Thereās a difference: Orkut - we acquired. Google plus, we goofed up, but i think plenty of successful things came out of it: Photos, Single-Sign-on, Hangouts integration.
You make fun of google chat, but i use it over whatsapp. Even before working for google that was my way. Whatsapp webclient didnāt exist, and even now that it exists, i still find it useless. Hangout is how i talked to my wife when we were long distance darlings, and it is how i talk to my parents and sister today. Canāt do that over whatsapp.
Office 365 may suck but it has the huge advantage of being the default. Most work sharing are on one of the Office documents: Word, Excel or PowerPoint. External competitors need to be a lot better to convince companies to switch.
Hangout needs a facelift. I donāt use it because I never notice when people are pinging me unless I have audio on or if I squint my eyes real hard to notice the notification on the tab. Unless I am missing something but it needs something more eye popping.
Try not using it for a week - just uninstall it. you can install it back again. I realized how little i care whatās happening to the people i know. The ones i care, i already talk to them through less disruptive channels.
I donāt think it has to do with whether you care for them or not but how nosy you are Some people donāt like Facebook because they donāt want to see others showing off their lavish vacations while they are eating cup noodles at home. For some reason that doesnāt bother me at all so I still go on there at least once a day. Hey if you can afford to go on vacation once a month kudos to you!
Hah, for me not at all. I donāt care about what people do with their time. I can go on a vacation, but i figured vacation is more boring than working - call me workaholic - i cannot turn that brain off. People posting their vacations and so on just tells me āpeopleās need to share they did a lavish vacationā - never had that myself.
Again, try uninstalling it for a week or two. And install it back if you want.
And I really should be doing better things that reading about what someone I knew 20 years agoās kid is doing in the living room. Even if I still care about their family, I should be spending time with mine.