Well I Have A Google+ Invite

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Google+ is going to be Google’s Social Network. While the look of it resembles Facebook quite a bit it has a more streamlined service and has a vastly different way to organize friends and connect with people. It’s all built around Google’s AMAZING infrastructure so unlike some services that can seem some what slapped together, cluttered, and has horrible privacy settings (gee whoever would I be talking about) there is a new game in town to try to fil the void. While I’m an avid Facebook user and don’t see my use of the service disappearing anytime in the near future (It’s just SO convenient and I’ve already got so much for myself and Buy Zombie tied with it!) I believe that Google really has a chance to break into the social networking platform if they pull this off properly. Right now the service is invite only (I already sent out a good chunk of my initial 25 invite) but I have the distinct feeling it’s going to open up very quickly!

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Among the most basic of human needs is the need to connect with others. With a smile, a laugh, a whisper or a cheer, we connect with others every single day.

Today, the connections between people increasingly happen online. Yet the subtlety and substance of real-world interactions are lost in the rigidness of our online tools.

In this basic, human way, online sharing is awkward. Even broken. And we aim to fix it.

We’d like to bring the nuance and richness of real-life sharing to software. We want to make Google better by including you, your relationships, and your interests. And so begins the Google+ project