How to disable instant upload to google plus from your android or iPhone app?

Filed under Android & iPhone Apps, Basic Guide to Google Plus by Vivek on August 30, 2011 at 8:50 am {no comments}

Google Plus mobile app comes with a cool feature – you can upload pictures directly to your Google+ profile from your android phone. It goes without saying that this is an excellent feature, but it’s not always convenient for all to upload anything and everything that’s clicked right away onto your Google+ profile. The application has a default setting that needs to be changed so you can upload stuff at your convenience.
You need to know this, because if you are low on battery or running on limited data plan, you don’t want the uploads to eat them up. Here’s how to change the settings:
• Go to settings in the application and uncheck the instant upload box.
• Choose photos and videos via WiFi only, if you want uploading only through WiFi.
• Check the battery uploads option, if you want to save battery and upload only when the phone’s charging.

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How to Reply Privately to the Post’s author in Google+

Filed under Basic Guide to Google Plus, Google plus Guide by Vivek on August 30, 2011 at 6:35 am {one comment}

Do you want to post a private reply to public/private post? Here’s how to do it:

All you need to do share this post with its author back again!

Just click on the “share this post button” and share it with the author and whoever else you what to see the reply (in the “who can see this post” box) and add your reply in the body of the post. That’s it!

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How to Use Google Plus Security Features?

Filed under Basic Guide to Google Plus by Vivek on August 28, 2011 at 3:36 pm {no comments}

Google Plus has excellent security features (probably the best) and here’s a guide to use the features to your advantage:

  • Many people do not like sharing private information like name, mail address, gender, education, location and profession etc. with everyone. That’s perfectly understandable, but you might want to share those things with a selected group of people. Google plus allows you to do just that. You need to edit your personal settings for that. You’ll need to click on the aspect you want particular circles to see by clicking on the edit link in your profile. After choosing the aspect which needs to go visible, click on the drop down menu to select the circle that you want your details to be available to.

 

  • If you want to post something and just want a select group of people to see it, jut type the message and select the group you want it to be visible to and you are done! When you see the “limited” tag next to your post you’d know that you’ve successfully restricted your post viewership.
  • If you want to send across an email through Google+, just type your message and then type the email address of the person you want the message to go to. The mail would go away immediately.
  • To share an URL, just click on the time stamp and then copy the URL and post it
  • If you want to see how your profile looks to others, just click the view profile tab.

 

 

How to Start a Google plus Hang out – Complete Guide

Filed under Featured, Google plus Guide by Vivek on July 24, 2011 at 10:54 am {3 comments}

Google Friends HangoutEver wish that you could hang out with all your cool friends like in the real world???

Well your wish has certainly been granted! The newest feature ‘Hang out ‘in Google plus helps you do just this!

You can CHAT, VIDEO TALK, AND PLAN COOL STUFF TOGETHER through this new feature!! And you don’t even need to type in the same text to different friends many times.
As the term itself indicates all your friends are in the same portal at the same time.
You can now veto the plan to watch the boring movie up at the cinema more effectively.

Or you could put forth the best place and be appreciated instantly!
‘Oh! My God! I don’t have a web cam!’???

Don’t even bother to get one! You don’t even need a web cam to join a hang out!Wondering how you could do all this???

On the right hand side of the home page is the button ‘start a hang out’. Click it.

Start a Hangout screen shot

Google Plus detects the Audio and Video settings, you will see a “We’ve detected multiple problems” banner if any of them are missing. Click on Fix problems to get them sorted out

detected problems

 

You can now choose the Audio and video devices in the settings tab. Use the “play the test sound” to check your Head phones/Speakers. You can also choose any other devices other than your Default devices from the menu

Setting changes in Google plus hangouts

Once you have made the changes, its now time to choose your Hangout Members. In the text box click on’ add circles or people to share with’.In the pop up menu select the circle you want to hang out with.

invite friends

 

Now  click on ‘hang out’

Just enter the people you would like to hang out with and click ‘invite’. Invitations will be posted on your Profile

You can also see other live Hang outs that are going on and you can choose to join them.

 

Using the invite button you could also invite more people to join the hang out.Or would you rather text your friends?Then open the chat box by clicking on the chat icon and all your invited friends can join this chat. These Features are accompanied with buttons to Mute ON/OFF the video and Audio, Settings and Exit button

IF the Invited person is not available or if every one has left, this is what you will get

So now, you should have known almost every thing related to Hang outs.There you go!! Enjoy the hang out! But, hey! Do remember to invite me! :-) and let me know if i have to add any more points through your comments

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