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Google Plus Goes Public: Do You Plus?
Google this week has launched Google Plus to the public and has launched its public hangouts to the masses. Google Plus is the latest social feature by Google to compete with Facebook and other competing social sites. Up to 25 million users have already signed up for Google Plus and should launch many more millions in the near future. Mobile enhancements have also been added to Google Plus with the ability to join hangouts via Android phones, an API for Google Plus Hangouts, and more.
The bigger question is with Facebook having 800 million users and Google Plus with 25 million and growing, do you Google Plus? Leave your comments and let us know.
Facebook Adds Third Party Content & More
Facebook today changed the social graph and has added content partners such as Netflix, Spotify, MOG, and more. Marc Zuckerburg led over a 90 minute presentation at the Facebook F8 Conference detailing the changes. The Facebook profile has now been altered and modified to reflect the ever changing social site. Users will be able to share their music and video sharing with others with ease. The changes will be rolling out slowly to users and more over the next few weeks.
Google+ Review
The latest and greatest social network has launched this past week and it was revealed by Google. The newest network is called Google+. The reinvention of the social network has now occurred with the reinvention of the levels of friendship, networking, and social contacts along with instant messages and video conferencing.
Google+ was launched and to a very limited invitation list which immediately got the attention of the tech press, media personalities, and bloggers across the internet. Google+ is almost Google Buzz on steroids but even more.
Users are able to place their contacts in several circles which let you organize your social life. Friends, Acquaintances, Followers, and others separate people you met at a conference versus your Aunt Betty, and your coworkers. The ability to follow specific news streams also you to only read that information that is pertinent to what you need. Facebook does this with lists, but is a lot more clumsy in the way it does this.
The video conferencing feature is the killer feature here. Whereas certain internet sites have allowed 10-20 users to join a specific video room to chat and gather, the hangout feature lets you start a video room immediately and lets 10 users join in as well. This spontaneous video chat room is a strong feature for families, work groups, study groups, and more as the product rolls on.
The Google+ project is in a limited beta feature and most users won’t be able to join quite yet. Although invitations fill the internet from Twitter and eBay for serious sums like all Google products.
Overall, Google+ is a solid beginning product and it’ll be interesting to see where it goes. Will it get 750mm users like Facebook? Who knows but with Google, anything can happen.