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How to change the public url of picasa album

My picasa web album is linked to my google plus account. My public url has a long string of unique numbers on it . My Question is how do we change the string of numbers to my gmail account username. ...
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How to save my current location in Google Maps or Google+ Android's app

I used to have some app that would find my car, but now what I do is use Google+ and "Check In" wherever my car is at, or whenever I just want to remember a location (a friends house, etc...) and ...
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SMS posts from google voice to Google+ don't work any more

Posts from Google Voice to Google+ via SMS are not working. For good measure, I tried testing from another Google Voice account and changed the SMS source number in Google+ settings. Did not work. I ...
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Does Google+'s ML algorighms use mute post info?

I've been using Google+ frequently and have taken to muting posts in which I am disinterested. I know Google+ uses machine learning algorithms to determine what content should be displayed to me. The ...
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Have more than nine members as part of the Google+ Hangout audience

I am doing a talk show with significant crowd turn out where it will be a conversation between three people in three locations over video conference. The rest will be an audience but Google Hangouts ...
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Google Reader - Note in Reader Missing

My father has a static website that he uses for political reasons. To add items to his RSS feed, he used to use the "Note in Reader" bookmarklet. Google Reader has been merged with Google+ and that ...
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How do I get 'pages' notifications into my own notification inbox?

Both Facebook and Google+ show me notifications in a little menu when someone mentions me or comments on my posts. This is useful. Both Facebook and in Google+ lets me create pages, and so I've ...
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Can I filter incoming mail based on membership in a circle?

With the addition of circles to Gmail, I'd like to be able filter emails from members of various circles, ostensibly to apply a label to those emails. I know I can open a circle and see all the ...
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How can I get rid of the “+You” tab on every single page from Google?

I've just been forced to leave Google Plus and Google Profile. As such, I'd like to not have "+You" leading every single page from Google. Is there any way to do so without resorting on client side ...
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forgot username for google accout [closed]

I forgot my Swype code and too many wrong attempts were tried and now the only way to access my phone is to login using the Google account username and password. Only thing is I can't remember what ...
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How to get RSS of my friends in google plus?

I was subscribed many of my friends in Google Reader (before Google change this service to Google Plus) and now I want to follow my friends in Google plus with Google Reader and want their Google ...
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How to check if someone is on Google+ by email address?

We're trying to get some Google reviews for a company by contacting their past clients and asking them to leave reviews. The process is substantially easier if they already have a Google+ account. Is ...
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What happened to my comments on Google+?

I don't know whether this question has been asked earlier, the problem seems pretty unique to me. I was commenting on this hotly debated post, posted some 30-40 comments, then all of a sudden I ...
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is Facebook actively blocking Emojis?

When I post all Emojis that are available in OSX Mountain Lion on google+, I get this (safari screenshot): When I do exactly the same on facebook I get this (safari screenshot): Is it possible ...
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How do I add a contact from within Gmail's contact interface to Google Plus circles?

I find it rather tedious to add a contact from within Google+ interface to a circle. I would rather add the contact from within the contacts section in Gmail. Is this possible? Better yet, can it ...
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Google Talk XMPP username for Google+ non-Gmail account?

Google+ decided to let me IM with people in my circles. But I only ever notice IM messages if I log in to an account via Pidgin (a desktop XMPP/AIM/etc. client). Google offers XMPP login to its chat ...
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How can I get my Blogger posts to automatically post to Google+

On my blog, I'd like to have blog entries I post automatically post to google+ too (preferably just the first paragraph or something?). Is there any way to do that? I've seen a couple of things ...
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Implications of removing a Google+ account

I recently upgraded my semi-throwaway Gmail account to Google+ in order to test the video conferencing abilities of Hangout. I would like to remove this as much as possible. Does Google+ → Settings → ...
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Can I make my plus-1 public on Google+?

I have +1'ed few sites, and they are showing in my Google+ profile to my "extended circles" (people in my circles and their circles). However, can I make my plus-ones public? The same way that I can ...
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Can you upload a saved profile to Google Plus?

Using Takeout, you can download your Google Plus profile information to a json file. Is it possible to use this file to upload the information to a new Google Plus account?
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How can I email a photo from Google plus via gmail?

I have a photo under Photos on G+. I want to email it to someone. Ideally, I could do this from Gmail, but if I can do it from G+ that would be great. I don't see any way of doing this from Gmail. In ...
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filter out certain posts in Google+

How can I filter out certain posts from showing up in my Google+ feed? For example, if I don't want to see more and more posts related to "disney AND lucasfilm", is there any way that I can add such ...
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How to add an email address to Google Plus?

I've registered for Google Plus with my Gmail address. How can I associate another email address with my account, so that people who have that address can find me?
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Phantom Google Contacts

I'm experiencing a problem related to Google Contacts, or what I consider to be "Phantom" Google Contacts. I use GMail for email, but Trillian for chat to connect to my Google Talk account. In my ...
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How to exclude people when posting in Google+

I want to share my post in Google+ with everyone except a specific user. Is it possible in Google+? (If it matters, this user in one of my circles.)
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Using asterisks as normal characters in Google+ posts?

I'm trying to write a post in Google plus that has a non-strengthened word with actual *asterisks* around it? Using asterisks in a G+ triggers strenghtening of the word, and trying to escape them ...
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How can I change the URL of my Google+ account? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How can I get Custom Vanity Google plus URLs? I just want to add my own name to that URL instead of its(Google+'s) default boring alphanumerical codes......
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Posting to Facebook from Google+ [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Send updates from Google Plus to Twitter / Facebook How do I post something to Facebook from Google+? I thought there was some type of plugin or Google Chrome extension ...
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When to post to “Extended Circles”?

Obviously I can post something to the "Public" circle and that will be visible in the stream of those who have me in any of their circles, and visible to strangers viewing my profile. Also, I can ...
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How to delete all of the Instant Upload photos on Google+?

I managed to disable Instant Upload, but it already pumped hundreds of photos from my iPad to my Google+ account. I'd like to delete them en masse. I can't find a simple way. I can drag a selection, ...
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Is it possible to merge two Google+ accounts?

I have managed to get myself two Google+ accounts. I created the first when it was in beta, but used a non Gmail address when signing up (I really can't remember why). I can't add my existing Gmail ...
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Google Plus get notification of a friend activity similarly to Close Friend list in facebook

When I want to see updates of a friend in Google Plus, I currently have to go to his home page to see them - while in facebook, what I need to do is to add him/her to my Close Friend list. Is there a ...
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How to make a Google+ circle a strict subset of another circle?

I would like to create two circles. One called children and one called family. Naturally all members of children circle are also members of family circle but the family circle contains more. children ...
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Is there a way to make circles public? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Can I make a public circle in Google+? I would like to make a circle that anyone can view and join without me inviting them. Is this possible?
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How to see which Google Plus posts share a certain URL?

On my blog powered by WordPress, I see a "g +1" button with a counter next to it. Is there a way to find all the public posts that shared my article?
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Is Google+ available for Google Apps accounts?

Google Plus launched today but when I try to check it out, I get the error: Google Profiles is not available for your organization. I have Google Apps on my domain. Am I missing a setting in my ...
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Creating Google+ profile has changed a Google Apps for Business email name

We use Google Apps for business for email, docs etc. For one account sydney@domain.com I setup a Google+ profile but didn't realise it would change the name of the email account Was: From email name: ...
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How do you search for images or albums in Google+

I believe that my images from Google+ and from Picasa web album can both be found in either application. I can search for an album name or an image caption or a file name in Picasa web album. Can I do ...
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Are there any Chrome clients of Google+? [closed]

I am looking for a client on Chrome for Google+, just like Silverbird for Twitter. In a list of Chrome extension for Google+, some claim they can do the job, but I can't find one working correctly, ...
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Can a non-Google+ user see my post if I added his email address to a circle?

Let's say I share something with a circle "family" and the circle contains some people that haven't signed up for Google+, so I just have their e-mail address. When these not-yet-plussers sign up ...
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How does G+ hangout Screen sharing work?

I'm curious if it's using HTML5 or if there's a plugin/extension required to run it. Anyone have ideas on how this works, and if there's any known implementations of it outside of G+?
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How to make RSS Feeds for my Google+ Profile?

After the shut down of http://plusfeed.appspot.com is there any way to make RSS Feeds for my google+ profile ?
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Tweet to Google Plus? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How do I connect Google+ with Twitter? Is it possible to post a tweet so it also appears on Google+? Similar integrations exist between Twitter and Facebook, and ...
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If I block someone from Gmail chat, will it block them on Google+?

Somebody I have added to my Google+ circles is now showing up as chattable in my Gmail chat sidebar. I don't want her to be able to see me as online whenever I've got a Gmail tab open - just when I'm ...
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Remove Google+ company page after verification?

My personal Google+ page has a lot of comments and posts that I'd like to keep. However, I've only just finished validating the business page as well (Google+ company page) in the hopes of improving ...
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Is it possible to disable Google+ notifications of newly Instant Upload photos?

Is it possible to disable Google+ notifications of newly Instant Upload photos in the big red square at the top right corner of the Google pages? I would prefer for Google Plus not to notify me about ...
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How do I add Sparks in Google+?

I am trying to add more sparks to my Google+ account but I cannot find where the link to add them has gone. It seems to have been moved and I don't know where. How can I add more sparks to my Google ...
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Google Hangout with fullscreen screenshare

We would like to use Google Hangout for corporate multi user communication, mainly for screensharing. Default setting does not support fullscreen mode. Only option is to resize the browser window to ...