quite the windfall
Google+ settlement payments are finally arriving, but don't expect much
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Payments for the Google+ class-action lawsuit are finally reaching users that submitted valid claims by October 8, 2020.
Google+
A small pittance
You can now get $12 for free if you used Google Plus between 2015 and 2018
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Google is offering U.S. customers a $12 payment as part of a $7.5 million Google Plus class-action settlement. A security breach left user data exposed between 2015 and 2018, and now Google is paying for it.
+1 Dream Come True
Goodnight to Google+, my first blogging and social platform
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Google+ was a quirky social site that no one really thought they needed, but I'll always be grateful to this dying platform for helping my find my voice, my community, and my dream job.
Final days
Your Google+ account is being deleted on April 2
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Google+’s planned consumer shutdown is coming up in just a few short months. Here’s what to expect when the that fateful day comes on April 2.
The end is nigh
Google+ faces another data breach, shut down moved up four months to April
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Google+ just suffered its second major data leak in less that two-month’s time, and as such, Google’s decided to shut down consumer access to it four months sooner than originally planned.
Oh brother
Google+ is shutting down for consumers in August 2019
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From 2015 to March 2018, a security vulnerability exposed info for hundreds of thousands of Google+ users. Google chose to not disclose the breach and is now planning to shut down its failed social network.
Is this thing on?
Google+'s Android app is getting a major update for the loyal few
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For those of you that still use Google+, the platform's Engineering Manager recently teased that a "brand new version" will be launching in the coming days.
Who's this?
Google Contacts syncing not working for some users — here's how to fix it
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If you've been noticing that your Google Contacts aren't syncing properly, here's how to get everything working again.
Everyone likes better photos
Google is bringing its bandwidth-saving image processing to your Android
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According to Google+ Product Manager John Nack, RAISR, Google's machine learning image processing technology, will be rolling out more broadly over the next coming weeks.
Google’s social platform explained
Everything you need to know about Google+
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This is everything you need to know about Google+, in one handy guide. Google+ is the social backbone of the Google platform and a pretty decent social network for the millions of users who inhabit it. Thanks to its ties to Hangouts, Google+ can also become your own personal podcast, meeting space, or impromptu concert. Google+ Photos's freedoms and features have attracted...
Let's put it to a vote!
You can ask for opinions, but polls are easy to read and use
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Polls are a nice, easy ways to gauge opinions. Politicians are always using polls to assess voter — and donor — opinions. Google Opinion Rewards pays us for answering their short polls. Here at Android Central, our weekly polls are one of the many ways we try to see what you, our readers, think about Android and the burning questions of the day. But what about when you want to get some...
Cloudy memories
Using auto-backup to save images and video to Google+
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The memories you capture with your smartphone don't have to disappear when something bad happens. There are many photo backup services available to Android users today. Almost all of these services rely on offering a small amount of storage in a cloud backup somewhere, and when you take a photo or record a video that data is sent off to be stored until you need it. While each of...
Different isn't always better
Dealing with Google+ and YouTube together
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Policing comments in a mostly anonymous system is almost impossible, so Google tried to fix things. YouTube is an amazing platform where anyone with a camera and an internet connection can publish videos for the entire world to see for free. From the absolute novice to the professional production studio, YouTube is an invaluable resource for getting video to your users. More than...
Your Google is showing
What you should know about Google+ and your Google account
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Google has taken your data out of the individual silos you signed up for and created something bigger, but it's up to you to decide if that's good or bad. When the service first launched, Google+ was described by its creators as a social layer for all of Google's products. This meant you could invite people to a document from Google Drive, check your notifications from Google Play...
Tread lightly and have a good time
Google+ - Pages, Community, and What's Hot
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Some areas of Google+ are great for immersing yourself in a topic, but it's easy to get overwhelmed when the signal to noise ratio tips. Once you gotten yourself settled in to Google+, by which I mean your account has been completed and you've either located your current friends or gone out to find some new ones through Google's recommendations, it's time to really make the service...
Gifs and beyond
One of Google+'s strongest assets has a small weakness
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Photos can make or break your experience on social media. While text may be the way we primarily communicate online, when we add visuals to our words, social media becomes a lot more fun, a lot more addictive, and to an extent a lot easier. After all, a picture says a thousand words. Communities like the Art of Bread probably could still capture interest and share recipes with text...
Muting and blocking and notifications, oh my!
How to tame a somewhat unpredictable home stream
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The Google+ homepage — called the stream — can be somewhat unpredictable at times. That label at the top may say All Circles, but posts from your communities and from complete strangers — in the form of Extended Circles or Hot and Recommended posts — wind up here, too. It can be wild, it can be unruly, or — even worse — boring if you don't have your stream set up right. But with a few...
Deep breath in
Striking a balance between your people and your circles
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Circles — like Google+ itself — are often misunderstood. See, on most social media platforms, lists are something of an afterthought. You follow someone and then you add them to a list through the profile options or some similar method. On Google+, your lists — called Circles — are front and center. Anyone you follow must belong to one of your circles, and you can add them to more than...
Dive in
How to set up the Google+ account you already have
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If you already use Google, making the jump to Google+ is surprisingly easy. In several subtle ways, you probably are using parts of Google+ already. Your Google+ profile goes a lot of places. It ties into the Google Play store, putting a name and face to your +1s, ratings, and reviews. It ties into YouTube, tying together your comments and allowing you to reply to subsequent comments...
I ain't afraid of no ghosts
A brief into to Google+
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Google's plans for total web domination have been scaled back to a simple, powerful social network with no shortage of killer features. Social behavior is a strangely integral part of the Internet as we know and use it today, and in many ways it has been from the very beginning. Message boards, IRC channels, image hosting sites, and email have always existed as important social...