Google Apps Users Get Google+, And Everybody Gets Spooky Halloween Profile Pics

Google+ today launched worldwide support for schools, companies and organizations using Google Apps, along with a few content analysis features and one that’s just fun.
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New Google Circles Would Have More Nuanced Sharing, But Google Says No Launch Imminent

Google has reportedly built a social network called Google Circles intended to help users share photos, videos and status messages with only the most appropriate people. However, a representative for Google told NetworkEffect unequivocally that no such service is launching at SXSW today, despite a report to the contrary.

Google to Yahoo: Excuse Us While We Buy Your Photo Editor

It’s a Monday, which must mean that Google has a new purchase to announce, its ninth since August. Today’s buy is Picnik, which runs a Web-based photo0editing service best known for its integration with Yahoo’s Flickr.

A Techtastically Busy Week: A Grab Bag of Digital Stuff to Consider

It’s another packed week for tech, especially in Silicon Valley, where the kibitzing never ends and the econalypse is almost completely ignored. As if you did not have enough to do, what with all that pointless tweeting, here are some choices for those who want a little analog action, including watching me annoy Facebook’s chief privacy officer, Chris Kelly, who is also trying to become California’s next Attorney General.
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Adobe Web Photo Site Is Great for Editing, but Lacks Some Basics

Adobe’s Photoshop Express offers the nicest set of Web-based photo editing tools I have seen. They are sophisticated for a consumer application, yet easy to use. However, it’s rough around the edges.

Now, It’s a Picnik To Edit Your Photos Using a Web Program

Walt Mossberg says Picnik — a Web-based photo-editing application — is good for tweaking and improving photos, then posting them to photo Web sites, saving them to a computer, emailing them, or even printing them.