Kick SOPA to the moon
Posted on January 17, 2012
Slingshot Moon is fantastically opposed to SOPA, which is draconian anti-freedom legislation that vehemently contradicts our Semper Exploro motto. Let the supporters of SOPA know how you feel: http://www.webguild.org/20111222/what-is-sopa-who-is-behind-it
About Google+
Posted on January 17, 2012
Social media sites rise and fall seemingly overnight. Just three or four years ago, MySpace dominated the social media space. Then came Twitter, allowing users to provide real-time status updates that everyone could see. Facebook followed not far behind, and is expected to reach 1 billion users soon.
Third time’s the charm
Google, which has dominated the search engine world and the webmail world with Gmail has had a tough time in this environment. Google Wave and Google Buzz were attempts to capture a portion of the social media market, and they both failed miserably.
Google+ is the third product offered by Google in an attempt to capture the social media space, and it seems to have gained some traction.
What does Google+ do?
Google+ does what other social media sites do: it connects people. Google+ allows you to stay in touch with family, friends, colleagues, business associates, businesses, customers, and more. In that regard, it’s a lot like Facebook.
What makes Google+ different?
Google+ isn’t exactly like