SOCIAL NETWORKS

The Google+ invitation button has been available for more than a day now, suggesting Google is loosening up and is more confident about expanding its social network's population.

Groupon has changed its privacy policy, and users face having personal information, including financial transaction data, collected and shared. The social daily coupon network has gone too far.

With the Google+ emergence into the market, social network rivals have another threat other than the social media giant Facebook. Google+ will be pitted against other major social networks such as MySpace, LinkedIn, and Twitter as it looks to climb its way to the top.

The announcement and limited invitation to the new Google+ social network last week not only whipped up a frenzy of anticipation, but marked the first salvo in the new battle for the social media space.

The announcement and limited invitation to the new Google+ social network last week not only whipped up a frenzy of anticipation, but marked the first salvo in the new battle for the social media space.

In order for Google+ to supplant Facebook, it will have to appeal to at least one crucial segment of the online population – college students.

With the launch of the new Google+, a lot of buzz has been created about how Google+ is innovative and at the same time it appears to be a great threat to other social networks, such as Facebook. But is it good enough to take on Facebook+Skype?

The partnership between Facebook and Skype is a natural, and it will likely change social media in a very big way -- integrating phone calls and video conferencing seamlessly into Facebook's social network.

Facebook announced the 'super awesome' news that they will be partnering with Skype with plans to offer users video chat through the social network website - is it in response to a growing threat called Google+ Hangouts?

Users have tried out the Google+ and praises have been high for the social network's latest return into the market. As the tech giant looks to continue its momentum, Facebook will look to counter Google, setting up an epic battle of social networks in the coming months. For now there are five things that users would like to see even as Google+ is diligently building its new network.

By now you may have heard that Google made its latest foray into the social sphere this past week, bringing a fresh new take on an age old concept.

MySpace isn't the only once-dominant social media site trying to reinvent itself. Remember Friendster?

The world's largest search engine has inspired the head of the world's largest social-network to come and see what Google+ has in store.

How about Google+ then? Do we have enough control over our identity and online assets?

Facebook CEO and founder Mark Zuckerberg is clearly disturbed. In an apparent effort to retain Facebook users from exporting their friends lists to Google+ and setting up their online social hub there, Zuckerberg has said the company is set to launch something awesome next week, without divulging what exactly is that awesome something.

Make no mistake about it, Google+ is not a new Buzz. Thus far, any privacy concerns are unwarranted.

The company behind Farmville, Mafia Wars, Words With Friends, Empires and Allies and many other social games has officially filed for an IPO. In doing so, it follows in the footsteps of fellow social comapny, LinkedIn, which had an impressive IPO of its own last month.

Google+, Google's ambitious project to redefine the future of social media, has created a huge buzz. Google+ has posed threat to different groups in numerous ways - it has attacked boldly on the present social network king Facebook, while China allegedly blocked the access to Google+ with its great firewall, and Google's unpreparedness to face the massive influx of traffic has forced the beta version of Google+ to close its invitation door.

Google+ the search engine giant’s answer to challenge Facebook’s social media hegemony is finally here.

Google launched its social networking service called Google+ in its latest attempt to break into the social networking realm. After the failure of Google Buzz and Wave to garner public support, there's now a belief that the company may finally have figured out how to go social.

Google's controlled release of Google+ is called into question by one analyst.