The latest post on ‘ReadWrite’ is titled “How Google Glass Could Be Your Smart Home Command Center”. Taylor Hatmaker says, “If Google Glass blossoms into the everyday wearable of Google’s wildest dreams, we’ll have every incentive to keep the smart visor glued to our faces all the live long day. Glass is handy for travel, commuting and generally being out and about, and it could also mean big things for that nebulous future we’ve collectively dubbed “the connected home.” This realm roughly extends from just beyond the threshold of our smart-locked front doors through... [...]

The latest article on ‘Business 2 Community’ is titled “Google Plus: 6 Reasons You Should Be Using It”. Tommy Landry says, “Social networking platforms run the gamut of features, usage patterns, and adoption, and Google Plus is no different. If you are in the social media marketing game, you should already know a lot about Google Plus. That includes the biggest knock on it as a social media platform – that adoption remains too low for most social marketing professionals to care. But hey, times change and 2014 is upon us. If you haven’t gotten on board with Google Plus... [...]

The latest MOZ blog post is titled “The Shape of Things to Come: Google in 2014”. Gianluca Fiorelli says, “How will Google evolve after the acquisition of Wavii, Behav.io, PostRank, Grapple, and machine learning and neural computing technologies? Gianluca Fiorelli paints a picture of Google in 2014, based on entity search, semantic, and über-personalization, covering how Google’s recent acquisitions will interact with one another in order to shape our search experience“. The Shape of Things to Come: Google in 2014 MOZ Blog  [...]

The latest post on ‘Mashable’ is titled “Google Reports 68% Spike in Government Censorship Request”. Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai says, “Governments around the world are trying to censor more online content than ever, according to Google‘s latest transparency report on government takedown requests.When compared to its last report, Google received 68% more requests to remove content in the first half of 2013. In total, the company received 3,846 requests to remove 24,737 pieces of content, but the company only accepted one-third of those requests“. Google Reports... [...]

The latest article on  ‘Marketing Land’ is titled “Influencer Marketing: How Google Will Change The Game”. Daniel Cristo says, “I hear a lot of buzz about influencer marketing — how it has evolved, how it comes in different flavors and how brands are using it — but I never hear anyone talk about Google’s plans to change it… dramatically! An Emerging Channel When brands first began to capitalize on the power of influencer marketing, they tried to do so with casual and subtle efforts that often included complimentary products or other perks. Moreover, they... [...]

The latest post on ‘Mashable’ is titled “Top 10 Google Search Trends in 2013, According to Google”. Stan Schroeder says, “Google released its annual year-end Zeitgeist report, a list of top global search trends for the year that includes a video overview of the search trends in 2013 and the year’s top 100 searches.Notable deaths highlighted the top trending searches this year around the world. The No. 1 spot went to Nelson Mandela, the South African anti-apartheid hero who died in December. He is followed by actor Paul Walker, who died in a tragic car accident, also in... [...]

The latest article on HubSpot blog is titled “12 Web Design Trends That Are “Sooo 2000″”. Meg Hoppe says, “The web has seen quite a lot of change since the first site was launched in 1991 (that site belonged to CERN, and you can see the original here). Designs, navigation, content, programming language, responsive capabilities…everything has evolved, and evolved dramatically. Yet we all occasionally see sites that make us feel as though we’ve slipped back in time (for some real fun, go to an actual web Wayback Machine and type in the URL of a site of somemajor... [...]

The latest post on ‘Mashable’ is titled “Google Glass Upgrade Arrives Just in Time for New Year’s”. Pete Pachal says, “Google is ready to send the upgraded version of Google Glass starting the week of Dec. 30, according to an email Mashable received from the Glass Explorer program.Google gave owners of Google Glass a one-time option to trade in their old Glass units and upgrade to the new model in November. If you agreed, Google said it would reserve a spot “in line” for the upgrade, with an email to follow when it’s ready“. Google Glass... [...]

The latest article on ‘Business 2 Community’ is titled “What Should My Adwords Budget Be?”. Zach Etten says, “This is a great question and one that we help answer all the time. Deciding on a monthly budget can be difficult and, like seemingly everything related to Adwords, there is no single, correct answer that can be applied to all advertisers. Because that is not much of an answer, as a follow-up we are often asked: “Okay, then what is my industry’s standard?” Again, everyone’s business is unique and there is no standard answer, even for an industry. While there... [...]

The latest article on  ‘Marketing Land’ is titled “What Email Marketers Are Saying About Gmail’s Image Serving Change”. Matt McGee says, “Google caused quite a stir Thursday with the news that it’sserving images in Gmail from its own servers, rather than from the sender’s servers. As we reported yesterday, Gmail open rates should become more accurate because images are displayed by default. But other data will go away — the user’s location and user agent, for example. The initial reaction was largely negative, but now that Google has clarified (a bit of)... [...]