This is a perfect time for me to complain about the left-navbar on TheNextWeb. It's horribly placed right where I like to hold my mouse when reading articles (to the left of the content) -- and "eats" my scrollwheel. I hate it.
"Hangouts have been tweaked to operate smoothly on very low bandwidth connections"
I wish they would make them easier for average people to join and participate. Hangout Apps are a whole other story (most aren't even aware of, which is sad when you consider their potential).
Just 15 comments after 15 hours (before this one), and 60 points for the topic. Most of the comments are neutral to negative.
So where is the market forming for Google+? It must be strong in some niches - but what are they?
When will Hangouts support 720p in both live-mode and recorded mode? Even being able to only record in 720p would be good enough for now. But showing the recorded video in 480p, as it is right now, doesn't make sense to me.
About a billion people have found a use for those. Users from all walks of life use Facebook. Granmas, dads, kids. They find utility in it right away. Same could be said for MySpace when it first came out too.
I really like the animations that Google has been making for 'pull down to refresh' for iOS in the Gmail app and now Google+ app. It's something so minor yet awesome.
Both mobile apps:
1. profile editing
2. easier way to author content
3. subtle notice when there's new stuff to read
4. subscribe to notifications from circles
5. support for communities
Android:
6. full-size backups of your photos
7. photo spheres in the stream
8. share your mood with others
9. animated GIF support
10. birthday reminders in Google Now
11. lock screen widget
iOS:
12. swipe through photo albums inline
13. tap once to view photos in all their glory
14. subtle pan-zoom-scale effect applied to stream photos
15. longer post snippets
16. bigger post photos
17. comments that slide in underneath each post
Events:
18. send messages to specific guests
19. event creators can see who's opened their invite
20. invite people by just pasting event URL in email/IM
21. RSVP with number of guests you're bringing
22. duplicate an event
Hangouts:
23. ultra low bandwidth mode
24. improved single-person broadcasts
(source: https://plus.google.com/103541694080221120019/posts/Xt7YWmuf...)