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If you have a lot of connections and data on Google+, and you would like to transfer your Circles and other data to a new account a new tool is available that can make that happen. Google+ product manager Roland Ho has announced that a new tool is available through Google Takeout. The tool will migrate circle names, circle members, circle settings, and people and pages you have blocked or ignored to a new account.

A caveat to the tool is a seven-day waiting period before your data transfer will begin. During the seven-day waiting period users can cancel the transfer before it starts by clicking the cancel transfer button at the bottom of the page on either your existing account or your new one. One other caveat for people trying to transfer data from one account to another that might be an issue arises if either the source or destination accounts are managed by an organization.

Accounts managed by an organization could have transfer blocked by the account administrator. Another important thing to keep in mind is that you won’t be able to use the migration tool again for six months on either of the accounts. The transfer is also permanent in once it begins it can’t be stopped or undone. Account functionality during the transfer is limited with users unable to share content and add, remove, or block people in circles.

[via 9to5 Google]

Google launches Google+ circles and connections migration tool is written by Shane McGlaun & originally posted on SlashGear.
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Facebook has been the place many people use to invite friends and family to special events for a long time now. The catch is that those invites are very easy to miss for a lot of users, meaning they don’t get to participate. Facebook has finally launched a redesign for Events adding a Calendar View to the mix making it much easier to see an event coming in advance.

This particular redesign started as a Hackathon project about a year ago and started replacing the old Events page for all users yesterday. I would suspect it’s in place for everyone as of today. To get the new Calendar View, you still have to go through the Events link on the left side navigation of your Facebook page.

Once there you can see a calendar for the month with all the events on a specific day they’re happening listed. The page shows birthdays and any other event you’re invited to. On a birthday listing it even tells you how old the person is going to be. You can also opt to view the List View, which isn’t as easy to read.

[via TechCrunch]

New Facebook Calendar View makes finding events easier is written by Shane McGlaun & originally posted on SlashGear.
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Slide over, Twitter — after this fall, you won’t be the only social network in town with OS-level integration on the iPod touch, iPad and iPhone. As announced back at WWDC in June, Facebook will be on a level playing field with the launch of iOS 6, and the outfit’s new SDK 3.0 Beta is exactly what developers need to get there. Among other things, the new code promises superior user session management, ready-to-use native UI views, bolstered Facebook API support and an iOS Developer Center to get folks grounded on “key concepts.” After iOS 6 launches en masse, this SDK will “automatically use the native Facebook Login in iOS 6 when available,” providing a similar experience to Twitter in terms of seamless logins. Ready to get cranking? Get your download on in the source link below.

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Facebook SDK 3.0 Beta for iOS now available to download, includes tight integration plans for iOS 6 originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 11 Jul 2012 14:49:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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During today’s shareholder meeting RIM CEO Thorsten Heins hinted that BBM, the companies celebrated group messaging service, might be getting some significant upgrades with the debut of BB10. In particular, the words “video chat” were tossed out as an example of how it planned to keep pace with the evolving mobile landscape. In response to a shareholder question, Heins said:

“BBM is a very, strong platform… With upgrading it into a new experience, think about adding features on BB10 such as video chat, for example, within BBM. There’s many other features to come with BB10 that will really level this BBM experience… which will upgrade that experience to a whole new social networking experience based on BBM… we want to use this to build a BlackBerry-driven social networking platform.”

So, does that mean BlackBerry is getting ready to take on Skype and Google? Perhaps. It would certainly make sense, but we’d stop short calling it a sure shot. What is clear, is that Heins really wants to push BlackBerry as the “social” platform focused on “experience” and seems content to let those other mobile OSes win the apps race.

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RIM CEO hints at future BBM video chat feature originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 10 Jul 2012 14:46:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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There are a wealth of Twitter apps to choose from on iOS, but the official client looks to be receiving a big update that should bolster its functionality and bring it up to speed with third-party offerings. 9to5Mac discovered the changelog for Twitter 4.3 through the redesigned App Store for iOS 6, and managed to take some screenshots of all the changes in the process. Those include previews, improved push notifications, and performance improvements.

First, previews for image and photos will be shown within tweets from selected “partner websites” as you scroll through your updates, similar to Tweetbot. Push notifications have also been improved, with the option of receiving them when specific people tweet. In addition, there are new “unobtrusive” notifications when you’re still using the app, again mimicking Tweetbot functionality.

Twitter will also be tweaking discovery and Connect functionality. The Discover tab will alert users to new content, while Connect will add new autocomplete features. Tweets based around selected events will be highlighted, with Twitter determining which tweets and images will make the grade. There are also some smaller tweaks, such as being able to tap a user’s avatar to go to their profile, and the icon for the app has been updated to reflect the new Twitter logo.

There’s no word on when the update will hit the App Store, but a similar leak involving Instagram saw a ten day gap between the release notes sighting and update launch. Keep an eye out for it in the meantime, and see the full unedited changelog from the App Store below.

Twitter for iPhone 4.3 update changelog leaked is written by Ben Kersey & originally posted on SlashGear.
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