…And it might not be too hard. Not too long ago, Google introduced the world to Google+ (said plus of course), a new social network clearly geared around a few key things. While Google certainly has gone into the social networking industry (think Buzz or Orkut, the latter more popular in other places besides the US), but never quite like this. The service rolled out a little pre-maturely a few nights ago, with some Google users seeing a “+You” button in the top right hand of the home page. The features of Google+ are still being rolled out, but here’s a look at a few of the notables.
One of these features is Circles. Think: everybody has friends, but not all your friends are friends with all your friends (apologies to anyone not understanding that), and Google knows that well. Circles is a way for you, the user, to share information with specific people without sharing it with everybody else. For example, you could tell everyone your cat just threw up everywhere and need somebody to come help you pick it up, or you could tell your “Family” circle and just tell those currently in your house (nevermind you’re too lazy to go tell everyone, but you get the idea).
Another pretty awesome feature for photo-nuts like us here at AGRS is Instant Photo Upload. Circles is a pretty cool feature, but in my mind, this has to be the winner for features. Let’s say your out taking photos, and you just took about 20 photos of your friends dancing like robots in the middle of the street, but don’t want to spend thirty minutes uploading them over 3G. This is where this legendary feature comes in. All your photos are instantly uploading to the cloud, where there they sit in Limbo until you do something with them, like sharing them on your + profile. Instant sharing of photos is a great feature for anyone who loves to take pictures and show them to their friends pretty much instantly. The catch? You must do it from your computer.
Another pretty sweet mobile feature is Huddle. Huddle allows users to create a temporary group where you can plan certain events, like meet-ups. Once a “huddle” is thrown together, one can add people to the event list, where you can MMS everyone and visually see them text back saying whether or not they are willing to attend.
Google+ is currently in a state of limited beta, and the only way to get in is to be invited by a current member. Fantastic if you know an employee, sadness otherwise.
Source: engadget.com
