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Google To Use Profile Pictures Names In Ads

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Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) has certainly been subjected to a lot of controversy lately, after announcing that it will incorporate the profile names and pictures of its users into some of its ads. It is a known fact that the entire Google business relies heavily on advertising services, and this new feature was announced as part of the changes in the terms of service of Google, that went into effect back in November 2013.

In a nutshell, the ads will display the users name as well as the users profile picture that have been shared on Google+. However, this will not affect those who do not have a Google+ account – to give an example, it is possible that the users profile name and photo will appear when the user writes a recommendation for an app that have previously been purchased from the Google Play Store, if the user has made the comment while logged in with their Google+ account.

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Google Integrates Google+ With Gmail

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As you may already know, Gmail is one of the over 60 different services provided by the Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) giant, which has announced a few days ago that it has integrated the well-known Google+ with Gmail. This comes with a very useful and user-friendly feature that basically suggests you some of your Google+ contacts whenever you are composing an e-mail and type in the e-mail recipients in Gmail. This is very time-effective and convenient, given the fact that you can basically email all your Google+ contacts, no matter if you know their email addresses or not.

The only condition for you to be able to enjoy this newly implemented feature is to add the Google+ users to your Circles (connections list). After you add the recipient, he or she can effortlessly reply to your email and when that happens, their email address will be automatically displayed. In spite of the fact that some people worry about the privacy controls (as now everybody can contact you if they have you in their Google Circles), it must be said that the email address of your recipient will not be revealed to you after inserting their name in the “Recipient” field – that will happen only if and when the recipient decides to reply to your message.
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