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Google+ eyeing to interact more with Facebook and Twitter

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Google PlusGoogle’s executive chairman Eric Schmidt has said that he would like Google+ to interact more with Facebook and Twitter.

Speaking to journalists at a media conference in Idaho, Schmidt admitted that he’d ‘love to have deeper integration with Twitter and Facebook.’

But so far the attempts to bring more interaction between Google+ and Facebook have been unsuccessful as Facebook has been resisting Google+’s talks to import Facebook friends.

Twitter too isn’t much of a help, keeping in mind the search deal between Google and Twitter ended recently without renewal as they couldn’t agree on terms.

Schmidt quite rightly pointed out that it is too early to say how Google+ is doing but did bring up video hang outs, which he said are very popular with younger users.

But now that Facebook has launched its own Skype-powered video chat feature, Google+ may lose some users to Zuckerberg’s bigger and better-established network.

Facebook to hire public policy expert in India

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The expert would tackle regulatory hurdles, misinterpreted features and lack of awareness among government departments. Amid growing privacy concerns across the world, including India, Facebook, plans to hire a public policy expert in India. With nearly 25 million active users in India, Facebook lags behind Google, which counts nearly 60 million users in the country.

As these Internet giants seek to expand their base in India’s lucrative Internet market, they face challenges of regulatory hurdles, misinterpreted features and lack of awareness among government departments. Last month, Bangalore asked Google to stop collecting images for its Street View service on security concerns.

In a job posting, Facebook said the new head of public policy to be based in Delhi, will “actively promote of the uses of Facebook with policymakers and influencers in both electoral and governing bodies.” The need for internet companies to engage with the government and even lobby, comes in wake of the amendment of the Indian IT act of 2008 – a tool with which the government regulates content on the internet.