Hangouts, the best part of Google+, gets standalone iOS, Android, & Chrome apps

Hangouts, the free multiperson video chat and messaging service inside Google+, has been broken out into its own standalone apps for iOS, Android, and Chrome.

Google’s Vic Gundotra: Future Nexus phones will have ‘insanely great cameras’

Google may finally be paying attention to the Nexus line's camera.

Google Vic Dundotra outs the new Nexus 10 tablet … with sweet vacay shots

This is not just a great vacation beach shot with HDR-like details. It's also a pic from Google's new Nexus 10 tablet, shot by Google exec Vic Gundotra on vacation somewhere beautiful.

Google to developers: the reason we don’t have a G+ API yet is we don’t want to screw you

Google+ would have a full read and write API today if the world’s largest search engine company knew how to release it in a way that wouldn’t screw developers. At least, that’s what Google’s senior vice president for Google+ implied …

Google+ steps toward web domination with automated signups for new Google accounts

Google, as it has long promised, is taking another step toward unifying all its web products under the Google+ umbrella by making Google+ a big part of signing up for a new Google account.

Today, the astute webmonkeys over at …

Google+ reaches 90M users, Page “excited” about Seach Plus Your World

Google chief executive Larry Page announced Google+ has reached 90 million members since its launch in June.

“Four months ago, when we opened [Google+] to the public, we were not sure what kind of reception we would receive,” said Vic …

Google+ introduces pages for businesses and brands

Google+ has finally introduced features for businesses and brands.

The long-awaited Google+ pages (sound familiar, Facebook?) will let non-individual entities reach out to consumers.

“After all, behind every page (or storefront, or four-door sedan) is a passionate group of individuals, …

Google+ adds a boatload of new toys for the visually oriented

Google released of a slew of new social features this morning for its Google+ social network that incorporate strong, fun visual elements.

You can now use Google+ to see popular posts, watch crazy visualizations of post analytics and edit your …

Why can’t we be friends? Facebook and Google+ relationship remains complicated

Facebook has no plans to integrate with Google+, Facebook’s chief technical officer Bret Taylor said today at the Web 2.o Summit in San Francisco.

“Every service is better when it’s social,”  he said. Apparently that dictum doesn’t apply, however, when …

Sergey Brin: Google+ is part of a bouquet of momentous projects

Google co-founder Sergey Brin said today that the Google+ social network is working surprisingly well and is part of a “bouquet” of services to come.

Brin (pictured in the middle) made a surprise appearance at the Web 2.0 Summit alongside …

Major Google+ updates: Hangouts live streaming and mobile, Huddles becomes Messenger

Google just unveiled a boatload of new features for its fledgling Google+ social network, many of which will be sure to please fans of its Hangouts group video chat.

First off, Google+ Hangouts is now available on Android phones via …

Google’s +1 button gets social with Google+ sharing

Google on Wednesday updated its +1 button with new functionality that lets users both “+1″ content and automatically share it on their Google+ accounts.

Google’s +1 button, launched in early June, helps users recommend web pages in Google searches; in …

Google+ represents a big chance for diversification in games

Google+ games, announced by Google today on its Google+ social network, represent a big chance for social games companies to diversify and reduce their dependence on Facebook. That’s why Google already has an impressive list of game companies, including Zynga, …

Google adds games from Zynga, PopCap and others to Google+

Google has finally added games to its Google+ social network, the company announced in a blog post today. The first set of games includes smash hit game Angry Birds, and games from social gaming powerhouse Zynga and casual games maker …

Google’s Gundotra admits to mistakes with Google+ ‘real name’ fiasco

Google VP Vic Gundotra has admitted that the company’s new social network, Google+, has made mistakes when it comes to kicking many people using fake names off the service and says there is still much to do to perfect the …

Google on today’s massive Google+ spam influx: “We ran out of disk space”

Many Google+ users saw a massive amount of notification email messages from the service this afternoon, and now Google’s head of social, Vic Gundotra, has an explanation.

“For about 80 minutes we ran out of disk space on the service …

Google resumes sending out Google+ invites

Google+, Google’s brand-new social networking site, will once again let users invite their friends to join them on the site, Google’s senior vice president of engineering Vic Gundotra said.

Google closed invitations for its social networking site due to “insane …

Facebook’s Zuckerberg attracts the most followers on Google+

In a game of social networking chicken with Google, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is not blinking. Zuckerberg currently has the most followers on Google’s new social network, Google+, beating out Google CEO Larry Page and Senior VP Vic Gundotra, according …

Google goes social with Google+ — Will Facebook flinch?

After months of waiting, Google finally unveiled on Tuesday its new social project, Google+. It’s an ambitious gambit that aims to turn all of Google’s services into one giant social platform, and in the process steal some thunder from Facebook …