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Google Leaked Its Upcoming +1 ‘Facebook Killer’ In Its Own Ad

Who needs tipsters and blurry photos when you’ve got one of the world’s biggest companies, leaking its upcoming social service right in its own ad? As you can see in the Chrome browser toolbar, there’s a little Google +1 extension which is said to perform duties just like Facebook’s “Like” buttons you see dotted around the web (there’s one on this post, for example.) [TechCrunch]


March 31, 2011
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What Is Google +1?

Google is introducing a new feature in Google search results today: +1. But what is it? A new social network? A social thingy? A social search engine? Is it even social?


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Google +1 Rolling Out Today

Google +1, what was once rumoured to be Google’s big social project and later transformed into a toolbar, is now live and is, well, neither of those two.


December 3, 2010
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Google Me Social Project Now Called Google +1?

Initially called a “Facebook killer”, Google Me is now said to be a social toolbar/Chrome extension – but don’t get too disappointed. Rumourmongers are saying the project’s so big Sergey Brin is playing an active part in the development.