Last week when I first saw Google+, it became obvious that Google Hangouts was the next big killer app of the Alive Web. Jenna Wortham gets it right when she deems Hangouts as a killer feature of Google+. And for that precise reason, Hangouts is very different from the video chatting offered by Skype and Facebook. MORE >>

Facebook Messenger arrived yesterday , bringing a cross-platform group messaging solution that leverages your Facebook network and SMS to reach a wide potential audience. compared it at a high level to other messaging solutions , but let’s take a closer look at Facebook’s offering and what it can do. Getting started. MORE >>

The integration of Google+ into Google’s native search results has been at the top of Techmeme all day long. Here it is in full: For years, people have relied on Google to deliver the most relevant results anytime they wanted to find something on the Internet. wonder if Facebook is about to make a statement? MORE >>

Among the interesting insights was data on how news website traffic comes from Google and Facebook, shown below. few snapshots from this data: * Google drives 30% of the traffic to the top news sites, being the #1 traffic source for 17 of the 21 sites studied. of their traffic from Google. MORE >>

Last week I spent an afternoon down at Facebook, as I mentioned here. While at Facebook I met with Blake Ross , Direct of Product (and well known in web circles as one of the creators of Firefox). as well as delight (Holy cow, Google is breaking its core promise to its users!). Google+: Now Serving 90 Million. MORE >>