Remember when Ashton Kutcher won that race to get to 1 million Twitter followers in 2009? Well, this race is beginning with Google+ followers, sort of.
The announcement and limited invitation to the new Google+ social network last week not only whipped up a frenzy of anticipation, but marked the first salvo in the new battle for the social media space.
The announcement and limited invitation to the new Google+ social network last week not only whipped up a frenzy of anticipation, but marked the first salvo in the new battle for the social media space.
The week has passed, and people are yet to get over the shocking outcome of Casey Anthony Murder Trial. Space Shuttle Atlantis, Facebook's new video chat, President Obama's digital campaign for 2012 presidency run, hackers wrecking havoc with two official Twitter sites and rare-earth minerals on the floor of the Pacific Ocean- all generated a good amount of public debate this week. A quick roundup of this week's major headlines
The Facebook video calling was introduced with much fanfare and hype (i.e. Zuckerberg's promise a week in advanced to introduce something awesome). Google+ is touting its hangouts group video chat feature.
Spotify's American plan of action has been revealed as it hopes to get 50 million users within its first year.
How many people will end up using this feature after the media hype dies down
After the announcement of the Video Calling feature on Wednesday, another interesting fact came into light when an inquisitive coder named Jeff Ross scanned through the Java file behind Video Calling, and found something in the Skype install codes that gives indication towards a music application called Vibes.
When Facebook announced its video calling feature in partnership with Skype, Skype CEO Tony Bates said it was his goal that video chat becomes ubiquitous through Facebook's large reach
Facebook's awesome announcement is a video chat in partnership with Skype. It's a pretty impressive product and work of engineering because it's just so easy to use
The partnership between Facebook and Skype is a natural, and it will likely change social media in a very big way -- integrating phone calls and video conferencing seamlessly into Facebook's social network.
Google’s new launch Google+ which has become highly popular in a few days and has prompted people to beg for invites by creating Twitter accounts dedicating to getting Google+ invites, is developing a business version of it.
Facebook launched a video chat feature by partnering with Skype.
Mark Zuckerberg latched on to an apparent flaw in the Google+ model of social networking to drive home the point that the latest social networking initiative from arch rival Google could not pose a big threat.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced ‘'something awesome’ news Wednesday at a press conference in Facebook's Palo Alto, California headquarters. The announcement is that: a new video chat feature powered by hugely popular Skype.
Facebook teamed up with Skype to offer video chat inside of its pages as the world's largest social network prepares to go head-to-head with the world's largest search engine.
Facebook announced the 'super awesome' news that they will be partnering with Skype with plans to offer users video chat through the social network website - is it in response to a growing threat called Google+ Hangouts?
Facebook talks about the new Google social network, while introducing a new service.
The new Facebook announcement about a partnership with Skype Technologies SA to offer video calls could have the largest social network site competing with other video call giants such as Google Inc. and Apple.
President Barack Obama holds a town hall webcast on the economy and jobs on Twitter on Wednesday, but his answers are likely to be longer than the average tweet.
Mark Zuckerberg created some buzz last week by promising an awesome Facebook announcement. That announcement, it turns out, is a video chat built into Facebook. The video technology is powered by Skype.
Who top the Google+ follower list?
