Google's latest foray into the waters of social media is a network-building tool called Google+ that attempts to control information better than other social networks.
Parsing the world of sharing into easier-to-digest pieces, Google+ hopes to build a sort of social intranet, where the right content finds the right people.
Here is a photo gallery highlighting some of its unique features, and a video that looks at how it's better — and worse — than Facebook.
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Google+
Google+ will try to bring together all of Google's products, including chat, video and photos.
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Circles
Google+ aims to segment a user's social network into more closely defined groups, which they are calling Circles, based on shared interests.
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Hangouts
"Hangouts" is an element of Google+ that revisits a classic form of social interaction on the Internet — the chat room — but adds the visual element of video.
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Hangouts
Invite your friends to chat, and Hangouts automatically puts the person who is speaking, or speaking the loudest, on the upper window, and shows all other chat participants below.
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Hangouts on YouTube
In the Hangouts group video chat feature of Google+, participants can watch YouTube videos together. For some unknown reason, when we initiated the YouTube feature, Google presented us with a dozen automatic weapon videos.
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Instant Upload
Instant Upload will send photos and video from your phone straight to Google+. For now, the native app is only available on Android devices. However, Google's website says that any smartphone can access Google+ through the web app, and that a native app for the iPhone is coming soon.
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Sparks
Google+ will suggest content that it thinks you might like.
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Sparks
Sparks are topical interests that stream relevant news and articles about your favourite subjects. This Sparks page shows the results for the term "Robotics".
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Huddle
Google+'s Huddle feature allows text messages to be sent to a group of people who share a common need, such as making a group decision or setting up a meeting time and place at a restaurant or concert.
Via CNET
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