How to get Google Drive invite

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Earlier this month we had rumors coming-up for the launch of new cloud storage from Internet giant Google. The iconic, much talked about cloud storage Google Drive is finally here. Integrated highly with Google docs and Gmail, it also has a dedicated app for desktop and mobile phone. Currently, it is in beta phase and offering 5 GB for free to all users. Before Google closes the free beta invite and reduces the 5 GB offer, .

Here is the link where you can get the invite:

Some salient features are demonstrated in this official video of Google Drive:

It will be interesting to see if it matches/outsmarts the existing cloud storage giant Dropbox and Box. Cheers :)

 

How to enable subscribe fature on Facebook

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Facebook has launched Subscribe feature which is quite similar to Twitter’s “follow”. If you subscribe to someone, you can get their public posts in your feed. But the other person need not to follow you. It obviates the need of being friends on Facebook. This feature is very helpful for people who are popular and gets 100s of friend requests. All of your friends will be automatically subscribed to your feed and you to their.

The “subscribe” feature is not default. Which means you have to specify Facebook that you want to enable other people to subscribe to your feeds. Lets see how to do that.

Log in to your Facebook account.

Go to this link:

Now on this page you can see the subscribe button. Click on it. It will give you the option of managing your feeds’ visibilities as well. The screenshot might help you:

Hope you are now able to get few subscribers. Enjoy :)

How to mention/tag a person in Google Plus comment

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So you are enjoying your stint with Google Plus, right? As a long time Facebook user you might be missing some features of Facebook which you are used to of. On such feature is tagging or mentioning the friends in comment or status so that the friends are notified that they have been tagged.

In Facebook when you want to tag a person in a comment or status, you have to use @ followed by the starting letters of the person’s profile name and then you are given the options of tagging related people. This functionality has been added to Google Plus as well.

To mention or tag someone in comment or status in Google Plus, type @ or + followed by the initial letters of the person’s name. It will give you option for adding the person in the comment or status.

To summarise:

  • @ in Facebook
  • @ or + in Google Plus

Updated following the suggestion from Sajib.

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How to invite other people/friends on Google+ (Google Plus)

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So you got the much awaited invitation of + (If not, click here) and you really enjoy exploring it. While you are enjoying it, your friends are up your “some part of body” :) to get the invite from you and you virtually have no clues how to do that. Here is what I suggest. Get all the E-Mail address (you want to invite on Google+) in your Gmail contacts. You can do the same with Facebook as well. Get all your Facebook contacts in CSV format. No clues what I am saying? Take a look here: Download contacts from Facebook.

Now when you have all the E-Mails in your Gmail contacts list you are ready to take off.

  • Login in to Google plus.
  • Go to circles
  • Click on Find and Invite
  • Click on More Actions drop down and choose Select All
  • Now when all are selected, drag and drop them into new circle

Now when all your contacts are in a circle (you might want to name this circle say My Group) you are ready to please you friends with the Google invite. All you have to do now is:

  • Go on your home page in Google+
  • In the stream box, which is written as Share what’s new (Similar to Facebook status), set your status
  • When you write something in there it gives an option of sharing it with the circles you have (in our case My Group)
  • It also says that EMail people not using Google+, tick yes there
  • Now when you click share, the people who are not on Google+ will be notified about it by E-Mail and from that email they can join Google+

I hope it helped you. As always, questions, suggestions and a word of thanks is welcomed.