If we're seen as a group who huddles to protect our own rather than proactively identifying and discrediting spam and fake content, we'll be held in contempt by more and more of the web and technology world.
As Google+ moves into open beta and anyone can join the network, a slew of new features are rolling out, with Google and Facebook fighting it out to dominate the social media space. A round-up of the most recent changes:
Most notably, users can choose to decline Huddles without blocking the sender, and mute or hide specific Huddles. Google has released new iterations of several major apps, including Google+, Google Maps, and YouTube.
All the important features, including "Huddles" (the group chat service), "Circles" (the select sharing capabilities), and "Stream" (the stream of updates from your friends) are available. Just over three weeks after the release of the Google...