– Yes
– No
– Whaat?
Google+ is still alive
and Google acquires Polar to give it some boost
http://www.techtimes.com/articles/15440/20140912/google-is-still-alive-and-google-acquires-polar-to-give-it-some-boost.htm
Google acquired online poll startup company Polar to boost Google+. Despite its struggles, Google+ remains very valuable to Google.
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Yes +Jeff Sullivan
Was encouraged by this news despite Google removing the app from the App Store.
_yes
What is G+ "struggling" with? +Jeff Sullivan +Euro Maestro
+Malthus John
A vision.
So, did that article hint that 2014 might be the end of g+?
I'm not following you +Malthus John , did anyone say G= was "struggling with" anything? I found it curious that news of a poll feature was made public without the feature being activated, so my manual poll was meant to be ironic.
This acquirement is not to add polls to Google+. They hire the talent to improve the design of Google+ app
I thought that Google was awash with resumes submitted +Rafa Ramírez. Also having to pay a premium to buy a company and it's intellectual property, just to hire some engineers, doesn't seem to make logical sense unless you want the functionality / patents associated with the app.
I haven't seen any rumors like that at all lately +Tony S. In the past every few months someone would get attention by writing a "Google+ is dead" or "Google+ is a ghost town" article, which prompted "Google+ is still alive" response articles. Apparently some of those "dead" articles created enough stir that some new articles start by reminding readers (who might not have seen the rebuttal articles) that Google+ is alive.
Google+ Is Very Much Alive!
https://plus.google.com/101423092138897438495/posts/aykwjPcg8qX
FriendFeed is still "alive" as well though.