Google has announced a new social networking website. Google+ allows the sharing of photos, messages and comments and integrates the company’s maps and images into the new service.
features include:
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.
The current version of Google+ has only been released to a small number of users so far.
Google+ project: http://www.google.com/+/learnmore/
Review: http://www.macworld.com/article/160816/2011/06/google_plus.html