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Google To Rebrand Blogger & Picasa For Google+ Integration
dkd903 writes "Google plans to rebrand its photo-sharing platform Picasa and the blogging platform Blogger and will re-introduce them as Google Photos and Google Blogs. All this forms part of a massive feature addition to Google's new social network, Google+."
That's it. I'm completely fed up with hearing about this stupid new whizz-bang service, dammit! Please stop posting and blogging and writing articles about this crap.
until you send me an invite
"Somebody has to do something. It's just incredibly pathetic it has to be us."
--- Jerry Garcia
As a member of G+ - I can understand why they shut off new subscribers.
Their threading logic was cumbersome and needed work. The "rings" concept is cool - but when you have threads that "fork" - as in one conversation becomes closed to one ring - and another conversation to a different ring - the UI representation was horrible. If the people I interact with weren't limited - I would have turned away from G+ pretty quickly.
I'm get the feeling invites will open up again, soon. The UI has undergone some minor tweaks, the mobile app got updated, HangOuts is working better now.
Some of the stuff that's not quite perfected (IMHO) are the "nearby posts" and "incoming posts".
/me sips his coffee and ponders a new sig...
You think they're running on a Pentium III server in Sergey's garage? It's Google we are talking about, not Twitter :p
They already index the whole world, read everyone's e-mail, and watch you from roving surveillance vans. Connecting you with your friends and letting you share pics shouldn't tax them too much.
If you build it, nerds will come. Soylentnews.org
Blogger and Picasa are good names: concise, searchable, and trademarkable.
But I guess that Google's marketing department wants headlines to reverberate their name in the tech and business media.
I will adjust, but I still think that the decision sucks.
They already index the whole world, read everyone's e-mail, and watch you from roving surveillance vans. Connecting you with your friends and letting you share pics shouldn't tax them too much.
"Welcome to Google+. Would you like to connect your account with your friends and family?
Just kidding. We already know who your friends and family are. By the way, here is a satellite photo of your daughter, whom you forgot at soccer practice."
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