Wednesday, July 13, 2011

A couple articles on Google+

Sitemeter reported that my request Monday for feedback on Google+ drew lots of hits. 

Many of our readers may enjoy this article: Google goes social with Facebook rival (Update). The article starts with:

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"Online sharing is awkward. Even broken. And we aim to fix it," Google's senior vice president for engineering Vic Gundotra said in a blog post about the long-awaited social networking initiative from the Internet giant.

Unveiling Google+, Gundotra stressed the ability it gives users to separate online friends and family into different "Circles," or networks, and to share information only with members of a particular circle.

"We'd like to bring the nuance and richness of real-life sharing to software," he said. "We want to make Google better by including you, your relationships and your interests."
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In another article, How Does Google's New Social Network Measure Up? compares Google+ to Facebook and Skype in a variety of areas.

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