Last week, Google rolled out a beta of its highly-anticipated new social networking platform, Google+. But having played with Google+ over the last few days, I think that it may find a home in a somewhat unexpected market: the workplace. Hangouts, Google+’s killer app for remote teams. MORE >>

I’ve been using a new Google Chromebook — specifically the Samsung Series 5 550 — since I bought it for $449 about a month ago. Related to the first tip is the use of an online file conversion tool. With Chrome OS, Google has added more “desktop platform” style window management. Convert.png to.jpg. MORE >>

Google has rolled out appointment slots , a useful new feature for Google Calendar that allows users to publish available appointment times on a publicly available calendar that other users can then book. For example, a manager could use appointment slots to indicate available times for meetings with team members. MORE >>

101 Examples of Social Business ROI Blog Post A few years ago, I put together a list of social media marketing examples. The list contains 324 examples of brands putting social media to use and at that point in the social media industry’s evolution, it was the best of what was around (and still might be). Google+. MORE >>

Google Apps, the suite of productivity applications that’s a favorite of WWD , has had Groups, a discussion group application, added to its array of tools. But competitors like Zoho have had discussion groups for some time, so Google definitely needed to catch up. Do you use Google Apps? as well as to schools. MORE >>