Google+ is now open to everyone with a Google+ account, please visit https://plus.google.com and sign in with your Gmail account to get access to Google+


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Google+(plus) plans to take on Facebook and Twitter but will it be another Google Buzz?
Google+ is the new social phenomenon set to take on Twitter and Facebook, or so Google hope.The new social network, available online and as an Android and iPhone app, aims to offer a deeper, more subtle approach to online relationships than key rival Facebook, with invites to the service already rolling out.

With four key areas; circles, sparks, hangouts and mobile it's incredibly similar to Facebook, especially with the Facebook and Skype video chat team-up announced earlier this week. T3 discovered what it's all about in our Google+ explained article and here's a video running through the key features of the next social network.



Google+ social network revealed


Can Big G finally get its social networking strategy right?
Google has at last come clean about its full-on social networking plans, revealing its new Google+ (Google Plus) service last night. The wide-ranging package aims to offer a deeper, more subtle approach to online relationships than key rival Facebook, with invites to the service already rolling out.


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Look out Facebook, Google is ready to give this social networking thing another go (Google Buzz anyone?) after revealing its Google+ social network service.

Profiles on Google+ have to be public, and only by individuals.


Profiles on Google+ have to be public, and only by individuals.
The new social network, Google+, has given users time till the end of July, to make their profiles public, or they will be deleted.

According to the Google+ FAQs, "nearly all Google Profiles are public", and the aim of these profiles is to manage a public identity.

It says: "Private profiles don't allow this, so we have decided to require all profiles to be public." It adds that full name and gender are the only two items that have to be visible on the public profile, while other items can be hidden from public view if needed.

"If you currently have a private profile but you do not wish to make your profile public, you can delete your profile. Or, you can simply do nothing. All private profiles will be deleted after July 31, 2011," according to the website.

In addition, it has been reported that profiles created by and for businesses are being removed from the networking site, as Google is aiming Google+ solely at individuals.

Google+ is now open to anyone with a Google account, and at a recent press conference, Eric Schmidt, executive chairman, Google, said he would "love to have deeper integration with Twitter and Facebook." Techies will recall that Google real time search no longer includes tweets as the deal fell through.


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