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Infographic: Google+ for Business

At the annual SxSW conference in Austin today, Google+'s spiritual father and Google's senior vice president of engineering Vic Gundotra took the stage for a fireside chat with Guy Kawasaki. In the wide-ranging interview, Kawasaki and Gundotra touched upon a number of issues ranging from privacy to API access to the metrics Google is using to judge the success of Google+. What is Google+?

Google’s Vic Gundotra: Read/Write API for Google+ Not Coming Anytime Soon — SiliconFilter

http://siliconfilter.com/googles-vic-gundotra-majority-of-content-shared-on-google-is-not-public-readwrite-api-not-coming-anytime-soon/
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204653604577249341403742390.html

The Mounting Minuses at Google+ - WSJ.com

To hear Google Inc. GOOG -0.54% Chief Executive Larry Page tell it, Google+ has become a robust competitor in the social networking space, with 90 million users registering since its June launch.
http://www.hackeducation.com/2012/01/26/google-plus-opens-to-teens/ Google+ is finally open to teenagers, according to post today by VP of Product Bradley Horowitz. When G+ launched last year, it was only open to those 18 and older, and even when the social network expanded to Google Apps for Education users, it maintained the age restriction. With today's announcement, that restriction is no longer in place (as long as you're over 13, that is and in certain countries*).

Google+ Opens to Teens: Will Teens Care? Will Schools Use It?

The Google+ team just announced that it has launched the ability for Google+ users to record video status updates.

Google+ Now Lets You Record Video Status Updates — SiliconFilter

http://siliconfilter.com/google-now-lets-you-record-video-status-updates/
Waiting for a Google Plus invite? Google is rolling out the service in waves and you can expect it to become a ubiquitous social option in the coming months.

How To Use Google+

http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/redux_how_to_use_google_plus.php

Google+ Gets More Useful Notifications, Multi-Admin Support for Pages and Noise Control for Circles — SiliconFilter

The Google+ is ending the year with a massive number of updates and new features. Besides giving users greater control over what appears in their main stream, the Google+ team also launched support for multiple administrators for Google+ Pages and more useful notifications that provide users with what Google calls "sneak peaks" at updates from your stream. In addition, Google+ now also features a redesigned lightbox for photos, which have quickly become a central feature on the site. http://siliconfilter.com/google-gets-more-useful-notifications-multi-admin-support-for-pages-and-noise-control-for-circles/
Google+ Circles in Gmail Google now includes Google+ profile information within contacts lists, both in Gmail and in the standalone Google Contacts manager. In addition to Google+ information about your contacts any Google+ circles you’ve set up will now be available inside the contacts manager.

Google Adds Google+ Info to Gmail Contacts | Webmonkey | Wired.com

http://www.webmonkey.com/2011/12/google-adds-google-info-to-gmail-contacts/

Google+: The Complete Guide

http://mashable.com/2011/07/16/google-plus-guide/ Using Google+? Add Mashable to your circles.
http://thenextweb.com/google/2011/11/20/googles-secret-weapon-against-twitter-and-facebook/ The proliferation of platforms such as Facebook and Twitter come mostly from success stories, and cross-over events with mainstream media.

Google+'s secret weapon against Twitter and Facebook

Earlier today, ‘All About Content’ reported that Google+ data was showing in Google’s organic search listings. Two different items are now appearing in the search results pages, recent Google+ posts and an “Add To Circles” button.

Recent Google+ Posts & "Add To Circles" Buttons Are Coming To Google's Search Results

Along with the big announcement of Google+ pages yesterday, a search-specific feature called “Google+ Direct Connect” was also announced.

A Look At Google+ Direct Connect For Google+ Pages

Google+ Isn't Going Away - NYTimes.com

There sure are a lot of Google+ haters out there. “Google+ Is Dead,” Farhad Manjoo, a writer for Slate, proclaimed this week .
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Different people are interested in different parts of your business. Whether it's breaking news, updates, promotions, links, photos - even talking face-to-face with groups via easy-to-use video chat - Google+ lets you easily share the right things with the right customers.