There is an update waiting for you G-Plusers hanging around in the Play Store right now. The update provides support for hashtags in the stream, improved third party sharing support along with the usual bug fixes and performance enhancements. The later of the updated aspects is probably the most critical for many users out there. The [...]
Many people already have seen and used Google Docs while in a Hangout on Google+ if you had the experimental “extra” features turned on. Giving users the ability to collaborate on a Google Doc while in a Hangout. As of today, that feature addition has made its way to the main stream. Now anyone can [...]
At the recent Game Developers Conference in San Francisco, Punit Soni made a rather bold statement. He promised that Google will turn its different gaming platforms into one big huge unified platform. His exact words are pretty powerful if you ask me – “By next year, we will not be here talking about Google+ Games, Chrome [...]
Sometimes we locate tools are extension that may not be Android specific, but offer something to our readers that we know they will appreciate seeing. This time it wasn’t out doing. You can thank Ryan Mills for that. This is an extension for all of us that use the Google Chrome browser as our main [...]
As a developer you are probably already active in the Android Developers Blog, Google Groups, various IRC channels and plastered across XDA, Rootzwiki and many other places. With Google not being shy or afraid of the developer community, that has easily helped you and us get moving forward with apps, games and custom ROM’s. Not [...]
When Google Music first launched as a beta, we all jumped on as soon as we could. Having a cloud storage for our music that was integrated to our devices and our accounts was wonderful. For big music fans that have oodles of music, it not only made life easier, but freed up a lot [...]
When Google Plus first launched, many high-profile members of the community were excited and also disgruntled at the same time. The complaint by many was the lack of nick name support. This ultimately forced many big name devs to not only use their real names to use the service, but limited some people from finding them easily. Many [...]
One of the most amazing things about my position here at AndroidSPIN (other than all of you wonderful folks, of course) is trolling the Internet in search of news that I feel should be shared with our readers. Sometimes, when things get a little slow on the Android front, we like to take a few [...]
Google+, the social networking service launched by Google this past summer, has caught on at a pretty nice pace so far. According to a report from CNet, Ancestry.com co-founder and Google+ unofficial statistician Paul Allen reported the latest numbers as of December 27, and it looks like the total has broken the 62 million milestone — if there [...]
We just posed posted up our review of Jlabs 5th Anniversary J5M ear buds. If you read it then you are probably on your way to order a pair if you are in need. With music presence ever-growing in the Android world thanks to Google, a great set of headphones that double as a tool for holding [...]
Not 15 minutes after we publish the story for the new updates headed to the Google+ web-based service does Google push an update to the app in the market. The Most recent update should come as no surprise to many. With the web version getting so much love in the photo department it was only [...]
When Google+ was first introduced, many people thought it would turn into another failed social network platform. Especially since it started out as a beta and invite only service. That was actually smart on Google part. It allowed the service to catch on slowly, get kinks and bugs worked out and introduce new features that [...]
Not only is Android the most powerful and popular mobile OS on the planet, but the folks behind the platform really seem to know how to keep the community on pins and needles. Yesterday, the Android Google+ account sent out a brief message wishing everyone a great weekend and teasing us about having a surprise [...]
If you’re one of the millions of people using Google+, the search engine giant’s attempt to conquer the social networking industry, you’re probably familiar with the service’s ‘Hangout’ feature. Google’s platform allows you to create a video hangout from your computer or join a session via your mobile phone to catch up, watch YouTube videos together, or [...]
The Google+ app for Android just received a pretty hefty update, bringing forth a few features that the iOS version just got and a few I’m sure Apple fan boys will be shrieking about once they hear this news. Yesterday the iOS version of the Google+ app got an update that added search and high-res [...]