google plus

Google+ rolled out its secound major redesign on wednesday.And According to Google, Google+ has now 190 million active Google+ stream users and 390 million active across Google (+1’ing apps in Google Play, making video calls in Gmail, sharing videos from YouTube) users.

What’s new?

A multi-column layout – one, two, or three columns of content depending on your screen size and orientation.
Photos and videos can fill the entire width of the stream.
The sharebox bounces, the menus slide, and the cards flip and fade.
Messaging is richer, and more responsive.
With conversation history, you can swipe back in time.
No more annoying notifications.

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Google+ now has Google+ has 500 million users and more than 135 million (only in stream) people and 235 million (+1’ing apps in Google Play, hanging out in Gmail, connecting with friends in Search…) are active on the service each month.
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According to Google’s Senior Vice President of Engineering Vic Gundotra, Google+ has 400 million users now  and more than 100 million people are active on the service each month (plus.google.com and mobile app).
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According to a blog post by google employee Saurabh Sharma, Google+ is rolling out vanity (custom) URLs for google+ profiles and pages.A custom URL is a short, easy to remember web address that links directly to your profile or page on Google+.

Now google introducing custom URLs to a limited number of verified profiles and pages.

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Google revealed in the Google I/O developer conference that Google+ now has over 250 million accounts and only about 150 million of those accounts are currently active.More users access Google+ on their mobile device than through a desktop computer and the average Google+ user spends 12 minutes a day “in stream”, up from 9 minutes just a few months ago.
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Google+ rolled out its first major redesign on wednesday.

What’s new?

new profile with much bigger photos.
new chat list that puts your friends front and center
dynamic ribbon of applications on the left.
drag apps up or down to create the order you want
hover over certain apps to reveal a set of quick actions
show or hide apps by moving them in and out of “More”
Full bleed photos and videos
A stream of conversation “cards” that make it easier to scan and join discussions
An activity drawer that highlights the community around your content
always-updated list of invitations from the people in your circles
Quick access to every public and On Air hangout
A rotating billboard of popular hangouts
New Explore page that shows what’s interesting and trending across the network
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