Datum 2014
dresses?" the company said in a blog
ferring to a social networking service
way you normally would. Once you're
post announcing the feature. "You're
that Google launched in 2010. Buzz
done applying old-school filters, tag-
in luck, because now it's easier for
initially used its Gmail users' con-
ging your friends and adding a cap-
people using Gmail and Google+ to
tact lists to create social networks
tion if you wish, you'll get the option
connect over email."
that the rest of the world could see,
to either share with "followers" or
Google said that users who
leading to an uproar and ultimately a
"direct." Tapping the latter will bring
did not wish to receive email mes-
settlement with the US Federal Trade
up suggested followers to send the
sages from other people on Google+
Commission.
photo to, or let you pick from your list
could switch the settings so that they
Instagram launches
direct messaging
feature
receive messages only from people
they have added to their networks of
friends or from no one at all.
Google said the new feature
would not expose the email addresses of any Google+ users to strangers.
Instagram has added a new fea
of followers.
Once you send the photo, a
green check mark will appear if the
recipient has seen it, replaced by a
heart if they "liked" it.
It is possible to send photos
to people who don't follow you, but
Emails from strangers on Google+
ture
that
it'll appear as a pending request and
will be routed to a special section
lets
users
won't go into their inbox. They can tap
within the recipients mailbox that is
share
pho-
"X" and they won't get a direct mes-
separate from messages from friends
tos and vid-
sage from you again - or tap a check-
and other contacts. If the recipient
eos with up
mark and it'll go into their inbox.
does not reply to the message, Gmail
to 15 people
will block any future messages from
rather than
gram has more than 150 million us-
that person.
everyone
ers - up from 80 million at the start
A Google spokeswoman said
The Facebook-owned Insta-
who follows
of this year - and more than half of
the company planned to send an
them.
them use it every day, Systrom said.
email to all Google+ users during the
next two days alerting them to the
change and explaining how to change
their settings.
One exception to the new
ularity of messaging apps like Snap-
Instagram CEO and
Co-Founder Kevin Systrom
The new tool comes as pop-
chat and WhatsApp is growing. Twitter also updated its direct messaging
Called Instagram Direct, the fea-
tool to