Google+ The next Facebook

So you've recived an invite from someone you know to join Google+. Great! But why should you make an account at Google+ and what is it? Google+ is Google's new Social Networking site. Now you're probably thinking, ok, I really dont need another social networking site to log onto. Well, you do have a point, but I'll tell you what makes Google+ different than the rest.

First, Google+ has all the features Facebook has on posting. Links, Videos, Pictures, the usual, but Google+ also has the ability to show your location, kind of like Twitter! Here's an example:
The location may be incorrect, but that's the GPS's fault.

Ok, well this is kind of neat, but why do you need to make an account in Google+? Well, let me show you something that makes Google+ even more neat. One word, Circles. Circles are currently the main attraction in Google+ (at least to me.)
Lets say I wanted to post a message to people that are friends, maybe "I got REAL drunk last night :P" (Don't worry, I don't drink.) But you don't want your whole family to know. You can choose who that message to. You wouldn't want to send that message to your boss, or family, but just your friends. All you have to do is select the correct stream in the side of the your page, and your message will only be sent to them!













Another neat thing is you can name your circles anything you want, such as "Loosers" "Bosses" but the person you added to the circle will not see what circle they are in, just that you added them to a circle!

Ok, Google+ seems kinda cool, but what else can it do?  Well Google+ has another neat feature called Hangouts. Say you want to invite a whole group of your friends to a webchat. By starting a Hangout, it will then show that you started one on everyone's page and they can join (and remember, you can choose who and what groups to send it to!) Everyone that has a webcam can then chat, and get this, if you talk on it, your face will show up on the main screen (unless someone else is talking, then you just have to talk louder than them) Hangouts also work with the Android Google+ app! Say you don't want to text every single person on that your planning to go out with tonight the movie got canceled, you can invite all those peeps in a hangout and discuss where your going to go instead.

Nifty! What else does Google+ offer for their Android app? Google plus has an interesting feature that when you take a picture with your phone, it will automatically upload them to a private folder on your Google+ account. Now all you have to do is just choose what pictures you want to share with the world and all the others will stay private! This takes away the hassle of choosing all the pictures you want to update to the site and wait for them to load, Google+ takes the hassle of uploading them and does it automatically.

Hmm, I think I will accept that invite to Google+, but what can I expect in the future? You can most likely expect apps and games just like Facebook. Google will most likely create a "language" (if it hasn't been done already) for developers to create Apps and Games! If they were smart, they will make it so that there is some way to control scams and such (like the Facebook dislike button.) Remember, if you want to try Google+ you MUST have an invite as of now. It is like when Gmail came out. Expect it to be like this for a while while they work out the kinks in their system. See you there when Facebook phases out!

If you would like to at least take an interactive tour of Google+ Check out plus.google.com