Tuesday, September 20, 2011

Go Forth and Google


After a LONG invite only period, Google Plus is finally open to everyone. If you do not have an account yet, you should probably set one up.

The biggest question I hear with Google Plus is what does it offer me that Facebook doesn’t? Right now, Google Plus does more to tie in your entire computing experience.

The network is becoming integrated with the rest of the Google platform. Gmail, reader, calendar and more are all easily available from the site.

Google Plus offers a feature called circles, that allows you to segment the groups you share with. Facebook is still a little bloated and convoluted when it comes to this issue.

There will soon be a stronger presence of business pages. Google Plus also recently announced the integration of Google Docs into the mobile version, giving people an easier way to pass documents back and forth.

All the announcements come in the days before Facebook’s F8 conference later this week, where they are expected to unroll major changes as well. The war between the giants is on.

Enjoy the benefits!

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