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What do you think of Google+?

I’ve probably sent out a couple of hundred invites for Google+ yesterday until Google closed the invites for over-capacity. But for those who received an invite and was able to get in, what do you think of Google+?

First, I have to say the simple and very clean design works best but it still reminds me of the usual Facebook Wall. What really separates it from FB is that you are able to segregate your friends from the get-go — it’s like how Friendster used to do it before. The Huddle feature is also interesting.

The good thing is that there’s a web app you can use from your phone and an Android app you can install (still limited to the US though) which really helps how you use the service (just look for the APK and download it to your Android phone or tablet). Oh, there’s a check-in feature here too!

So, going back to my question — what do you think of Google Plus?

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Abe is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of YugaTech with over 20 years of experience in the technology industry. He is one of the pioneers of blogging in the country and considered by many as the Father of Tech Blogging in the Philippines. He is also a technology consultant, a tech columnist with several national publications, resource speaker and mentor/advisor to several start-up companies.

68 Responses

  1. Avatar for Freakymantis Freakymantis says:

    send me an invite too! thanks!

    jacobdaniel.ferna****@****.***

  2. Avatar for kat kat says:

    hello! are google+ invites still available?

  3. Avatar for chris chris says:

    hi invite me if pwede na sya salamat po

  4. Avatar for dan dan says:

    wala pa po ako invite abe,

  5. Avatar for VLee VLee says:

    Hi, I’d really love a google + invite, if it’s still available! My email is vlrai****@****.***. Thanks. :)

  6. Avatar for Mark Mark says:

    First of all thank you to Abe for the Invite!!!
    So heres my 1 day review…..

    I like pretty much the whole make-up and ideas of sharing. I love the ease of sharing and uploading photos. As a long time user of Picasa it is very nice to have all my pictures integrated without having to upload again. Also the auto upload from my phone is just amazing and time saving. As far as sharing pictures video and web content goes google plus definatly has a huge edge on the competition.
    I have not enough contacts yet to try the hangout feature but can definatly see using that as a great feature for video conferencing with family in Canada in the future.
    Huddle is great on android and is really fast
    Spark i was actually surprised with to be honest. I thought it was gonna be an advertisement and marketing gimmick and it turns out to be an excellent source of information on my interests. I’ve only played with it alittle bit but it finds a wider array of content relating to my interests then searching it on Google. When you get a chance try it out. Like i said i was surprised.
    Circles are really great in the idea of it. One thing though is when you port all your facebook contacts it takes a very long time to organize them. Very long! You can easily port your contacts through a Yahoo mail account.
    Stream on the Android app is Better then on the Web i think because of the Nearby Stream which lets you see what people near you are Streaming Publicly. Great for advertising events and finding out whats going on around you. This could be an excellent tool for mass communicating community events. I hope they add this to the browser version of plus also

    All in all i think Plus is a winner! Many things I like about it and the usefulness is definatly there and time saving like i said for pictures and video sharing. I can’t wait till more people start using it and we can really test out some of the group features better. The one thing i would have to say bad about it is just working out the kinks. it freezes up a bit when you add 500+ facebook contacts and try adding them all into your circles. Also the interface could use a little refining though i understand this is still not a final product. Other then that I find it very refreshing and more to my taste then the other social networking site.

    Thanks again to Abe for the invite. If i ever meet you in person i owe you a drink. :)

  7. Avatar for Brutus Brutus says:

    I love Circles, Hangouts and Huddle

    Circles will allow you to post that can only be seen by specific friends from your list

    Hangouts is good for event planning

    and Huddle will be the killer app for Google+ specially if this feature is also available for the desktop version and if they will have also a version for IOS, BB and Symbian. From what I’ve seen, it’s only available with Android. it’s like BBM on steroid. no matter what phone you have, you can have a group chat with all your friends that has a Google+ account

  8. Avatar for Nico Arboleda Nico Arboleda says:

    AWESOME! Facebook is so going down :D

  9. Avatar for jdGONEMAD jdGONEMAD says:

    wala pang games and apps. para ma-hook ang mga tao dito dapat may magandang games and apps..

  10. Avatar for jayx3m jayx3m says:

    sir yuga pa-invite din po ako ja****@****.***

  11. Avatar for RaGe RaGe says:

    sir yuga can i have again an invite coz the link on the first invite that u sent seems that it already expired thanks sir freelance****@****.***

  12. Avatar for Striker Striker says:

    I’d love to give invites kaso Google found out about that bypass method thingy. It doesn’t work now. :(

  13. Avatar for Dredd Dredd says:

    did not got an invite from you.

  14. Avatar for Ralph Ralph says:

    wow.. I like that circles feature ng google+
    pa invite din po ralphlenzme****@****.*** =)

  15. Avatar for Jhelo Cruz Jhelo Cruz says:

    I started using Google+ this morning but when I tried to download the Google+ app for Android, it says that the app is not available on my country.

  16. Avatar for ARL ARL says:

    kahit pahabol na ako… please give me invite sa mga may spare pa jan… my email… arleig****@****.***… thanks…

  17. Avatar for faisal faisal says:

    well i tried to signup but it is not stil open for all…
    so i need an invite so that i can check it and make a review about it :)

  18. Avatar for Roland Roland says:

    I did get an invite from you but I wasn’t able to use it.

    “Already invited? We’ve temporarily exceeded our capacity. Please try again soon.”

  19. Avatar for @miksas @miksas says:

    Who Wants Google+ invites??? tweet me @miksas

  20. Avatar for jhepoyskee jhepoyskee says:

    hmm from the looks of it, it seems to be very interesting. im looking forward to try out google+ once i get invited.

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