The Twitterverse was in a flurry this week, as early adopters and tech enthusiasts excitedly dissectedGoogle‘s brand new social network, Google+.
According to thePew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism’sNew Media Indexfor the week of June 27-July 1, Google+ accounted for 35% of tweeted news links for the week, followed by a few global warming stories from British publications, the British government hacking an al Qaeda website and replacing bomb-making instructions with cupcake recipes and the British economy and finally presidential candidate Rep. Michelle Bachmann’s husband receiving $137,000 in Medicaid funds.
This news is unsurprising considering one of the world’s biggest companies has launched its own social network. What is surprising is thatFacebook’s integration with Skypedidn’t make the list. Read up on How Google just +1-upped Facebookhere.
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Story byCourtney Boyd Myers
Courtney Boyd Myers is the founder of audience.io, a transatlantic company designed to help New York and London based technology startups gr(show all)Courtney Boyd Myers is the founder ofaudience.io, a transatlantic company designed to help New York and London based technology startups grow internationally.
Previously, she was the Features Editor and East Coast Editor of TNW covering New York City startups and digital innovation. She loves magnets + reading on a Kindle.
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