1. Google+ is currently available on an invitation-only basis. 2. Google does not consider it a Facebook competitor (at least publicly). 3. Google+ is currently available for download as an app in the Android Market. 4. When you download that app, it splits off the “Huddle” feature as a separate app. 5. Users can post [...]

New York: Google introduced a social networking service called the Google+ project on Tuesday, which happens to look very much like Facebook. The service is available only to a select group of Google users who will soon be able to invite other people and will let them share and discuss status updates, photos and links. [...]