Google I/O 2012 Expectations

Although this year' event which is scheduled to be held during the end of June, 27-29, created a news of sorts; the search giant would still have the memory of the time when the event was held was the first time. For those unaware, when the event was a newborn Google had tough time collecting the developers attention. The tables for sure turned around last year tremendously when the tickets for Google I/O 2011 were sold out in pretty quick...

Read More

Blogger Updates: New Interface and Settings

After much anticipation, Google finally made it clear just a week before that the Blogger is getting the new look. The new look was previewed at the SXSW earlier this month and now we also have the switch link available. Although the option has been available there for some time but starting next month Blogger will be moved and will no longer be a preview or "another" option. At least so it seems as we see our dashboard today morning. Here is a quick...

Read More

Now Recommend Your Colleagues On ApnaCircle

If you are following our posts on ApnaCircle, you know that there have been quite a few updates to write, read and blog about (apart from enjoy and use them to your benefits). This time we bring to you a feature that's getting very useful for both the job seekers and head hunters. Apart from the Recommendation feature the portal now also offers a way to add your spoken Languages competency and some nice update on the news feed that you see...

Read More

Pinterest Finally Redesigns Profile Page

It wasn't that we were waiting for it but seems like with Facebook' update on the brand timeline, Google providing an update to its Android app and ApnaCircle as it seems is making some fast changes; Pinterest wasn't to be left alone in the world. Not that Pinterest hasn't been in the news for the way its spreading the pins and boards on every available space. Still, the recent profile page update on Pinterest has come as a surprise. The...

Read More

Add Skills Playing on ApnaCircle (Part I)

After a few very unique features like the profile timeline (very much talked in the media as a career visualization feature), online contact cards build and share and a smart feature in the smart news; ApnaCircle.com is getting ready to launch a very unique and interesting way to add skills on your profile. The feature itself hasn't been officially announced by ApnaCircle yet. Seems like they are in a testing mode but our team was able to sneak...

Read More

Thank Google Plus Friends For Plus One-ing

After getting the Search Plus Your World out there, Google has now started out a way to let you thank your contacts (more specifically people in your circles) for +1-ing a particular page that may have turned up in your search results. The below image shows you how the link isplaced in your search results. This obviously shows up only when you are logged in to your Google account (and in turn your G+ account). As you can see, the links...

Read More

Google Plus Updates Mobile UI and Provides Support For Locales

Google plus finally makes some updates to the mobile version of the app. The updates were rolled out last Monday as announced by their APM. The announcement comes nearly a month after the Android app for Google plus was updated with some major changes as we reported here. The stream view is gets a redesigned with NearBy and WhatsHot being accessed in a much cleaner way, just like the Android app. But what seems to be missing out is the...

Read More

Android Market Rechristened To Google Play

If you are one of the many who speculated Google Play to be some kind of an Android device, don't kill us if we disappoint you with a contrasting update here. With all the speculations about Google Play, Android Market has been laid to rest(just the name). No, don't go in to dangerous and heart breaking thoughts; the application has just been renamed to, you got it, Google Play. There isn't much to it apart from Android market being rechristened....

Read More

One For Acquisitions and Partnerships

It seems to be a season of acquisitions and partnerships in the social media world! We chose three favorite ones of all that we noticed in the past few months. Here we go and they are mentioned in the chronological order. You all are familiar with the professional portal ApnaCircle that we have been reporting a few news about. Most recently about the introduction of profile timeline on the site and a very useful feature that the online business...

Read More

Connect Google Plus To Blogger

Do you have a blog? If the answer is a big yes, then this post is for you. However, even if the answer is a No, read on as looking at the way Google is integrating all its products in one linear path, it may not be long that you will need to know this. We are sure you must have landed on some blog while searching or exploring some topic/news and then getting the blog links as search results on the Google search results page. And then while commenting...

Read More

Social Media And QR Codes

We presume(and excuse us for that), that many of us still do not know what a QR Code is! So first and foremost in this post, we will try to explain what this thing is. Then we will see, how you may see them for your benefits finally ending up this small post on how it fits in social media. We all are very familiar with our old linear friends that we often see people at the shop and malls PoS (Point of Sales) scanning to let the systems...

Read More