LGTM :)

Originally shared by Gerwin Sturm

While the activity log at https://plus.google.com/apps/activities/from/i9 is nice for keeping track of posts you +1'd it contained too little information to be really useful, so I whipped up a chrome extension that rectifies this "issue" by fetching profile picture and a small text snippet for each of the posts via the Google+ API. This only works for public posts but from my experiments it seems that only public posts ever get added to the activities anyway. The extension still needs a bit of testing and clean-up, but I'll open-source it soon :)

PS. I've all sent feedback that this should be the default behaviour without the need for extra scripts :)

PPS. Source now available you want to give it a try - https://github.com/Scarygami/gplus-experiments/tree/master/better%20%2B1%20log

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I got an email from the Google + platform team saying that there was a problem with our implementation. The email however didn't contain any specifics, just some links to common issues. I've spotted 2 small things that might be the issue. Thing is I do not want to address what might be an issue only to have it turn out that I missed something for fixed something that wasn't broken.

So the question is where do I go / who do I talk to to get specifics?

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Originally shared by Chris DiBona

Neil Gaiman came by Google to speak about his recent novel, The Ocean at the End of the Lane, and at the end, a bit from an new book coming out in September.

Neil Gaiman: "The Ocean at the End of the Lane", Talks at Google

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Hi there Android Central!  Nice to see you using our Google+ badges.  We noticed a problem with the badge on http://forums.androidcentral.com  -- could you please change the following code?

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The wait is over!  If you were at Google I/O you may have seen these new buttons and badges.   Now everyone can use them.

Originally shared by Raj Iyengar

If you're a publisher, blogger, or community owner that wants to promote your Google+ presence on your website, we have a bunch of new options for you!  Starting today, you can configure a compact Follow button, or beautiful redesigned Badges that help your visitors follow you on Google+ without leaving your site.  And, by popular demand -- Community Badges!

You can see the Follow button in action on the websites of

The Huffington Post, Mashable, CELEBUZZ, FITNESS Magazine, and Cooking Light. 

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Soundcloud and Google+: now better integrated.

If you already have a Soundcloud account go here:

http://soundcloud.com/settings/connections

If you create content on Soundcloud you definitely want to connect your profiles.  Add your Google+ profile here:

http://soundcloud.com/settings/advanced

And then add your Soundcloud profile here:

  https://plus.google.com/me/edit

Soundcloud supports authorship markup, and connected profiles makes your Soundcloud content eligible for enhanced search results!

Originally shared by Ade Oshineye

This: https://soundcheck.soundcloud.com/music/social-focus-google is cool.

But this: https://soundcloud.com/mayerhawthorne is cooler. /followed.

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Unexpected pleasure - Google Now and All Access let me know about new releases that I would have forgotten about.  In the past week it's highlighted a new single from M.I.A., the new CSS album and this gem from Austra.

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