Not too long ago, people began scrambling for exclusive access to Google’s beta social networking tool – Google+. Already, many are hailing the system for it’s simplicity (no games, poking, quizes, etc.) and adherence to privacy first. Google’s last forays into social networking flopped pretty hard, Buzz and Wave were hardly successful ventures. But the beta version of Google+ allegedly has 10 million users already with many hoping to get an invite. Did Google create the Facebook killer or are those users too firmly embedded to leave?

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