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Don't count Google+ out just yet......

 

Google+ is opening up. The service that the enthusiastic and curious once begged to join is now open to anyone with a Google account, except those unfortunate Apps users (what’s up with that?). Users new and old also get to play with plenty of new desktop and mobiletoys to remind them what was exciting about G+ in the first place.

 

New APIs even let developers in on the fun.So what’s new? For starters, Google’s finally adding the biggest and most-requested no-brainer of all: search.

 

As you can see from the photo, in the search box that once found only other profiles, users can search over “everything” (i.e., the web), “people,” “Google+ posts,” or “Sparks” (the lightweight Google News front end embedded in G+).

 

Results can then be filtered by “most recent” or “Best of.” The algorithm determining “best” search results in G+ is unclear, but it’s likely some combination of best keyword matches, posts by users in your circles, plus +1 upvotes and/or reshares.

 

http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2011/09/google-plus-open/all/1

Via janlgordon

Yahoo is betting the farm on Facebook with the launch of a completely new and social way to consume news.

 

The new Yahoo News feature, whose release coincides with the launch of the new Facebook Open Graph, is an attempt to infuse social into the news curation and discovery process.

“Yahoo has always had amazing content and amazing editorial ability,” Yahoo Director of Product Management Jonathan Katzman says. “Now users can discover the content through their friends.”

Once a user opts into the service (via the new Facebook permissions screen), she will be able to see what news stories her friends have read on both Facebook and Yahoo News. This simple two-way stream of information makes it possible to discover news content through your friends......

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Via Giuseppe Mauriello