You Spend 120 Times Longer on Facebook Than Google+ [Factoid]

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We all know Google+ is hardly the Facebook contender Page and co hoped for . But according to data from comScore , reported by the Wall Street Journal , visitors to the sites using computers spent an average of about three minutes a month on Google+ between last September and January, versus six to seven hours on Facebook each month over the same period. That's over a 120 times longer

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Google Voice Gets Circles Support [Google Voice]

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Google's Circles feature is a great way to keep your various online social factions safely segregated.

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Google+ Circles heading to Google Voice, creepers heading straight to voicemail

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If you've spent some quality time with Google+ , we're sure you've encountered Circles . You know, the feature that enables you to control who sees your G+ posts and who doesn't

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ChefHangout Gives You Personal Cooking Lessons Over Google Hangouts [Video]

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If you're looking to beef up your kitchen skills, you can buy inexpensive cooking classes from ChefHangout, and learn tons of recipes over Google Hangouts. More

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Google Revamps its Navigation Bar Again, Gets Rid of Annoying Dropdown Menu [Google]

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Google recently changed its navigation bar to a drop-down menu that, frankly, was a huge pain to use. Responding to user feedback, Google has returned to a more old-school navigation bar with a set of links across the top, which send you to your favorite Google apps and services. It keeps some of the more popular changes from the last iteration, though, like a unified search box and Google+ notifications on every Google page.

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Despite Obama’s Hangout Hope, Semiconductor Jobs Are Still Going Away [Video]

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Earlier today, President Barack Obama took part in a Google+ Hangout .

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Android Developers ready to hangout on Google+

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The mobile ninjas over at Android Developers have announced a new medium for advice, collaboration and training : Google+ . The collective will use the social networking site to help developers "meet, share, and connect with the people behind the Android developer experience." Programming tips, SDK announcements and training offerings are all on the menu, and the group is promising to hold weekly "broadcast office hours" for live Q&A using the Hangouts feature built-in to Google+. Hit the source link to invite the coding co-op into your virtual circle of choice.

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Obama to host first Google+ Hangout tonight at 5:30PM

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Barack Obama is no stranger to social networks, but Google+ is still relatively new territory for him (and everyone else for that matter). The president doesn't seem afraid of mixing it up with the online riffraff, though, and will be hosting his very first Hangout tonight at 5:30pm ET. He'll be answering questions submitted via YouTube and selected by Google based on viewer rating

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The "Don’t Be Evil" Bookmarklet Lets You See a Web Without Google’s Search Plus Your World [Video]

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President Obama Will Be Hanging Out on Google+ Next Week [Video]

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Well, we said it was going to happen , but we didn't think it would be so soon. Less than two weeks after the White House joined Google+ , President Obama will go live in a Google+ Hangout to answer your questions

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