Google dubs Google+ as a “project” rather than a product, stressing it’s part of making Google itself more social rather than being a standalone social network to take on Facebook.

In truth, it’s likely that Google+ has been a dead social network walking since 2014. Since then, Google has stripped it for parts and terminated some of its best features.

Of course, that's exactly what Google's PR machine is getting at. There's no word on Google+'s privacy settings as of yet, which is going to be the question on a lot of people's lips.

Google as a social network is very much alive. Pichai told Forbes that Google+ was always at least as much about identity as socializing---the goal was to connect and cohere who you are across all ...

Despite the fact that Google is denying the “Facebook killer” moniker, it’sclear that this is a full-fledged social network, and Facebook is the most comparable. People won’t be picking both.

Google just launched a new social network project that seems to draw inspiration from the popular Pinterest. Google Keen is a service that lets people save items related to their interests, share ...

What I believe Google is trying to accomplish with the integration between Google Maps and Google+ is in fact the first incidental social network. It happens, as John Lennon sang, while you are ...

Google Inc. is challenging Facebook Inc. by using a controversial tactic: requiring people to use the Google+ social network. The result is that people who create an account to use Gmail, YouTube ...

Google has officially started the process of shutting down and deleting all consumer accounts on its Google+ social network platform, bringing an end to the company’s attempt to directly compete ...

News Is Google Wave the Solution to Social Network Over-Sharing? By Edward N. Albro May 28, 2009 11:35 am PDT ...

It is a product of Google’s workshop – Area 120, which aims to facilitate real-world connections. Unlike other social networks, Google is launching it on a smaller scale.