0:26 PM PDT Tue, Sep 20, 2011 
Klout measures influence on just about every important social network -- but it didn't include Google+ until today, five days after Google released the Google+ API.
While getting added to other's circles won't increase your Klout score, +1s and comments on your posts will boost it.
Add your Google+ account to Klout from...
0:21 PM PDT Tue, Sep 20, 2011 
YouTube rival Vimeo is reportedly launching a section dedicated entirely to music tomorrow, according to a report by Digital Music News.
LAUNCH has asked Vimeo to confirm the report.
The music store will have pre-licensed tracks that filmmakers can incorporate into their videos. Producers will reportedly have to pay for some of the content, but other tracks will be available through a creative commons license.
Audiosocket, a music licensing and technology company, will power the service with...
11:51 AM PDT Tue, Sep 20, 2011 We think the fabric of the crowd-sourced funding time-space continuum just ripped: a group is raising money for a documentary movie about Kickstarter on -- wait for it -- Kickstarter.
Five people -- only one of them a filmmaker -- began raising $65K for "KickStarter The Movie" today. The project so far has two backers who have pledged $10. Those who back the project can submit and vote on the documentary's subject matter within three categories: art and science, environment and humanity, and man and mystery.
"We were really inspired by...
11:17 AM PDT Tue, Sep 20, 2011 
Given all the news about the new Google Hangouts features this morning [ see our story ], you might not have noticed the screen-sharing feature -- a critical tool for video conferences. This means new competition for Microsoft's Skype and GoToMeeting.
To try screen sharing, click "Try Hangouts with extras" from the Hangouts preview screen...
9:30 AM PDT Tue, Sep 20, 2011
After nearly 90 days of field testing, Google has opened its Google+ social network to the public.
Google+ launched June 28 with invite-only registration. Since that time, Google has made 91 improvements -- more than one per day.
The official beta will roll out worldwide over the next few days Vic Gundotra, Google senior vice president of engineering, wrote on the Google blog.
Today's big product news: Google+ Hangouts are available on Android 2.3+ phones with front-facing cameras (iOS coming soon) and Google+ members can broadcast and record their Hangouts session with the new "On Air" function...