Google+ profiles get page view counts

If you are one of those who are active on Google’s social network and have always been curious if other users have been checking your profile, then we have news for you. Google has added page view counts to Google+ so you would know how many people have clicked on your profile. It shows post and picture views as well.

There are profiles that have started to show the page count by default. If it hasn’t shown up on your profile, you may need to check your settings. You can also head to your profile settings on your desktop/laptop (no mobile device support just yet) if you want to disable this feature.

Instagram expands to profile pages for users

"We're launching Web profiles to give you a simple way to share your photos with more people and to make it easier to discover new users on the Web," Instagram said in a blog post.

The profile pages will give Instagram's 100 million users a way to directly view and appreciate their shared photos on the web. A long awaited feature, web profiles can't be used to upload or post photos since that would alter the mobile nature of Instagram's image sharing focus.

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