I am pleased with Google

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ShadowHawk: Jun 25, 2000; CERTIFIED PRE OWNED TESLA OWNER

http://googleblog.blogspot.ie/2015/07/everything-in-its-right-place.html

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When we launched Google+, we set out to help people discover, share and connect across Google like they do in real life. While we got certain things right, we made a few choices that, in hindsight, we�ve needed to rethink. So over the next few months, we�re going to be making some important changes. Here�s more about what you can expect:

A more focused Google+ experience
Google+ is quickly becoming a place where people engage around their shared interests, with the content and people who inspire them. In line with that focus, we�re continuing to add new features like Google+ Collections, where you can share and enjoy posts organized by the topics you care about. At the same time, we�ll also move some features that aren�t essential to an interest-based social experience out of Google+. For example, many elements of Google+ Photos have been moved into the new Google Photos app, and we�re well underway putting location sharing into Hangouts and other apps, where it really belongs. We think changes like these will lead to a more focused, more useful, more engaging Google+.

Using Google without a Google+ profile
People have told us that accessing all of their Google stuff with one account makes life a whole lot easier. But we�ve also heard that it doesn�t make sense for your Google+ profile to be your identity in all the other Google products you use.

So in the coming months, a Google Account will be all you�ll need to share content, communicate with contacts, create a YouTube channel and more, all across Google. YouTube will be one of the first products to make this change, and you can learn more on their blog. As always, your underlying Google Account won�t be searchable or followable, unlike public Google+ profiles. And for people who already created Google+ profiles but don�t plan to use Google+ itself, we�ll offer better options for managing and removing those public profiles.

You�ll see these changes roll out in stages over several months. While they won�t happen overnight, they�re right for Google�s users�both the people who are on Google+ every single day, and the people who aren�t.

Posted by Bradley Horowitz, VP of Streams, Photos, and Sharing

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Space-Pope: Aug 13, 2003; by zen death robot

google is bad

# ? Jul 30, 2015 00:21

triple sulk: Sep 17, 2014

gas

# ? Jul 30, 2015 00:21

Beeftweeter: Jun 28, 2005; a medium-format picture of beeftweeter staring silently at the camera, a quizzical expression on his face

Space-Pope posted:

google is bad

# ? Jul 30, 2015 00:23

oh no blimp issue: Feb 23, 2011

VP of streams

# ? Jul 30, 2015 00:23

A Wheezy Steampunk: Jul 16, 2006; High School Grads Eligible!

Space-Pope posted:

google is bad

# ? Jul 30, 2015 00:24

Last Chance: Dec 31, 2004

gently caress Google

# ? Jul 30, 2015 00:29

ShadowHawk: Jun 25, 2000; CERTIFIED PRE OWNED TESLA OWNER

Awia posted:

VP of streams

don't cross him

# ? Jul 30, 2015 00:41

maniacdevnull: Apr 18, 2007; FOUR CUBIC FRAMES
DISPROVES SOFT G GOD
YOU ARE EDUCATED STUPID

Space-Pope posted:

google is bad

Actually, it's good

# ? Jul 30, 2015 00:43

ShadowHawk: Jun 25, 2000; CERTIFIED PRE OWNED TESLA OWNER

maniacdevnull posted:

Actually, it's good

did you know you can go to google.com and search for almost anything on the web?

# ? Jul 30, 2015 00:43

Last Chance: Dec 31, 2004

the web is dead.

# ? Jul 30, 2015 00:44

Cold on a Cob: Feb 6, 2006; i've seen so much, i'm going blind
and i'm brain dead virtually; College Slice

Last Chance posted:

the web is dead.

good

# ? Jul 30, 2015 02:07

Cold on a Cob: Feb 6, 2006; i've seen so much, i'm going blind
and i'm brain dead virtually; College Slice

i'm not sorry the web is dead

# ? Jul 30, 2015 02:08

DONT THREAD ON ME: Oct 1, 2002; by Nyc_Tattoo; Floss Finder

ShadowHawk posted:

don't cross him

# ? Jul 30, 2015 03:09

The Management: Jan 2, 2010; sup, bitch?

google tried to leverage its properties to kill Facebook despite strong user pushback, failed miserably, now trying to spin it as paying attention to the users.

# ? Jul 30, 2015 06:23