A few weeks in, the honeymoon period is over for Google+ and it seems like some people are already losing interest. Yes, the backlash has already begun. But is Google+ going to fail? In a word: No+.

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dkd903 writes “Yesterday, many users of Google+ noticed Google spamming their inbox with multiple email notifications in very quick succession. Earlier today, Vic Gundotra, Head of Social at Google, explained what was causing it – Google ran out of disk space on the server that keeps track of notifications.”

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Blacklaw writes “Google has publicly apologised for the mistakes it made during the launch of its Twitter-like social networking tool Buzz, and claims that it’s learned its lesson — and will be undergoing independent privacy reviews to keep it on the straight and narrow.”

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First pressing ‘Enter’ was to much work… now actually clicking on the links and visiting the sites is to much too… Google is now testing instant previews where you can see a miniature rendered view of the landing page without requiring you to click through and back-arrow.

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Google Chrome Frame literally puts Google Chrome and its standards-supporting HTML5 features inside Internet Explorer…so long as you have admin privileges.

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eldavojohn writes “Google’s Buzz service will cost the company $8.5 million in settling a class action lawsuit related to the privacy debacle from the days after its release. Ars reports: ‘In the proposed settlement submitted to the court this week, Google agreed to make efforts to better educate Buzz users on issues of privacy and the particular privacy features that Buzz offers. Additionally, Google also agreed to pay out $8.5 million to a fund (more…)

trooperer writes “On Thursday, Google introduced two significant changes in the Google Chrome Extensions Gallery: a developer signup fee and a domain verification system. The signup fee is a one-time payment of $5. The announcement says its purpose is to ‘create better safeguards against fraudulent extensions in the gallery and limit the activity of malicious developer accounts.’ Developers who already registered with the gallery can continue to update (more…)

Bruce Perens writes “Oracle has brought a lawsuit against Google claiming that Google has infringed patents on the Java platform in Android. Scribd has a copy of the complaint. But there’s a patent grant that should allow Google to use Java royalty-free. Has Google failed to meet the terms of the grant?”

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mbone writes “The Blogoscoped site carries news that Google has purchased a German ‘Microdrone’ for evaluation (here is the original German version). These devices can take off, fly a mission, and land automatically using GPS. They can carry night-vision cameras or even ‘see-through-walls’ Far IR cameras. Of course, the maker of these drones assures us that they cannot be a ‘Big Brother in the sky’ because that is ‘verboten.’ Is it just me, or is (more…)

Nrbelex writes “Google and Verizon are nearing an agreement that could allow Verizon to speed some online content to Internet users more quickly if the content’s creators are willing to pay for the privilege. Any agreement between Verizon and Google could also upend the efforts of the Federal Communications Commission to assert its authority over broadband service, which was severely restricted by a federal appeals court decision in April. People (more…)