We don’t usually cover social networks on OMG! Ubuntu!, but we figured that the introduction of Google+ means a lot to the future landscape of the Internet, and the fact that invites are scarce (luckily we were sent a couple) compelled me to write a run-down article covering the basic features. Yesterday, Google unveiled its new social network and competitor to Facebook, ‘Google+.’ The service aims to bring the search, phone, advertising, video chat (seriously, what doesn’t Google compete in nowadays) giant into the social network market currently dominated by Mr Zuckerberg’s Facebook. Google has turned off invites for now due to “insane demand.” Sorry!
Before you ask: No, I can’t send you an invite.
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