According tothe official Google blog, its brand new social network, Google+ is now open for everyone! Google+ has been in trial for the past 90 days, dishing out limited signups and limited invites for users as it hones its social engine.
Over those 90 days, we published several posts onworkaround toolsand even gave out invites from our private accounts to loyal readers. The behemoth social network gained10 millionfollowers in 16 day, as compared to Twitter’s 780 days, and Facebook’s even longer 852 days.
While Google says it’s “nowhere near done”, and improvements are still on the way, “Open Signups” is its official 100th feature. So for those of you still without an invite, sign uphere.
Google also announced a few other big updates today, includingtransitioning Hangoutsinto a live broadcast and presentation platform andadding item search to Google+, which lets you find public or private posts.
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Story byCourtney Boyd Myers
Courtney Boyd Myers is the founder of audience.io, a transatlantic company designed to help New York and London based technology startups gr(show all)Courtney Boyd Myers is the founder ofaudience.io, a transatlantic company designed to help New York and London based technology startups grow internationally.
Previously, she was the Features Editor and East Coast Editor of TNW covering New York City startups and digital innovation. She loves magnets + reading on a Kindle.
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