Vic Gundotra

Hangouts On Air: The Google+ Version of Public-Access TV

Mike Isaac in Social on May 7 at 12:46 pm PT

Google+. Hangouts. Party time. Excellent.

Google’s Vic Gundotra on Why Plus Isn’t a Minus

Ina Fried in Social on March 9 at 1:36 pm PT

Speaking at SXSW, the Google executive defended the company’s fledgling social service.

Social Networking Via Sergio Leone

Not only is Google Plus not a ghost town, we have never seen anything grow this fast. Ever.

– Vic Gundotra, VP of engineering at Google, in an interview with Nick Bilton

About All Those Active Google+ Users …

Liz Gannes in Social on January 19 at 5:15 pm PT

Sometimes I feel like it would be easier to find the Fountain of Youth than get apples-to-apples metrics about Web site and app usage.

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

Liz Gannes in Social on October 27, 2011 at 10:42 am PT

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.

Google+ Will Allow Pseudonyms, Support Google Apps Users, Launch Platform. When? Soon.

Liz Gannes in Social on October 19, 2011 at 2:49 pm PT

Google+ will soon accommodate pseudonyms, said Google+ head Vic Gundotra, acknowledging one of the loudest criticisms of the new social network.

News Byte

Dalai Lama and Archbishop Tutu to Video Chat on Google+ Tonight

Liz Gannes in Social on October 7, 2011 at 10:34 am PT

After the South African government did not grant a visa to the Dalai Lama to enable his participation in Archbishop Desmond Tutu’s eightieth birthday celebration, the two men agreed to meet virtually using Google+ video Hangout, starting at 1:30 am PT Saturday. Google+ leader Vic Gundotra said the video would be posted later, adding that responses to the event have been divided between delight and quibbles that the Dalai Lama doesn’t conform to the service’s contentious real names policy.

Google Exec Vic Gundotra’s Second Gig: Mercedes Spokesman

Peter Kafka in Media on September 7, 2011 at 1:55 pm PT

Why is Google’s Vic Gundotra appearing in a TV ad testifying about how a Mercedes saved his life? (Bonus Video: Steve Wozniak, selling Datsuns.)

Google+ Gets a Theme Song

Liz Gannes in Social on August 10, 2011 at 8:30 am PT

Set to the tune of “Another One Bites the Dust,” Break today put out a parody video that mostly praises Google+ for allowing users to be judgmental and put other users in Circles like “randos,” “uglies” and “friends I’ve never liked.”

More Than Two-Thirds of Google+ Activity Is Private

Liz Gannes in Social on July 21, 2011 at 10:58 am PT

Google+ users are two to three times more likely to share privately with one of their Circles than post publicly, according to Google — which validates the company’s aim to create a more private social network.