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Zohair Hyder writing on the Official Gmail Blog hasannounced “A better Google+ notification experience in email”.

Google+ notification on the phone; replying via email; updated post in the stream

“On the desktop, in addition to adding people to circles, and viewing recent Google+ content in the people widget, we’re now making Google+ notification emails in Gmail completely interactive:
You can view, comment on, and +1 posts from inside your inbox
Your comments appear in the Google+ stream in real-time, and
Responses from others instantly appear in Gmail, as part of the notification message.

You can also reply to notifications from your mobile device (and/or POP or IMAP client). Just open the notification email about the post you’re interested in, and look for the new prompt, “Reply to this email.” Tap reply, send your comment, and we’ll automatically add it to the ongoing Google+ conversation”

Read more at: http://gmailblog.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/better-google-notification-experience.html

Online file sharing website, AttachMore.com (http://www.attachmore.com/) is offering high end security features for their user accounts. The online file sharing and sending website is upgrading its protection for both personal and business user accounts to ensure safety and security of the data shared online. Details about AttachMore.com’s security, operations, data handling, download options, expiration etc. can be viewed at:http://www.attachmore.com/Learn/Security.aspx

AttachMore.com is an online file sharing and sending website that allows data sharing of up to 10 GB data online without an FTP or via emails. The file sending website has its own software application to transfer files. With AttachMore.com, you can share large files online on social networking websites and via emails. The AttachMore download link can be pasted in an e-mail, instant messenger or social media websites to transfer online data.

Security features at AttachMore.com are designed keeping in mind the security of the data being shared using the AttachMore software. As AttachMore allows a wide variety of data to be shared online, from pictures, videos, presentations, official documents, confidential files etc, a secured operation is a must. Securing the data becomes essential. So AttachMore.com is posing limits on access to the users’ account data by making it accessible by those deemed appropriate to access it.

Mr. Brent Young from AttachMore.com talked about high end security features and measures at the website saying, “At AttachMore.com, security of the data being shared using the website is of very importance to us! The team at the online file sharing website makes sure to install and design high end security features that not only protect the data but also maintain privacy of the users. All data that is uploaded at AttachMore.com is stored on the servers in an encrypted format and even the employees at AttachMore don’t have access to it. With password protection and expiry date features of the data being shared, you have complete control of the data that you are sharing using the online file sharing software.”

“Security features like AttachMore Operations and Data Handling, Credential Download Options, 256-Bit SSL Encrypted Transfer, Item Expirations and Disabling help us to maintain the security of your data. Whatever you share using our website and our software will remain confidential and we will ensure too proof our softwares against any security breach. Password protection is our most scalable security feature and is a great addition to our security system as it highly personalizes your document. Only the person who knows there’s a password that has been set on the shared document will have access to it.”

High end security features, operations and handling are offered at the online file send and share website, AttachMore.com. Security features and further details are available at: http://www.attachmore.com/Learn/Security.aspx

The online large file sharing website has also upgraded its free data sharing limit from 100MB to 500MB.

Macworld has published “Tips and tricks to help you make the most out of this up-and-coming social networking site.”

“Google launched Google+ last summer to save us all from Facebook and Twitter. Twitter is too much like shouting in a coffee shop, Google argued, and Facebook’s garden, large and beautiful as it may be, has walls that are too high and opaque—particularly to Google’s search bots.

Google pitches its social network as an alternative that both simplifies and empowers the way we share things with each other. People are giving the new social network a try—the site’s traffic grew 27 percent this March to 61 million visits. But as with much technology, it’s still easy to get lost or overwhelmed.”

Read more at: http://www.macworld.com/article/1166668/master_google_.html#lsrc.rss_main

Google has rolled out updates to its Google news pages, including bigger images, real-time coverage, and Google+ comments posted alongside the articles. wrote Google News product manager Scott Zuccarino.

“When a story breaks, Google News is designed to give you the most relevant articles from a variety of sources — from national news outlets, to local points of view, to expert opinion pieces. To continue to expand your views on the news, we are adding three new features for those using our US edition: larger images on our main page; a new realtime coverage page to surface the latest articles and commentary; and relevant Google+ posts for a new social perspective.”

To try out Google+ features in News visit: https://plus.google.com/up/accounts/upgrade/?continue=https://plus.google.com/?utm_source%3Dgnbp0%26utm_medium%3Dembd%26utm_campaign%3Dactvgoog%26gpsrc%3Dgnbp0&gpsrc=gnbp0

Dropbox adds automatic photo uploads from just about any camera, tablet, SD card or smartphone — pretty much anything that takes photos or videos! Plus, you can view your uploaded pictures on the web from our spiffy new Photos page!

Automatic uploading from the desktop is designed to work perfectly with the Dropbox Android app. Your photos are copied from your camera to your Dropbox and uploaded, in full-quality and at their original size, to your private Camera Uploads folder. As your photos upload, you can access them from anywhere and move and share them as you see fit.

Read more: http://blog.dropbox.com/?p=1165

The 3M Cloud Library eBook Lending Service will be introduced to the public today in an open house event from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. at the Sun Ray location of the Saint Paul Public Library. The library is one of a number of beta sites where library staff members have undergone training and are now ready to unveil the system to patrons.

The 3M Cloud Library offers a turnkey system of digital content, in-library hardware, and apps for borrowing and reading, and promises to revolutionize how library patrons discover, borrow and read eBooks. At today’s open house, attendees will be able to test drive the system, which uses several components to allow them to browse the electronic catalog and read on the device of their choice:

3M Discovery Terminals: Patrons at the library can browse the catalog on these electronic kiosks with an intuitive touch-based interface.

3M eReaders: Content from the Cloud Library can be synced with easy-to-use 3M eReaders that can be checked out like any other lendable materials. eReaders can be checked out at three Saint Paul Public Library locations including Central, Sun Ray and Arlington Hills Libraries.

Mobile device compatibility: The service’s eBooks are compatible with PCs, Macs, iPads, Nooks, and Androids. Using their personal devices, patrons can browse, check out and read eBooks all without leaving the 3M Cloud Library app.

“Saint Paul is proud to be one of the first library sites to provide this service,” said Mayor Chris Coleman, who will be on hand at today’s event. “The fact that the system allows eReaders to be checked out along with digital content is a great way to ensure eReading is available to all. For people who have their own eReading devices, the 3M Cloud Library gives them access to thousands of titles. This system has something for all Saint Paul library patrons.”

The Sun Ray location of the Saint Paul Public Library is in close proximity to 3M’s campus, making it an ideal “living lab” for new technologies from 3M Library Systems.

“3M has been an outstanding partner to us, and we are proud to work with them to serve as a leader for other libraries across the country,” said Kit Hadley, director of the Saint Paul Public Library. “With this technology, we are able to offer cutting-edge technology to all our patrons, whether they own their own e-reader or not.”

Along with the Saint Paul Public Library, a number of other libraries across the country have now made the 3M Cloud Library available to patrons, including the Bergen County Cooperative Library System, N.J.; Maricopa County Library District, Ariz.; Douglas County Libraries, Colo.; Darien Library, Conn.; Richland County Public Library, S.C.; and the State Library of Kansas on behalf of the Kansas Digital Library Consortium. 3M will seek feedback from both patrons and staff at these locations on the service’s ease of use and functionality, using their input to continue to refine the system.

For more information about the 3M Cloud Library eLending system, visit 3M.com/Cloud.

Flickr have announce a new feature that will make it easier and faster for you to upload your photos and share them with the people.

New features:
“Easily preview and arrange your photos
We’re utilizing some advanced HTML 5 browser technology to bring you a completely new uploading experience on Flickr. You can now add photos by dragging them into the browser. We also show preview thumbnails, where supported, so you can use the intuitive drag and drop interface to manage and reorder photos before they hit your photostream. You can also easily zoom, rotate or sort your photos by title.

Share the story behind your photo
We’ve made it even easier for you to add titles, descriptions and tags, and you can organize your photos into sets like Death Valley 2012 or Beards of my Life. You can now also tag your friends in photos and change licensing, content type and other advanced options right from the uploadr page before publishing to your photostream. So go ahead and tell everyone about your photos!

Faster is better
You may also notice a huge improvement to our upload speeds – between 20-30% faster on average, and up to 50-60% faster for some of our international users.

File sizes: now more bigger!
You asked for it, and we’ve delivered. We increased the file size limits for our Pro users up to 50MB and for our free users up to 30MB. That’s huge! Now you can easily save high-resolution images to Flickr and see your photos in pixel-perfect detail.”

Read more: http://blog.flickr.net/en/2012/04/25/say-hello-to-the-new-flickr-uploadr/

Google Maps now offers tours of global landmarks with the introduction of photo tours, a feature of Google Maps that guides you through a 3D photo scene.

Photo tours are available for more than 15,000 popular sites around the world, from famous landmarks such as St. Mark’s Basilica in Italy to scenic treasures like Half Dome in Yosemite. They can be initiated from Google Maps in two ways. First, when you search for a place, such as Trevi Fountain, the results in the left panel will indicate if there is a photo tour available: click either the thumbnail image or the link to start the tour. Alternatively, if you’re browsing the map and click on the label for a particular landmark, the info window that appears will indicate if a photo tour is available.

Please note that using photo tours requires Google Maps with WebGL

More info: http://google-latlong.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/visit-global-landmarks-with-photo-tours.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+blogspot/SbSV+(Google+LatLong)

Google has announced Google Drive, a place where you can create, share, collaborate, and keep all of your stuff. Whether you’re working with a friend on a joint research project, planning a wedding with your fiancé or tracking a budget with roommates, you can do it in Drive. You can upload and access all of your files, including videos, photos, Google Docs, PDFs and beyond, reports the Google Official Blog.

With Google Drive, you can:
Create and collaborate. Google Docs is built right into Google Drive, so you can work with others in real time on documents, spreadsheets and presentations. Once you choose to share content with others, you can add and reply to comments on anything (PDF, image, video file, etc.) and receive notifications when other people comment on shared items.
Store everything safely and access it anywhere (especially while on the go). All your stuff is just… there. You can access your stuff from anywhere—on the web, in your home, at the office, while running errands and from all of your devices. You can install Drive on your Mac or PC and can download the Drive app to your Android phone or tablet. We’re also working hard on a Drive app for your iOS devices. And regardless of platform, blind users can access Drive with a screen reader.
Search everything. Search by keyword and filter by file type, owner and more. Drive can even recognize text in scanned documents using Optical Character Recognition (OCR) technology. Let’s say you upload a scanned image of an old newspaper clipping. You can search for a word from the text of the actual article. We also use image recognition so that if you drag and drop photos from your Grand Canyon trip into Drive, you can later search for [grand canyon] and photos of its gorges should pop up. This technology is still in its early stages, and we expect it to get better over time.
You can get started with 5GB of storage for free—that’s enough to store the high-res photos of your trip to the Mt. Everest, scanned copies of your grandparents’ love letters or a career’s worth of business proposals, and still have space for the novel you’re working on. You can choose to upgrade to 25GB for $2.49/month, 100GB for $4.99/month or even 1TB for $49.99/month. When you upgrade to a paid account, your Gmail account storage will also expand to 25GB.

Read more: http://googleblog.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/introducing-google-drive-yes-really.html