Comments on: Is This the Icon for a New All-in-One Messaging Service From Google?

By: aaCharley

aaCharley — Sat, 09 Feb 2013 16:30:00 +0000

Has anyone mentioned that the update of Google+ requires permissions to record audio and take pictures without the user’s permission or notification? What the heck is that all about? And the purpose?

By: dtm4

dtm4 — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 14:39:00 +0000

This is the option that I was seeing in the settings. I read somewhere that it was an added feature right when 4.2 came out, I haven’t really tested it out much, but I just assumed it would work. Either way the did something to improve it because in the past you couldn’t even sen a message to multiple people as an mms it would just send each person an individual sms.

By: Christian Gati

Christian Gati — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 13:08:00 +0000

I’m just going to leave this here… https://plus.google.com/100132233764003563318/posts/J4GZGvAggTU

By: DC_Guy

DC_Guy — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 04:17:00 +0000

Really? I have a Nexus 4, running 4.2.1, and I still don’t see a group thread feature. You can send a message to multiple people at once, but the replies still come back indivudually and not in a common (group) thread. Am I missing something?

By: Alex Curtis

Alex Curtis — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 02:48:00 +0000

The way we deal with this is that we share one account for iTunes and Apps, and then each device (or person, who may have multiple devices) have their own iCloud account. You can actually setup iOS devices with these accounts separately. This way, we’re sharing music and apps, while maintaining our own iMessage, Facetime, and iCloud backups.

By: Champion1229

Champion1229 — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 01:29:00 +0000

The way Apple did the whole account things is screwy. They never made a way for an iDevice to easily switch between accounts making it hard for every customer to have their own account, in doing this they also forgot to make a way to transfer purchases from one account to another! Most families with 3+ people just simply are NOT going to purchase apps / movies / books / music / etc over and over again!

By: ERIC REED

ERIC REED — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 21:56:00 +0000

I to have had to fix that problem for people…very annoying!!

By: Itchy_Robot

Itchy_Robot — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 21:29:00 +0000

For the love of god, please roll up Google Talk and Messenger into one app.

By: Sqube

Sqube — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 18:22:00 +0000

It wasn’t that the unified messaging center was a bad idea. It’s that Blur as a whole was so hilariously bloaty that everything in it got tarred by association, no matter its merits.

By: Brenda cisneros

Brenda cisneros — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 18:10:00 +0000

I got the cr-48 chromebook free from Google on the pilot program in 2010 since i got it, its never had a glitch! not one! I use it for school work, i use it when im at home, and it never skips a beat. Chromebooks def should be reviewed people will def enjoy them.

By: ChristianJohnson

ChristianJohnson — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 18:01:00 +0000

Oh awesome. I can’t believe I didn’t hear about that feature.

By: MooleyBooleyTroll

MooleyBooleyTroll — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 17:39:00 +0000

Motorola had this and it was considered bloat. Would it still be considered bloat in Android if Google added it?

By: Droidzilla

Droidzilla — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 17:09:00 +0000

They really need to do this. Combine Google Talk, G+ Messenger, G+ Hangouts, and GVoice into one, cohesive unit. I really hope that’s what this is (and bring it to Android!).

By: Droidzilla

Droidzilla — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 17:07:00 +0000

It can and does replace those for most people. My wife uses a Chromebook exclusively; she has no need for anything more. It does web, FB, music, Drive, Hangouts, etc. There is literally zero benefit that she would personally get from a “full” OS, and I wager that most people, outside of work, are the same. I have a work computer at work, but I need nothing more than a Chromebook at home (for the most part; I do need to use a Windows machine for school, but if I weren’t in school I would have zero use for it).

By: dtm4

dtm4 — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 16:01:00 +0000

I’m pretty sure 4.2 finally added that feature…