Dain Binder's Technology Blog

Update September 20, 2013 : Google has locked down the web image editor for uploaded cover photos. As a workaround you can use the Picasa ...

With Google+ continuing to grow more and more short URL services are becoming available. The issue today is that telling someone your Googl...

A new Google+ widget is out that improves upon a previous one by taking advantage of the Google+ API . This widget was created, and is m...

One issue that comes up while using social networks that have a follow/subscribe function is managing those people. They are not your true...

Google launches the Google+ API! The following email was sent today: Greetings developers, Thank you for showing your interest in the Go...

Google+ games were pretty much confirmed a couple weeks ago, but today brought the official announcement that games are being rolled out...

Gmail's user base is around  two hundred million while Google+'s is around ten million . Bringing all those users to G+ will cert...

The developers at GGLPLS have created a simple yet customizable widget to embed your Google+ public stream on your website or blog like ...

Today Google had their Q2 earnings call and Larry Page shared some impressive statistics about some of their products as well as incredib...

I recently asked Joseph Smarr , a technical lead on the Google+ team, some questions I had. Below are the ones I asked and there are some mo...

Christina Trapolino wrote an excellent post about how to get the most out of Google+. I thought everyone should read her insightful thou...

There are many  analytic tools out there to measure everything from web traffic, social interactions, mentions, and many other things for...

If you would like to be invited to Google+ you can send me an email at dain@dainbinder.com . Google Plus may not be allowing an invite to...

You can conduct a simple poll on Google+ using this method: Enter your question as your post Provide the possible answers as comments ...

Google+ is not only a new social network, it can also be turned in to your main social destination. With two new Chrome  extensions you can...

Simon Laustsen  has put together a couple of great cheat sheets to help new users learn Google+ that serve as a great reference for everyone...

( Update : Picnic has been fully integrated/merged with Google and is now called "Creative Kit". You can still edit in Picasa wi...

To help you assimilate to Google+ please use the below guide to better understand the terms you come across. Google+ Facebook Twitter...

Are you on Google+ and feeling a bit lonely? Even with over 500,000 estimated users  many of your close contacts may not be on the service...

Google+ is out and I am enjoying it. They have done very well with Circles and redeemed themselves from the Buzz and Wave social attempts...