Google+:
Before launching, Google+ was
originally called Google
Circles , a name alluding to its
emphasis on organising
friendship information.The
service was launched as an
invitation-only "field test" in
June 2011.Early invites
were soon suspended due to
an "insane demand" for new
accounts.On September
20, 2011, Google+ was opened
to everyone 18 years of age or
older without the need for an
invitation. It was opened
for a younger age group (13+
years old in US and most
countries, 14+ in South Korea
and Spain, 16+ in the
Netherlands) on January 26,
2012.Google+ integrates social
services such as Google
Profiles, and introduces new
services identified as Circles,
Hangouts and Sparks.
Google+ is available as a
website and on mobile
devices. Sources such as The
New York Times have declared
it Google's biggest attempt to
rival the social network
Facebook,which has over
900 million users.Google
+ is considered the company's
fourth foray into social
networking, following Google
Buzz (launched 2010, retired
in 2011), Google Friend
Connect (launched 2008,
retired by March 1, 2012) and
Orkut (launched in 2004, now
operated entirely by
subsidiary Google Brazil).
In November 2011, Google+
was integrated into the
account creation process for
other Google services, such as
Google Mail.According to
independent analysis of its
growth in December 2011, the
site was adding an estimated
number of 625,000 new users
a day, which may total 400
million members by the end
of 2012. However, on
February 28, 2012 Todd
Wasserman from Mashable
reported Google+ users are
only spending 3.3 minutes
monthly on Google+ which is a
downward trend from 4.8
minutes in December and 5.1
minutes in November
compared to Facebook users
currently spending 7.5 hours
using Facebook monthly.
Google+ is used by american presidend barak Obama..
Nimbizz:My dark days in the social media were on Nimbuzz...
it seems all bad and abusing people use nimbizz..
free nim to nim call is available here...
groups can pe created and u can join any group...
many groups r useless...
mostelly people frm India,dubai and asia use it..
Skype:
a good platform for vidio and audio calling used frequentely..