GOOGLE'S +1 BUTTON NOW AVAILABLE ON MOBILE DEVICES

Google has announced that its popular web
recommendation feature +1 will now be available for
mobile devices powered by Android and iOS mobile
operating systems. Punit Soni, Lead Product Manager
for Google+ Games and Mobile, says on his Google+
page that the button will now be automatically visible
on Android 2.1+ and iOS 4.0+ browsers. “When you
+1 something, it will be displayed publicly across the
Web as an annotation on the content you +1’d,” he
adds.
Google of late has been trying to revamp its services
and features to compete with rivals like Facebok and
Twitter. The search engine giant's latest social
networking experiment Google+ has garnered massive
buzz. Google+ became one of the fastest growing
websites and even surpassed the popularity of
Twitter and Facebook in their early days.
If reports are to be believed, Google is aiming to push
+1 button as Facebook's Like and Twitter's tweet
buttons. Google has also rolled out +1 feature to
Google+. The +1 button allows users to share content,
comment and even choose a circle on Google+.
"Clicking the +1 button is a great way to highlight
content for others when they search on Google," says
Google's engineering chief, Vic Gundotra in a blog
post. "But sometimes you want to start a
conversation right away—at least with certain groups
of friends."
Meanwhile, Google+ is set to receive a Twitter-like
suggested user list. Google’s Bradley Horowitz
tweeted out a note indicating about the new feature -
“We’re about to pilot a ‘suggested user’-like mechanism
on Google+. If you’ve got more than 100k followers
on Twitter, DM me – lets talk!”