{"id":40194,"date":"2020-07-07T23:42:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-07T23:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/?p=2640774"},"modified":"2020-07-07T23:42:00","modified_gmt":"2020-07-07T23:42:00","slug":"google-is-officially-dead-as-google-currents-takes-the-forefront","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/07\/07\/google-is-officially-dead-as-google-currents-takes-the-forefront\/","title":{"rendered":"Google+ is officially dead as Google Currents takes the forefront"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"233\" height=\"24\" src=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/4126-logo-1-454.png\" class=\"webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;\" link_thumbnail=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pocketnow.com\/files\/2020\/07\/Google-Current-800x418.jpg\" width=\"563\" height=\"295\" \/><\/p>\n<article id=\"post-567374\" class=\"entry post-567374 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail category-apps tag-google tag-google-currents tag-google-plus tag-news\">\n<div class=\"entry-content-wrap\">\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Google shut down its doomed social media service &ndash; Google+ &ndash; last year for regular users, but kept it alive for G Suite users in a limited capacity, with plans of replacing with Google Currents. Starting today, Google Currents is out of beta and is now available widely, complete with a new logo and design makeover.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Existing plus.google.com URLs will be redirected automatically to currents.google.com (<a href=\"https:\/\/9to5google.com\/2020\/07\/06\/google-currents-rollout\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"><em>via 9to5Google<\/em><\/a>). Additionally, the Google+ app for&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.google.android.apps.plus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Android<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/us\/app\/google-for-g-suite\/id447119634\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">iOS<\/a>&nbsp;has been renamed to Google Currents. The basic premise of Google Currents is that it will provide employees a platform to communicate with other people in their company and have meaningful conversations.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In Google Currents, posts from leadership can be highlighted, while tags can be followed to keep abreast of the latest developments around a topic. There are also new tools that allow users to format posts and suggest relevant tags.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p class=\"tags\">\n<div><strong>See Campaign: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/pocketnow.com\/google-is-officially-dead-as-google-currents-takes-the-forefront\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/pocketnow.com\/google-is-officially-dead-as-google-currents-takes-the-forefront<\/a><br \/><b>Contact Information:<\/b><br \/>Prakhar Khanna<\/p>\n<p><b>Tags:<\/b><br \/><a href=\"\"><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/news-category\/wire\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Wire<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/global-regions\/united-states\/\" rel=\"category tag\">United States<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/language\/english\/\" rel=\"category tag\">English<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" alt=\"image\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" class=\"cwdfimg\" \/><\/div>\n<div>\n<h3>Contact Information:<\/h3>\n<p>Prakhar Khanna\n<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"233\" height=\"24\" src=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/4126-logo-1-454.png\" alt=\"\">Google shut down its doomed social media service &ndash; Google+ &ndash; last year for regular users, but kept it alive for G Suite users in a limited capacity, with plans of replacing with Google Currents. Starting today, Google Currents is out of beta and is now available widely, complete with a new logo and design &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/2020\/07\/07\/google-is-officially-dead-as-google-currents-takes-the-forefront\/\">Continue reading <span>Google+ is officially dead as Google Currents takes the forefront<\/span><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/07\/07\/google-is-officially-dead-as-google-currents-takes-the-forefront\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":106,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,22,54],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40194","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english","category-united-states","category-wire"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Google+ is officially dead as Google Currents takes the forefront - Business<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/07\/07\/google-is-officially-dead-as-google-currents-takes-the-forefront\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Google+ is officially dead as Google Currents takes the forefront - Business\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Google shut down its doomed social media service &ndash; Google+ &ndash; last year for regular users, but kept it alive for G Suite users in a limited capacity, with plans of replacing with Google Currents. 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