Here it is finally, Google’s version of Facebook: Google+
Read the official Google blog post here: http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2011/06/introducing-google-project-real-life.html
Or take a video tour with sentimental music here: 
Facebook is partnering with Spotify to add music streaming to the site. While I’ve never actually missed the ability to play music within Facebook, I wonder if we’ll collectively have a “how have we lived without this” moment in a few weeks.
Listening to music with friends within Facebook already sounds like what turntable.fm offers but with a much larger audience. Depending on how many friends you have, that could be good or bad. It will be an interesting social experience nonetheless.
http://blogs.forbes.com/parmyolson/2011/05/25/facebook-to-launch-music-service-with-spotify/
Google’s finally done it and taken the +1 sharing button public.
The official word: http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2011/06/1-button-for-websites-recommend-content.html
More info: http://services.google.com/fh/files/misc/Final_Advertiser_Plus_1_One_Sheeter.pdf
Technical info about +1 Button Implementation: Here and Here
What does this mean for GSP and why might it be useful?… Consider this as an additional sharing button along with FB & Twitter.
It’s still in the experimental stage when displaying in Google results, but there is a good chance that it could take off in the future and that websites could have some level of evaluation for improved rankings based on how many +1′s they receive.
Contributed by Nicholas Volkart
PBS explores ways to adapt classroom education for kids growing up in a digital world.
Watch the full episode. See more Digital Media – New Learners Of The 21st Century.
Home Elephant is an app that connects you to your neighbors.
Okay, this app seems a little whitebread but the underlying idea is interesting.
When is an app going to come out that connects you with the people that are immediately around you?
Imagine a sort of virtual billboard that populated based on your location – being able to poll the people nearby to find out where the best lunch deals are, asking to carpool, alerting to gas leaks, and to ask, “what happened on Kearny street this morning with all the firetrucks?”
Toothtag is a new Android app that allows you to tag people (by sensing their phones) and locations (by sensing wifi hotspots and more).
You can then customize actions that will happen when you are near those places or people.
You could get an alert when your friend is nearby, or automatically check in on Foursquare when you enter your gym.
Toothtag is actually only a showcase application created by a software company called Neuaer to demonstrate their proximity platform, on which they want others to build more applications that will use the device and location-detecting capabilities.
The platform (and Toothtag) uses Bluetooth, Wifi, and NFC (Near Field Communication) technologies.
Discovered via Laughing Squid
Thumbs up or thumbs down music to communally control the tunes playing at a bar.
Contributed by Sara Becker
RockMelt is a web browser from Netscape founder Marc Andreessen that integrates Facebook on a whole new level, making web browsing more social.
Contributed by Scott Shue
Yet another clean, intuitive site from Google that offers a much-needed service; teach your parents tech today!
Projeqt aims to enable people to share their stories by providing a simple way to create a website viewable on any device. TBWA created the publishing tool and used it to build their own website.