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Google+

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A Google project headed by Vic Gundotra and Bradley Horowitz, Google+ is designed to be the social extension of Google.

Its features focus on making online sharing easy for users.

“Circles,” think social circles, akin to Facebook’s lists

“Sandbar,” a user-unifying toolbar

“Sparks,” a search engine for sharing content between users

“Messenger,” a group messaging app that allows users to share with certain “Circles”

“Hangouts,” group video chatting designed to allow up to 10 users video chat at once

Each Google+ user can replace his or her standard Google profile which will stream everything that user has shared as well as the +1 content. The +1 button is similar to a Facebook “like”.

Milestones

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  Google+ — Google+ Redesign - a more functional and flexible version of Google+ (4/11/12)
  Posted 4/11/12 at 1:12pm via sociableblog.com
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  Google+ — Larry Page Is Super Excited To Announce That Google+ Has 90M Users [Update: Engagement+?] (1/19/12)
  Posted 1/19/12 at 7:58pm via techcrunch.com
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  Google+ — ComScore: Google+ Grows Worldwide Users From 65 Million In October To 67 Million In November (12/22/11)
  Posted 12/22/11 at 6:40pm via techcrunch.com
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  Google+ — Google+ Makes Its First Acquisition And Buys Social Group Startup Fridge (7/21/11)
  Posted 7/21/11 at 7:25pm via businessinsider.com
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  Google+ — Larry Page On Google+: Over 10 Million Users, 1 Billion Items Being Shared Per Day (7/14/11)
  Posted 7/14/11 at 4:48pm via techcrunch.com
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  Google+ — Google+ Estimated To Surge Past 10 Million Users (Chart) (7/12/11)
  Posted 7/12/11 at 5:45pm via techcrunch.com
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  Google+ — Google+ Added $20 Billion To Google's Market Cap (7/10/11)
  Posted 7/10/11 at 5:46pm via techcrunch.com
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  Google+ — Google Launches Social Statistics (7/5/11)
  Posted 7/5/11 at 12:48pm via socialstatistics.com
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  Google+ — Google launches a new social network. (6/28/11)
  Posted 6/28/11 at 9:19am via techcrunch.com

Screenshots

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Above: Google+ Screenshot -- #1
Uploaded: 6/28/11

Videos

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Google+ Gets a Complete Redesign, With a More Customizable Interface (sociableblog.com) [edit]
Larry Page Is Super Excited To Announce That Google+ Has 90M Users [Update: Engagement+?] (techcrunch.com) [edit]
ComScore: Google+ Grows Worldwide Users From 65 Million In October To 67 Million In November (techcrunch.com) [edit]
Google+ Makes Its First Acquisition And Buys Social Group Startup Fridge (businessinsider.com) [edit]
Larry Page On Google+: Over 10 Million Users, 1 Billion Items Being Shared Per Day (techcrunch.com) [edit]
Google+ Estimated To Surge Past 10 Million Users (Chart) (techcrunch.com) [edit]
Google+ Added $20 Billion To Google’s Market Cap (techcrunch.com) [edit]
socialstatistics.com [edit]
Google+ Launched (techcrunch.com) [edit]