5 Features and Drawbacks of Google+

The new service is only available to a limited number of people right now, but once it opens up to the public Google+ could prove to be a popular Facebook alternative. Here's a look at some of the features and drawbacks I found while putting Google+ through its paces. Feature: Circles Sharing content with friends in Google+ starts with Circles, which are basically groups of friends organized by you. The idea behind Circles is that you may only want to share certain pieces of content such as a NSFW video or a link to a hot button political news story with certain people. As Google sees it, the way we currently share on social networks such as Facebook, Twitter and even Buzz is sloppy (share with everyone all the time), scary (do you really want your coworkers to see everything you do online?)...

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Google+ released New Social Networking Site

A day after Google unveiled its brand new social networking service Google+, the company decided to open up the invitation process late Wednesday afternoon to those lucky enough to have already been invited to participate in the service. Thus I got an early look at Google's new social network. Google has stressed that Google+ is in its early stages. However, whatever Google was aiming for with its "field trial" must have been successful, because as everyone who was invited in to the service is now able to invite other people in. Even the second wave of invitees was able to invite friends to join the service. All this attention must have been a bit more than Google bargained for. After about six hours, the company shut the invitation process down over what Google's senior vice president...

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Mobile Radiation Effects Human Brian

Radiation from cell phones could possibly cause cancer, according to the World Health Organization. In a report issued today, the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), which is an arm of the WHO, said it now lists mobile phone use in the same category as lead, gasoline engine exhaust, and chloroform. Officially, cell phone radiation is listed as a "carcinogenic hazard." Until today, the WHO's IARC had said that there were no adverse health effects from the use of cell phones. The wireless industry, including the CTIA lobbying group, and the Federal Communications Commission and U.S. Food and Drug Administration have also long...

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