When talking about Google+, the number to quote is usually 100 million users. That’s what was announced as part of Google’s latest announcement and also seems to check out with web pundits based on the fact that Gmail has an estimated 60 million users and many of those are grandfathered in to the Google+ social network. However, a recent analysis by RJMetrics is looking at just how active the users of Google+ are, and whether the social network is the equivalent of a special matinee showing for The Artist on Mother’s Day.
Conan O’Brien, the late night comedian with the shock of red hair, hosted his first Google+ Hangout on Monday, and apparently not everybody knows about it yet, as the recording only has 11,500 video views on YouTube. That said, Google hasn’t published any other stats to let us know how many people were actually viewing it live.
What’s the most annoying thing on the web? It might be spam, it might be pop-ups, and it might be mandatory registrations. To Wil Wheaton, who played the redheaded Doctor’s son in Star Trek: The Next Generation, it’s definitely the third one. The actor recently tried to ‘like’ a video on YouTube, and when the site tried to force him to sign up for Google+, he got angry and posted a rant on 
Sebastian Thrun, founder and head of Google X, uses the connected Google Glasses while talking with Charlie Rose. It’s pretty impressive to see him use the glasses, take a photo of Charlie Rose, then nod to upload the photo to “G Plus” as he calls Google+. That must be what the cool kids in Google are calling that social network. Check out the video to see the Google Glasses in action.
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