Vic Gundotra

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.

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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.

Google Execs Explain Why They Launched Google+ Now, Before It’s Ready

Liz Gannes in Social on June 28, 2011 at 4:32 pm PT

Why did Google+ launch today? Why create any more buildup for something that’s not ready yet? If it’s not all ready yet, doesn’t this just seem like a mess of incoherent features? That’s what I asked Google+ honchos Vic Gundotra and Bradley Horowitz, who are midway through this unlaunchiest of launch days.

Yup, It's True: No Social at Google I/O

Liz Gannes in Social on May 6, 2011 at 10:18 am PT

Sources familiar with Google’s plans say there will be no big social launches at the splashy Google I/O developer conference next week.

More Google Management Changes: CFO Patrick Pichette Adds BizOps and HR to His Duties

Liz Gannes in Social on April 11, 2011 at 12:05 am PT

New Google CEO Larry Page has handed CFO Patrick Pichette control of business operations and human resources, giving the well-regarded exec more power over the company’s internal operations.