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Here Are The Reasons Why Google+ Failed!

Google gives up on pitching Google+ as a competitor of other social networks like Facebook , Twitter or LinkedIn. The company announced that it’s changing up its strategy with Google+ that will become two separate pieces: Photos and Streams. Tons of people use Google+ because logging into it gives user access to Gmail , Google Drive and many other Google apps, but they avoid using the social network facet of it. Some insiders of Google interacted with a leading media group and told what happened to the network that was really important to Larry Page. The main problem with Google+ is that the company tried too much to make it like Facebook, as told by a former Googler. The company was late to market and motivated from a competitive standpoint. The source told that Google+ employees were sectioned off within Google to prevent gossip about the product from spreading and that was just a standard security measure taken. Read on to know some other things that were disclosed by the former

Seven Guidelines For Google Plus (+)

Google+ is growing steadily and, whilst it may not yet have the same uptake of Twitter and Facebook, it’s getting to the point where it’s hard for some industries to ignore. To start, you need to set up your profile, which is relatively similar to any other social network.Add your ‘about’ information, profile pictures and try understand the basic mechanics of circling, sharing, commenting. Once you’ve done that, you’re ready to start building your business’s presence. Here are our top 7 tips for having a successful business account on Google+ 1. Don’t hide the good stuff With the ability to share content with specific groups of ‘circles’ we often find ourselves sharing directly with that circle and no one else. This is the wrong way of thinking. Gaining exposure and as much of it as possible you need to be casting your net far and wide, to do this share it with ‘public’ as well so new potential followers can find your content and connect with you. 2. Share Circ

One Scary Night on the Road in Santa Rosa, New Mexico

I had been driving for three days, 10 or more hours a day, in my lime green 1975 Ford F-150, the night I rolled into Santa Rosa. I was incredibly tired. I was fearful of running out of money, so I looked for a cheap motel, away from the highway. I had driven further and further west that day, through herds of longhorn cattle in West Texas , and into New Mexico, and in both places, there were not nearly enough dwellings, traffic, or human beings to meet my definition of "civilized." It was barren and desolate. On each night of my journey from Michigan to California , I always parked with the back of the pickup near the door of the room where I would be sleeping, and this night was no different. I wanted to be able to hear someone if they tried to tamper with my truck, especially the camper top or tailgate. I had pretty much everything I owned, organized and stacked to the camper top in the truck. This motel was cheap, all right. I don't remember how much the rat

Things To Check If Your Hearing Aid Is Not Working

Hearing Aids Hearing aids are a blessing for the hearing impaired, however they do require some maintenance to ensure they are providing maximum benefit. If your hearing aid does not seem to be working properly there are troubleshooting steps you can try before calling your audiologist or hearing professional. No Sound If there is no sound and you have recently changed the battery, check to ensure it was properly installed. A common issue is inadvertently putting the battery in backwards. Also, if you have been out in cold weather, give your hearing device time to reach room temperature. If the earmold or tubing is completely blocked with earwax, or if the tubing has come loose, there will be no sound. If you cannot remedy with cleaning or adjusting on your own, call your hearing professional's office and arrange to drop your hearing aid off for a clean and adjust by their technicians. Sound Is Fading If sound is beginning to fade, the first thing to check

Lead Investigator In Pistorius Case Facing Attempted Murder Charges

At London 2012, Oscar Pistorius made headlines across the world when he became the first amputee to compete in an Olympic track event. Apart from some slight unpleasantness at the Paralympic Games when he appeared to accuse a rival of an unfair advantage because his blades were longer than they should have been, 2012 was a great year for Pistorius and he seemed to be looking forward to bigger and better things. That all came crashing down around his ears when he shot and killed his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, in his own home. In a case that has shocked the world, he claims that he thought she was an intruder and was shooting in self-defence. The prosecution, on the other hand, have refuted this claim, suggesting that Pistorius wilfully murdered Reeva following an argument. The first officer on the scene, and the lead investigator in the case, Hilton Botha, has claimed that Pistorius put his prosthetics on before shooting Reeva, adding to the evidence that the shooting was prem

Why LinkedIn Is A Hacker's Dream?

LinkedIn may be the world's leading professional social network, but that is also contributing to its potential value to hackers. Social networks have always attracted hackers. Sites like Facebook are regularly prone to a variety of different attacks, as members' willingness to share stuff quickly becomes there undoing. Before thinking about that hilarious picture of a singing cat that came from somebody they didn't know, they've clicked it and downloaded malware. As LinkedIn grows (150 million members and counting), the interest from hackers grows with it. Behavior on LinkedIn makes it a particularly useful target for hackers. On Facebook, users can be encouraged to keep their accounts private and secure and they tend to be wary about the people they share personal information with. On LinkedIn, a different set of rules exist by the very nature of the site. For a start, users potentially want to be sought out and contacted by recruiters and poten

Climate Change Is Reshaping Arctic, And The Consequences Will Be Global

Many of us have never visited Arctic, but we often hear about it and that the climate change is radically reshaping it. It can be pretty hard to believe what’s happening in a distant land of polar bears, it doesn’t stop there. The changes, nature is bringing in Arctic, will have global- wide consequences.      It’s Changing Your Weather.  The scientific researches show that changes to the Arctic are leading to the changes in weather in the mid-latitudes. A warmer Arctic effects the stream of air high above us in the stratosphere that carries our weather.    If the Arctic warms faster as compared to the mid latitudes, the jet stream could slow down that leads to a persistence of intense weather conditions like intense snow, intense heat or intense rain. Changing What You Eat. The fishing industry has a direct negative effect of the warming oceans as Artic and sub-Arctic are a major source of its catch. While the less icy Arctic has forced the fishermen to