Thursday, December 8, 2011

[J-POP] AKB48 Hangout On Google+!


On december 8th AKB48 announce that they will start using Google+! And today also AKB48's 6th anniversary and they made a special announcement during a press conference and it was live streamed on YouTube. A Google+ representative announced that they were really eager and excited to work with Akimoto Yasushi in promoting AKB48 and the social networking service to the world.

Announcement are included : live streaming of special concerts, using the video conferencing feature "Hangout" with AKB48 members, and also updates from all the members that will be added into your "Circles". With AKB48 members using Google+, messages will be translated into Chinese, Thai, Indonesian, English and Korean for easier access to fans.

During the press conference, Minami Takahashi as AKB48 captain, took a photo with a smartphone and uploaded to Google+ to signal the usage of this social networking service. Atsuko Maeda also added that she might try to use "Hangout" later on Google+!

Let's Hangout!!

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