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by NicoJuicy 4499 days ago
Anyone who thinks Google+ has missed the boat doesn't understand Google+.

Google+ brings together: - SMS - Chat - Likes (+1), on apps, youtube, websites - Videochat / screen-sharing / helping out - The easiest OAuth implementation (Facebook needs an App-ID), google needs nothing - Your location information (Android) - GMail - Contacts (backup of your cellphone) - SEO (their platform is OPEN for the web, while Twitter and Facebook wants to hide their information) - Information for businesses (Google Places) - and probably a lot more that i didn't thought about right now. - Pictures (backup of your android phone, default tag= personal) - Documents (Google Drive)

Now, to create a social network, what do you need and what does Google + doesn't have? Google+ is probably one of the most used communication social network... But a lot of it is going on in the backend and you don't see it on the web.. Because people don't really use it right now (they don't use it by going to Google+ and enter their message there).
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ulfw 4499 days ago
And what does the end user get out of all of this exactly?
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NicoJuicy 4499 days ago
Here are some practical innovations that are usefull when i'm going out with my car.

When you lookup a bussiness in Chrome/Google on my PC, Google Now (your mobile) will suggest the navigation to this business, included with traffic delays. Just click on it (you don't have to enter an address), and it will navigate to that place. (ps. this is a less user friendly method: http://gps.about.com/od/gpsmapscharts/ht/google_garmin.htm )

Traffic delays can be calculated by people who navigate with Google Maps (or are using Google's Localisation Service).

Low Battery localisation (with WIFI) can be calculated by the combined power of collecting MAC-address by the Android platform and/or the cars that are used for Google Street View.

I can view the surroundings of where i'm going with Google Street View in my navigation app. It will ask me if this information is correct, if it's not correct. I can correct it and the business has a improved place on the Google Maps platform.. (without doing it themselves)

Google+ is not only a social network. It's an authentication system where the pk is your email, the frontend is www.google.com/+ (social network) and the backend is a collection of meta-data (big data?) that can be used to make your life easier... And on top of that big data, you have a learning skynet ;-)

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