Google has released a new Google+ feature called Google+ History that allows users to add past statuses, updates, pictures and more from various social and mobile services to their Google+ timeline. These items are displayed in tiles called "moments" and give users more control over what they share compared to Facebook. The feature is similar to Facebook Timeline and allows developers to push app content to users' Google+ streams.

2. What is Google+
History?

3. In another attempt to improve the
Google+ experience, the social media
giant has announced that it is releasing
a new feature called Google+
History, which will allow you add past
statuses, updates, purchases, pictures,

4. and more to you personal Google+
timeline from a variety of social and
mobile services. These objects are
displayed in distinctive tiles called
“moments.”

5. Google+ History is another attempt by
Google+ to improve on current yet
flawed Facebook features. Facebook’s
Open Graph API allows users to auto
share information on Facebook,
however, many users forget they’ve
done this and end up sharing items that
they’d rather not share.

6. With the G+ History feature, the user
will be in complete control of what is
shared and what is not, preventing
some otherwise
potentially embarrassing information
being broadcasted to your hundreds or
thousands of friends.

7. “With just a few lines of code your app
can privately save moments (like a
listened song, or a visited restaurant) to
a user’s Google+ history, and from there
users can share those moments with
others,” says Google’s own Ken Norton
in TechCrunch.

8. For users, this new feature is a
convenient way for to add some zest to
an otherwise punchless Google+ profile
with rich content from your past and to
give your profile a more Facebook-like,
comprehensive digital representation of
who you are. In fact, the feature is
comparable to the Facebook
Timeline features that allow you to
create milestones for earlier dates of
significance.

9. “For developers, it’s a great way to push
your app’s content into the Google+
stream — and with any luck, create
a Facebook Timeline-like bump in
usage similar to how you’d use
Facebook Actions for your app’s
structured data,” says Jolie O’Dell
of VentureBeat.

10. How To Register Your Site
For Google+ History
According to the Official Google
Developers Site, here are the steps
to join the preview with Google:

11. 1. Add your Google account email
below *
2. Submit the form
3. You may be sent a confirmation
email — click on the link in the
message to confirm your
subscription
4. Follow the Getting Started section
of the technical documentation

12. Google does warn that this preview
may not go smoothly-
specifically stating the following
on their blog: ‘Please note, we
expect the preview to be bumpy.
Your Google+ history might be
deleted at times during the
preview. If you encounter any
bugs, please report them on
the developer forum.’