Singapore is the most active user of Google+ in Asia, according to the latestfiguresby Experian Hitwise. But the data, which is based on Google+’s share of visits from Asia-Pacific (APAC) countries over 8 weeks (ending on 27 August 2011), contradicts other reports which had claimed that the APAC region was responsible for a large percentage of users on the social networking service. Singapore leads the way on Google+ in APAC It seems strange to think that a city-state with a population of less than 4....

If you have been using Google+ this afternoon/evening (depending on where you are), you may have experienced what looks to be one of the first major Google+ bugs; multiple email notifications. Many users havetaken to Twitterto voice their displeasure at receiving the notifications, especially those that have switched off email correspondance in their Google+ settings. Whilst many have been receiving a handful of emails, many have received over 50 messages alerting them that a friend had added them to a Circle:...

While there is little doubt that Google is heavily invested in its still very young social network Google+, there has also been the general feeling that this early rush of traffic to the site wouldn’t last forever. This seems to be backed up by figures,reported on by Bloomberg, that show traffic to the fledgling site falling off last week in the US.Update with statement from Google below. The statistics come by way ofExperian Hitwise, a web stats and tracking firm....

Continuing with the regular release of new features on Google+ week after week is the ability to now select who is allowed to notify you on the young social platform from who is not. Satyajeet Salgar, Google+ Games Product Manager, also tells me that these new settings will affect your games notifications on the service as well. In a Google+postby Kathleen Ko, Software Engineer at Google, she reveals that the “Who can notify you” feature is being rolled out in response to popular vote from several G+ users asking for similar privacy controls....

Ebby Amirebrahimi, Software Engineer at Google, revealed ina Google+ status updatethat disabling comments and locking posts can now be done before you actually share your post to your Google+ stream. This feature comes in response to popular user feedback, reassuring the G+ community that the platform does, indeed, have its privacy and best interest in mind. In the past, Google+ users would share to their selected circles, then rush to frantically close comments after said post was made public....