On June 28, 2011, Google announced the launch of their new social network called Google+. My first thought was do we really need another social network?
Well, after spending a few weeks on Google+, I’d have to say why yes, yes we do! And, here’s why.
As Google pointed out, online sharing is awkward. Even broken. And Google aims to fix it.
Whether they do or not is to be debated. However, I’m more optimistic this go around than I was with Google Buzz or Google Wave.
Matter of fact, after spending a few hours within Google+, I was immediately hooked. The whole concept of Circles just makes sense, Sparks makes it easier to share things you’re interested in, Hangouts are just more intuitive than Facebook Video Calling, and Huddle is, well, a complete steal from Apple’s iMessage technology which was announced at the last WWDC.
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