Google+ challenges Facebook in social network battle

Gerald · 06-29-11, 04:07 AM

Online search giant Google has launched a new social networking website in its latest attempt to take on Facebook, which now claims more than 500m users.

Google+ allows individuals to share photos, messages and comments but also integrates the company's maps and images into the service.

It also aims to help users easily organise contacts within groups.

But some analysts say Google has simply reproduced features of Facebook while adding a video chat function.

Google, which handles roughly two out of every three internet searches in the US, has taken several stabs at Facebook in recent years.

But its previous efforts ended in failure, with both Google Wave and Google Buzz proving unpopular with users.
New functions

The company is now boasting that four features in Google+ could help make the company a permanent player in social networking:

* Circles - a functionality that allows individuals to place friends into groups, allowing users to share different forms of content with targeted clusters of friends
* Hangouts - live multi-user video conferencing that permits friends to drop in and out of live group conversations
* Huddle - group instant messaging
* Sparks - a feature that connects individuals on the network to others with common interests.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-13953416

Note: 29 June 2011 Last updated at 01:50 GMT

papa_smurf · 06-29-11, 05:12 AM

Google is continuing its current mantra of "must control every part of the internet"

Gerald · 06-29-11, 05:16 AM

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Originally Posted by papa_smurf

Google is continuing its current mantra of "must control every part of the internet"

.....And human

Tinman764 · 06-29-11, 06:23 AM

If the multi user video conferencing is free I can see this taking off.

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Gerald SUBSIM Newsman Join Date: May 2008 Location: Close to sea Posts: 24,254 Downloads: 553 Uploads: 0	Google+ challenges Facebook in social network battle Online search giant Google has launched a new social networking website in its latest attempt to take on Facebook, which now claims more than 500m users. Google+ allows individuals to share photos, messages and comments but also integrates the company's maps and images into the service. It also aims to help users easily organise contacts within groups. But some analysts say Google has simply reproduced features of Facebook while adding a video chat function. Google, which handles roughly two out of every three internet searches in the US, has taken several stabs at Facebook in recent years. But its previous efforts ended in failure, with both Google Wave and Google Buzz proving unpopular with users. New functions The company is now boasting that four features in Google+ could help make the company a permanent player in social networking: * Circles - a functionality that allows individuals to place friends into groups, allowing users to share different forms of content with targeted clusters of friends * Hangouts - live multi-user video conferencing that permits friends to drop in and out of live group conversations * Huddle - group instant messaging * Sparks - a feature that connects individuals on the network to others with common interests. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-13953416 Note: 29 June 2011 Last updated at 01:50 GMT __________________ Nothing in life is to be feard,it is only to be understood. Marie Curie

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Tinman764 Chief Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: U-32's Wintergarten Posts: 325 Downloads: 182 Uploads: 0	If the multi user video conferencing is free I can see this taking off.