Google Hangouts app review: A step forward for video chat… with some drawbacks
Google Hangouts once lived in Google+, but it's broken out into its own stand alone app. It has tons of potential as a go-to choice for all forms of communication, but at the moment it doesn't live up to what it could eventually be.
NASA invites your questions for its first ever live Google+ Hangout with space station astronauts
Astronauts on board the International Space Station are gearing up to host a Google+ Hangout on February 22. Those interested are invited to submit video questions via YouTube before February 12.
ISS astronaut Chris Hadfield tweets stunning photos and records live music ahead of Google+ Hangout
Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield is a busy man. The ISS commander has been tweeting a stream of spectacular images from 240 miles above Earth, recording live music with Barenaked Ladies frontman Ed Robertson, posting audio files on SoundCloud and chatting…
Rabbit group video chat launches for Mac in closed beta, challenges Google Hangouts
Rabbit, a new group video chat service that launched for Mac OS X in closed beta yesterday, lets an unlimited number of friends join the conversation and share streaming media while video chatting.
Can Microsoft’s revamped Skype take on Gchat, Google Voice and Google Hangouts?
Microsoft's ditching Windows Live Messenger for Skype, but is Skype enough to stand up to the other widely used services? We compare Skype to its biggest Google competitors: Hangouts, Talk, and Voice.
Google launches YouTube viewing parties on Google+ Hangouts
Likely an attempt to encourage more people to join the Google+ social network, the YouTube development team has launched a new social video feature in Google+ Hangouts.
LetsListen marries music with Google hangouts and invites SoundCloud tracks to the party
LetsListen combines video, social, streaming, and your own music files to launch its social listening application within a music locker.
Google Hangouts SMS support ‘coming soon’
SMS is the most-requested feature from Google Hangouts, and fortunately Google community manager Dori Storbeck says SMS support is coming soon.
Facebook with Skype vs. Google+ Hangout: Hands-on comparison
Video chat is old hat, but both Google and Facebook have put a new twist on an familiar concept. We pit Facebook with Skype vs. Google+ Hangout in a hands-on comparison.
Broadcast your life, Google+ Hangouts On Air opens to all
Since the Hangouts feature has been extremely popular among Google+ users, Google is taking the next step by offering the ability to live stream events.
Google+ Hangouts head to wall posts and Messenger
With more people discovering Google's social network through continued integration into other Google-owned products, the search company added a few new features to the popular Hangouts video chat feature of Google+.
Google product manager confirms, Hangouts will get Google Voice support ‘soon’
Google product manager Nikhyl Singhal confirms in a Google+ blog post that Google Voice support is on the way and will roll out "soon."
41 new Google+ features announced at Google I/O
With Google I/O taking place today, the company announced 41 brand new features to Google+.
Google intros Hangouts Remote Desktop, makes family tech support less frustrating
Paging the family tech support specialist! Google just upgraded Google Hangouts to include the ability to remotely control another user's desktop. Instead of a patience-testing phone call, you'll be able to fix Grandma's computer yourself – even if you're…
Google rolls out Google+ comments within the Blogger community
In order to continue pushing out social sharing into more Google products, the team working on Google+ has incorporated the Google+ social commenting system into the Google Blogger interface.