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Google+ Trick: Give Your Scrolling Finger A Break

Dustin — February 9, 2012 — 5 Comments

If you’re as obsessed with Google+ as I am, you probably find yourself scrolling down your stream long enough for it to stop automatically loading more. When this happens, it’s good to know that you can give your scrolling finger a break thanks to a nice little feature that allows you to instantly scroll to the top of your current page with one click.

All you have to do is click on Google’s navigation bar that follows you down the screen. You can click anywhere within the grey space that is not already occupied with a button, link, or search bar.

Here is an image that highlights the clickable area:

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Google+ Opens It’s Doors To Teenagers And Teen-Targeted Brands

Dustin — January 27, 2012 — 2 Comments

teens on google plus

Since the launch of Google+ back in July of last year, only adults over the age of 18 were allowed to sign up for an account. All that changed on Thursday when Google engineer Bradley Horowitz (Vice President Product Management for Google+) announced that Google+ is now officially open to teenagers!

In addition to this, new privacy and safety features have been implemented to make sure that teenagers will have a safe sharing environment.

From Bradley Horowitz’s post:

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Timeline To 100 Million Users [Infographic]

Dustin — January 23, 2012 — 24 Comments

Whether you’re a critic or a fanboy (or girl), there’s no denying that Google+ is growing at a record pace. Based on last weeks announcement that they hit the 90 million user mark, it looks like they’re set to hit 100 million users in no time!

You may have seen the infographic that compared how quickly Facebook, Twitter, and Google+ reached a user base of 25 million. It gave a great visual of just how quickly Google’s new social network grew in it’s initial launch compared to the other networks. But, we here at GPlusTuts have a new infographic for you:

100 million users

Now that Google+ has passed 90 million users, I decided to create an infographic that showed the timeline of how long it took the major networks to reach 100 million users. Now, being that Google+ has yet to officially reach 100 million users, this can only be a projection of what could happen. However, I’m confident it will be pretty spot-on.

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Google+ Now Has 90 Million Users!

Dustin — January 22, 2012 — 2 Comments

Vic Gundotra (Senior Vice President of Engineering at Google) recently revealed that Google+ has now surpassed 90 million users. Being that the social network is now only 6 months old, these stats are mind-blowing!

90 million users

In Vic’s post, he also revealed some other interesting statistics. However, he didn’t just list out the statistics in a boring old text-only update. Oh, no, good ol’ Vic (and his Google+ team) revealed the stats in a way that could only have been done on Google+. Check out the post for yourself, or just read below for a summary of what was announced.

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8 Google+ Apps For iPhone You Probably Didn’t Know About

Dustin — January 19, 2012 — 2 Comments

Despite not having released the full API yet, there have been more than a dozen Google+ apps for iPhone that have showed up in the App Store. From posting to multiple social networks to importing photos, these apps can do a lot!

8 google plus apps for iphone

I’ve gone through and picked the best of the best. These iPhone apps are great for Google+ newbies and junkies alike, and will definitely add a little spice to your mobile Google+ experience. These apps cover publishing across multiple social platforms, photo importing from one service to another, and dating. What?! Yes, you read that right, there’s a Google+ dating app!

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Search Plus Your World: Backlash, Truth, And Impending Domination

Dustin — January 13, 2012 — 8 Comments

In true Google fashion the company released their newest innovation on Tuesday with “Search plus your world“. The backlash it caused is not a surprise as this update has officially started the impending Google+ domination countdown.

First, lets talk about what Search plus Your World is, then we’ll get into why it changes everything (again) and what it means for businesses, brands, and you. Fair enough? Great, let’s get into it:

In News, Thoughts

Google+ For iOS Update: Hangouts From Messenger

Dustin — January 11, 2012 — 9 Comments

Google+ released an update for it’s iOS devices on Monday. That’s always exciting for me, no matter what the update, but this update was exceptionally exciting with the addition of being able to start a Hangout from the Messenger feature!

Google+ iPhone app update

Before the update, you were only able to join hangouts that were already going on. You couldn’t initiate one yourself. Well, thanks to this update, you can officially use the Messenger function to start a hangout with anyone in your circles. Here’s some screen shots:

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What’s Your Favorite Google+ Feature? [Poll Results]

Dustin — January 7, 2012 — 5 Comments

Last month I conducted a poll among my circles using the method I’ve previously written about. The results were a bit surprising.

I conducted the poll on my personal Google+ profile, and got a decent amount of responses. In fact, 4 weeks after I posted it, it’s still getting votes!

So I’ve gathered the results and tallied up the +1′s. Here they are, meticulously crafted into a beautifully designed infographic for your viewing pleasure. Afterwards, you can cast your own vote as to which Google+ feature you think is the best!

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Google+ Hits 62 Million Users With 625,000 Added Daily

Dustin — December 28, 2011 — 2 Comments

A recent post on Mashable states that Google+ has now hit over 62 million users, and is growing at a rate of 625,000 per day! That is incredible!

Google+ 62 million users

There are many factors that could be playing into this. Google has been making some pretty aggressive pushes for the social network. Aside from their innovations in a social platform, they’ve also innovated the way they market the social platform! Here’s a great example:

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Google+ Features Icon Set

Dustin — December 24, 2011 — 1 Comment

If you’re a graphic designer, blogger, or just someone who likes to collect icons, I’ve created a set of Google+ feature icons that you can use at your leisure!

Perfect for all your Google+ design needs!

I searched all over the net to try and find something like this, but the only ones I could find weren’t complete. So, I created my own. It contains both a color and grey version of the following feature icons:

Stream
Photos
Profile
Circles
Hangouts
Sparks
Messenger (Huddle)
Games
Business Pages

All icons are in vector format, so they’ll size nicely to whatever your needs. I hope they are of good use for you in all your Google+ projects! Enjoy!
Download .PSD

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