Last week we wrote about Twitter's rather controversial plans to begin censoring tweets in certain countries. Even though the move seems justified and will be executed in a way that looks (for now anyway) pretty fair, it's still raised a lot of serious issues about online censorship and the control governments may have over restricting content.

Well now it seems that Google is looking to universally censor content too in the next few months. According to Techdows, if you visit an xxxx.blogspot.com URL in future you may find you're redirected to a country specific URL instead.

For example, if you're visiting a site from France, you'll see xxxx.blogspot.fr instead of xxxx.blogspot.com in an in attempt from Google to limit the impact of any censored content.

A Blogger support page confirms what's set to start happening and explains the reason for the changes:

"Migrating to localized domains will allow us to continue promoting free expression and responsible publishing while providing greater flexibility in complying with valid removal requests pursuant to local law. By utilizing ccTLDs (country-code top level domains), content removals can be managed on a per country basis, which will limit their impact to the smallest number of readers. Content removed due to a specific country's law will only be removed from the relevant ccTLD."

In theory the move to keep content available to the largest number of people seems to make sense, so is censoring content by country the way forward for online platforms, search engines and social networks in the future?

[Via Techdows Image via Guerretto]

Over the past few days you may have seen a few people tweet random stuff about who Google thinks they are "It thinks I'm a man!", "It thinks I like cats!" or "It thinks I'm 70!". Don't worry, Google hasn't suddenly taken human form and started hurling abuse at your mates, instead they've accessed the profile that Google has made of all of its account holders.

It may all sound very Big Brother, but Google basically takes a look at what you're browsing online and then makes up a profile about you so it can give you the most targeted advertising in the future.

It then builds up a list of all the topics you're into and (often hilariously) your age and gender based on other people that look at similar sites.

The profile page is hidden away in the depths of Google in Ad Preferences and unless you're into advertising and have gone looking for that kind of information in the past, you'd never have known it was there.

Go check out who Google thinks you are, I'm apparently 35-44 (I'm 25) and male (I'm female). My categories are a little more accurate, with gadgets, fitness and headphones coming up top, but hip-hop, DJ equipment and vehicle wheels are things I'd happily go for the rest of my life without.

Let us know how correct (or how very very incorrect) your profile is...

If you signed up for Google+ some time last year and haven't logged back in since, you might not know that all kinds of exciting things are going on in the world of Circles and Hangouts. The Google+ activity that's caught our eye the most recently has been by The White House, which now has a dedicated Google+ account to give Americans a sneak peek into the Obama administration. But, not only do you now get to see live speeches, photos and current news, but soon a lucky few will get to Hangout with Obama himself.

On the 30th of January at 5pm EST there'll be a live Google+ Hangout on The White House's profile and until the 28th of January US citizens will be able to submit questions about the state of the nation and what the future holds that could well be asked to the president directly if enough people vote on them.

Now only a few of those who submit questions will be asked into the actual Hangout to chat to the president directly, at the moment only ten can participate, which is kind of a shame, but totally understandable. Imagine a Hangout with everyone in the US?! That could get messy.

Everyone else will still get to watch the live video chat from their computer screens and will be able to see how he replies to some of the most top-rated questions from the public. Regardless of your political views and whether you're even a US citizen, it's pretty cool to see this kind of direct online interaction between those in charge and the general public.

Every year Google publishes its Zeitgeist, a trip down the winding rabbit hole of the internet, which looks at the way the world has been searching over the past 12 months and it's always a very interesting read.

The year of 2011 saw lots of crazy things occupy our time online, like pop sensation Rebecca Black (hmm), the over-hyped Google+ and the still not released iPhone 5. What a dull and fickle bunch we are.

Let's take a look at some of the other (hopefully more interesting) findings from Google Zeitgeist....

The fastest rising search in the United Kingdom throughout the year was the Royal Wedding. This is hardly a surprise considering lots of people pretended to be disinterested in the run up to the big day then during the broadcast the most unexpected characters turned into patriotic, flag-waving revellers.

The top 10 how to section of the website is a little worrying, with "how to snog" and "how to flirt" featured as two of the top searches. Come on guys, have a little bit more confidence.

It seems many of us are inquisitive when it comes to tech, with the top 10 list for what is featuring terms like "what is icloud" and "what is 4d". Strange new fitness craze zumba came in at number 8, which is hardly surprising considering it sounds like a planet, not a cheesy dance class.

The fastest rising movies throughout 2011 don't really match up with the best movies of the year (in our opinion), with Breaking Dawn in at number one thanks to the millions of little twi-hards out there and Final Destination 5, Mean Girls 2 and Scream 4 taking the other top spots. We just hope people were searching for details of terrible and unnecessary sequels and not examples of the best cinema on offer.

The fastest rising people section is a mix of very talented individuals, crazy celebrities (we're looking at you Mr Sheen) and some great people who unfortunately passed away this year, like Steve Jobs and Amy Winehouse.

Today Google's famous home page doodle has become rather techy to celebrate Robert Noyce's 84th birthday.

Noyce founded Intel alongside Gordon Moore back in 1968 and he's well-known for pioneering the first integrated microchip, which has played an integral part in the personal computer revolution since.

Noyce passed away back in 1990 at the age of 62.

Earlier in the year Google introduced Music Beta over in the states, and for some time now we've all been speculating about when it'll be officially launched, what it'll mean for Google+ and whether people will ditch the likes of Spotify and Deezer in favour of Google's shiny new offering.

Yesterday on the Official Google Blog, the brand announced that the beta version has evolved into a broader platform now known just as Google Music, which is available in the US today.

What is it?

According to the blog, the service will be all about, "discovering, purchasing, sharing and enjoying digital music in new, innovative and personalized ways" and offers free-of-charge cloud storage and (some limited) free streaming of your favourite music.

As all of your music library will be stored away up in the cloud, you can listen to and manage all of your tracks and playlists across multiple devices and listen offline too, much in the same way you can with Spotify. Although you'll be able to store your tracks for free and stream some of them, song prices range from around 69c to 99c and $1.29, the same as we're used to on Apple's iTunes.

Music store, labels and exclusives

Google has made it very easy for users to find music as it opened a new store in the Android Market yesterday, which offers users more than 13 million tracks from a range of artists on Universal Music Group, Sony Music Entertainment and EMI among others. In many ways, Google's trying to set itself apart by giving users exclusive music content they won't find elsewhere, from the likes of The Rolling Stons, Coldplay and um, Shakira.

Artist Hub

In a very interesting twist, there's lots of opportunity for aspiring artists to get plenty of exposure on the platform, as anyone who has the rights to their music can distribute it using the Artist Hub interface. This allows them to create an Artist page and then sell their music for any price they please.

Google+ integration

There's obviously a huge social element and Google+ integration too, as you can share a free full play of a purchased song with your friends. But only once, mind. All songs and albums will have a "share" button, which allows you to share everything to your Google+ stream and obviously choose which circles see it.

When can we get it?

Google Music is unfortunately only available over in the US at market.android.com for now and it'll be rolled out to devices running Android 2.2 and above over the next few days. However, you can pick up the app from Android Market right now and start straight away if you're feeling impatient.

Let's hope Google sorts out all of its record label negotiations elsewhere too, so us poor Brits can give it a go soon.

Earlier in the week Google+ launched pages for brands and businesses, and since then we've seen big brands take to the platform, some users slate the whole idea (like Google+ advocate Robert Scoble) and others discuss its huge potential.

The general consensus seems to be that it's still such early days for Google+ as a place for individuals (let alone brands), so making predictions about whether it'll "change the face of social media" and the way we communicate with businesses in the future all seems a little futile.

Some brands have already been using the platform and it's interesting to see user's reactions to their efforts so far, look at the pages from Burberry and Angry Birds for promising examples. However, what we're most excited about (and would like to predict has the biggest potential) is the prospect of brands holding hangouts with users and loyal fans.

For those who've avoided the Google+ hype up until now, a hangout is basically a way for groups of people to have video chats with one another. Many expected this cool feature to be a little different for brands, but no, now businesses can potentially hangout with people just as a few friends would on the platform. In fact, one or two brands on Google+ have tried 'hanging out' already, like Kermit and Miss Piggy from The Muppets.

However, it's important to remember that it shouldn't just be about pumping out video content or uploading ads, instead we think there are a few key things we want to see from our favourite brands on Google+ that will really make us want to hangout:

1. Exclusive content and behind-the-scenes access

Hangouts may seem shiny and new right now, but in the future we imagine there'll need to be a compelling reason for regular users to hangout with brands time and time again. Offering people exclusive, behind-the-scenes access to something they wouldn't normally get to see or experience, like interviews with celebrities at a movie premiere, or a video about the making of a designer dress, could be a great way of keeping people interested in hanging out and engaging themselves.

2. Interviews which let us get involved

Hangouts need to take into account what regular users are saying and doing. Of course we don't expect a big brand or celebrity to answer the 5,575 questions they're likely to be getting all at once, but users will expect them to reply to a few people at least, so it doesn't come across as too ad-like or one sided.

3. Live feeds to events and announcements

We're not really sure how it'd work in practice, but a representative from a brand giving Google+ users a sneak peek of a new product or a live event would be particularly useful at fashion shows, or when a highly anticipated new product is launched by the likes of Apple.

4. Interactive video blogging

So many brands and public figures blog already, video blogging through a Google+ hangout would be an amazing way to not only tell people what the brand or celeb has been up to, but allow people to interact with them too.

5. General Q&A and customer service announcements

This may seem like the most boring option, but could potentially be the most valuable to brands. Holding Q&As about products and using Google+ hangouts as a new way to approach online customer service could be the personal touch people need when they're looking to get advice about brands, products and services on the internet.

Today Google+ has officially opened its doors to brands and businesses looking to create dedicated pages, not just individuals according to the Official Google Blog.

It's called Google+ Pages (no surprises there then) and basically allows all kinds of businesses to interact in the same way individuals do on the social network, taking part in hangouts, adding people to circles and updating statuses. Just like Facebook's "like" button, users can "+1" a page to show their affiliation with that brand or business. There aren't really that many other differences to shout about when it comes to your experience of Google+ now businesses are finally in the mix, so if you're a big fan you can breathe a sigh of relief.

A number of brands have already set up their own +Page, like Angry Birds, Pepsi and The Muppets. There's even a Google page for the team behind the big brand, which showcases some of its best doodles in the photo bar at the top.

The thing we like most about the new pages, is they can be found so easily from within a regular Google search. The new way of discovering +Pages is called Direct Connect and basically this means you type "+" followed by a brand to find its Google+ page. So for the page above we'd just type "+Angry Birds" into Google and it'll bring up the Angry Birds Google+ page right at the top.

Last week we wrote a post about the fact many of us have forgotten about Google+ a little, still favouring the likes of Twitter and Facebook when it comes to daily updates and stalking. We imagine that Google+ Pages will really divide current users, driving some deeper into the social network and enhancing their experience of the site or turning some off for good.

Google has just announced that there'll now be much more integration between video treasure trove YouTube and the social network we keep forgetting about, Google+.

Just take a quick look at your Google+ news stream now and on the right hand side you'll see a little YouTube icon. Hover over it and the icon turns into a little 'slider', which considerately asks "What would you like to play?". You can then put anything in there, like an artist or topic (we suggest "sloths", "kittens" or "Tom Hardy") and then it'll start playing a list of related videos in a pop-up. How handy.

You can then share the videos you find with your circles if you like, and when they click on the video you've shared they can also see a related playlist too, which is a neat little addition. These YouTube playlists will also start to appear in Google+ search results too.

Now admit it, we've all signed up to Google+ and we all "get" it. But, apart from a few users who've taken to it really well, there's still something that makes us forget about it everyday and still bore our Twitter and Facebook friends with mundane updates instead. So, maybe further integration with YouTube and a few cool new sharing options will at least draw video lovers in a little further.

Yes, we know, we know everything has been a little too Google-centric recently, hasn't it!? But, we just had to tell you about the latest announcement on the Official Gmail Blog that Google has now just launched its official app for iOS devices.

Google promises the application combines everything that's great about the Gmail mobile web app and everything that's great about iOS into one slick and handy application. That's quite a promise Google.

Here are a few of our favourite features:

1. You can be alerted to new emails by push notifications, meaning you can respond as quickly as possible. We imagine this will be a big time saver during the week, but a hell of a pain if you often get work emails on a weekend.

2. There's advanced search functionality across your whole inbox, meaning there's no messing around looking in separate folders for that elusive but important email.

3. A feature will allow you to attach an image to an email from your device with just one click.

4. If you're using an iPad device you can browse through your emails and read mail at the same time with split view which divides the screen up into two.

5. If you're a big fan of the Priority Inbox tool then you'll be happy to know it's integrated into the app too.

6. You can organise and view your emails in the way you're using to, as you can scan through threaded conversations, archive and label all of your messages.

7. Use all of the gestures you've become used to in the native iOS mail app, like swiping up to refresh your messages.

Available from iTunes RIGHT NOW for Free.

Yesterday, when changes to Google Reader were rolled out to all users, there was a lot of talk about the Gmail revamp too and today the long awaited revamp of Google's popular email service is available to everyone, simply click "switch to the new look", which should be in the bottom right hand corner of the main screen.

There have been rumours of a Gmail makeover for months now and Google gave everyone a sneak peek at the new design back in the summer, but it's finally here and you know what, we like what we see so far. We know everyone's meant to hate change and join together to protest, but most of the tweaks seem to make sense after a quick play around with the new version.

Here's a quick rundown of a few of the new changes we like, but to see them all visit the Official Gmail Blog's introductory video:

When it comes to design, the new look has got that cleaner, sparser look we've become accustomed to with Google's other properties and it's also been specially designed to fully adapt to any screen you're using, so you always have the best possible user experience.

If you're a fan of the chat functionality you can now change the size of boxes, but if you rarely use the service then you can just hide it too.

There are also ten new HD themes to play around with and some of our old favourites have had a fresh lick of paint.

Finally, we love the fact that there's a better search tool too, making it much easier to sift through emails and find exactly what it is you're looking for.

If you're one of those moany people who just doesn't like change then you can stick with the old look. For now that is.

[Image via Official Gmail Blog]

This week Google has changed the way its popular RSS reader product works, making it much more integrated into the Google+ experience and giving it a clean new redesign too.

Google has stopped the native social sharing features that used to be available to Reader users, such as "Like", "Share" and "Share with note". Instead you can now "+1" a feed item and then specify which circles you want to share it with and whether you want to add a comment too.

The Reader interface has also had a new lick of paint, with a cleaner and simpler design that's much more akin to the way Google Mail and Google+ now looks.

In our opinion this isn't a big deal for those who already have a Google+ account and probably won't change the way you use the service too much. In many ways it's a very understandable move from Google, as we can imagine those who set up a Google+ account but haven't been paying it enough attention to be much more likely to share interesting stories now the functionality is built-in.

The only people that might be a little bit angry by the changes are those that have been avoiding Google+, as you'll now need an account to access Reader. Those who use a pseudonym for Google Reader may also face problems as Google is still standing by its decision to only allow "real names" on the social network. There's been a lot of controversy around Google's decision to ban pseudonyms and although it's hinted that they'll be allowed at some point, we're still not sure when just yet.

As usual people have taken to Twitter to talk about the updates and so far there have been many mixed reactions, with some agreeing with us that it won't really change anything and others feeling frustrated that they're being forced into the world of Google+ kicking and screaming. Google obviously expected some negative comments, so in the blog post about the changes justified the decision:

"We hope you'll like the new Reader (and Google+) as much as we do, but we understand that some of you may not. Retiring Reader's sharing features wasn't a decision that we made lightly, but in the end, it helps us focus on fewer areas, and build an even better experience across all of Google."

This is just the latest example of Google making changes to the way some of its products work, like Blogger and Picasa and introducing more ways to make your online experience as Google+ centric as possible.

[Image via Google Reader Blog]

Google is set to launch a new music store in the coming months (or even weeks), which will allegedly play a key role in the brand's social network, Google+, making it very similar to the most recent Facebook integration with the likes of Spotify and Deezer.

There have been rumours of a new music offering alongside Google Music (which is currently in beta in the US), for some time now, but according to The Wall Street Journal this morning, the launch of a new service which allows you to share tunes with friends could be with us very soon and most importantly could be very heavily integrated with Google+.

There's a lot of speculation about how the service will work, but we imagine it'll be about recommending tracks to friends who can then stream music directly through Google+, or buy it for a competitive price.

It comes as no surprise that Google would want to integrate a music offering into Google+ and provide users with a vehicle for recommendations and music streaming, which is already proving successful with Spotify's recent Facebook integration.

We're SO sick of Facebook versus Google+ speculations, but it'll be interesting to see whether Google can bring anything different to the table and if this kind of music offering will drive more people to the network in the long run or just look too much like Facebook's most recent efforts.

[Via The Wall Street Journal. Image via Magnet 4 Marketing's Flickr]

If you have an iPad you'll know that you are spoilt for choice when it comes to RSS and social curation apps. In fact we did a round up just the other day.

You'll also know that the app that has been blazing the trail, Flipboard, has been a huge hit and can boast over 3.5 million downloads. And maybe that the highly regarded Zite (terrible name) recently got snapped uyp by CNN. There's even one integrated into the new (for the iPad anyhow) Dolphin browser.

Now it seems that Flipboard is going to have a rival and not just from a start up. According to uber Geek Robert Scoble Google is working on a news sharing app that turns social media and news content into magazine-like articles. Word is it is called Google Propeller.

"Google is working on a Flipboard competitor for both Android and iPad. My source says that the versions he's seen so far are mind-blowing good."

What I'd love is an RSS reader a bit like Pulse that intelligently harvests suggested links from your social media sources. Now that would be impressive.

As if Google hasn't launched, changed and tweaked enough stuff over the past few months, its blogging platform, Blogger, has now had a shiny new revamp.

Everything looks much more neat and sparse than before and luckily that gross grey/brown sludge colour, which looks a bit like wallpaper from the 70s is long gone, replaced with lots of white space and simple typography.

The whole layout just seems more user friendly too, with plenty more room to edit your posts and buttons in all the right places.

Interestingly there's also more analytics information (Google is the king of analytics after all) and a new, constant feed of Blogger updates to introduce you to some exciting new people.

However, Google is insisting its platform hasn't just had a new lick of paint, according to the Official Google Blog, the team has been busy behind-the-scenes too, "we've rewritten the entire editing and management experience from scratch so it's faster and more efficient for you--and easier for us to update and improve over time."

If you're a dedicated user of Blogger, then you can opt in or out of the changes - for now that is - but I really can't see why you'd want to stick to the old design.

The changes have sparked a lot of online debate about Google's blogging platform, with many suggesting the revamp is an attempt to gain more of the CMS market share from the likes of Wordpress and Joomla (the two key contenders according to W3Tech statistics). I'm not sure whether a new design will drive people away from Wordpress and over to Blogger, but it will certainly help as so many people now expect a slick, good-looking, streamlined experience.

In a surprise move, Google have forked out $12.5 for American phone-maker Motorola.

Massive. And very unexpected. So we guessing it's because Google want to start making phone hardware as well as the Android software that goes inside them. We imagine they've noticed Apple's enormous profit margins - $7billion out of $28billion earnings last quarter and decided to wiggle a little further into the exploding mobile market.

Currently Google barely make money out of Android: though they have been very successful in getting it out there - taking about 50% of the US market. Android helps Google protect its search operation - see our story here: Why it doesn't matter to Google if the Android appstore make less money than Blackberry's

It marks a radical shift for Google's business model: away from the pure software side of things that they've always dealt in and towards plastic and metal hardware. Almost an unforseeable shift.

Sure they've commissioned the Nexus One Google phone before - but that was just a demo piece for the fan boys and girls and never a mass-market device.

What does this mean?
Will it knock out 3rd party Android phones? Companies like HTC have built hugely successful businesses making the hardware for the Android OS. Will Google continue to sell Android to them?

Will it finally challenge the iPhone's hegemony by letting Google do an Apple and making the complete package in-house? We'll be thrilled to find out.

Motorola have struggled to come up with hit phones since the clamshell Razr came and went in 2004-5. A success they have failed to replicate as Nokia and Samsung surged ahead in 2007-2009.

We've joined Google + in our millions - with a reported 20mill signing up to the service. Despite a blip last week when Google started deleting anonymous accounts, the reviews have been positive and techies have effusive.

But, news this week has been a little chiller with the service reporting a 3% fall in usage. It's not much, but at this stage you'd expect traffic to be only increasing.

No-one's writing it off, and of course, the site is still in beta, but we're interested to hear what you think about it..

Google+ Coverage:
Where Google+ beats Facebook: Friend sorting
How Google+ will change news and content on the web

Get it! It makes Google + much more exciting. It's been on Android since launch but has taken a while to get through the approval processes at Apple. Looks like it's finally there - there's a preview up in the iTunes store, see the screengrab.

It does have the automatic picture upload feature that the Android does, but seems to have other good features. Here's their write-up:

Features:
* Circles let you share the right things with just the right people.
* Stream is where you can get updates from your circles or see what people are saying about things nearby.
* Huddle is super-fast group messaging for everyone in your circles.

Google + in iTunes Preview

I know - five days ago I was writing about how the ability to sort your friends into Circles was a massive winner for Google+. But now, after a few days of sorting my friends into circles I've decided it's Not Such An Incredible Thing After All.

The ability to group friends has been sold as a big advantage of the network by Google itself - Circles is the first feature mentioned on the introductory page and the facility was bigged up by the Google execs interviewed about it in this Wired article. But in practice.... I don't feel it.

After trying it out a bit, I'm not sure I either need - or want - to group my friends.

To be fair I only have five friends on there right now and they could all be put in one circle: "Nerdy People Who Bagged Google+ Invites Early Because They Go Crazy For That Kind of Thing".

But it got me thinking. The suggested categories are Friends / Family / Colleagues. You can create new groups yourself of course, but as it sits, I think the groups overlap too much to be particularly useful. I mean, my sister would go in both Friends and Family, Gerald at TechDigest would be in Colleagues and Friends and well, the rest are friends too so they'd all go in Friends. The day my mum gets on Google+ I'll put her in the Family Circle, but I don't think she ever will.

I can't think of many more meaningful distinctions here with the people I know.

I think Facebook have got it right in realising that there's only one circle that really matters - the people I'm actually interested in. Then there's a broader group of people who I feel warmly towards and will click on from time to time. But I don't have to go through dragging and dropping them into groups. Because for starters, I can't really think what groups I'd put them in. And maybe I'm interested in some of their stuff - that picture that got 10 comments, but not all of their stuff - a music video I've already seen.

Facebook works it out for me with their news feed filter and - yes - they do a pretty good job.

And I also think that - like it or not - Facebook has changed the definition of "friend". It's flattened it out into "a general bunch of people you met and liked at some point". I don't mind if any of my random friends sees that hamster video I just shared. But then I sincerely doubt all of my 500 friends would see it anyway.

Let's consider this properly: the numbers on Facebook get misused a lot. Though I may have 500 friends on there, I'll only see the updates of 30 at most, and will only go out of my way to check the profiles of 15 or so. I imagine only about 30 people will get my updates, so only about 30/500 will see that hamster video from my wall. And that's probably optimistic.

Most people know this and update Facebook accordingly. I write for the people I know might read it. I just assume people who don't care won't see it. Unless you're a celebrity of some kind, people don't usually go out of their way to check up on all your latest news.

But I don't know. Maybe it's just not working for me because I haven't got enough friends on there yet.

Sparks and the +1 button do interest me though. I think that for me Google+ will be best as a links stream and a place to store and share interesting stories. I like it and I want to use it, but the friends grouping just isn't a winner.

What do you guys think? Any reflections on Circles?

Related: What Pulp Fiction would look like if it happened on Google Wave: Amazing

It's a common complaint against Facebook that it mushes all your friends in together. The guy you met on holiday, your mum, that girl from school. "How do you know they're your real friends?" is a question that people not on Facebook always ask about Facebook.

But though I'm so used to brushing that argument off- "it doesn't matter"/"it doesn't stop your real friends being your friends" there is some point to it. Facebook makes no distinction between your best friends and that randomer from school. Okay, you can have friend lists - same way you can have lists in Twitter, but they're not very intuitive to use and are kind of fiddly. They're not built into the core of the network and - correct me - but I think most people don't use them.

The Circles feature in Google Plus fixes this and might just be where Google Plus can trump Facebook. And maybe even Twitter..

Google explain "Circles":

"You share different things with different people. So sharing the right stuff with the right people shouldn't be a hassle. Circles makes it easy to put your friends from Saturday night in one circle, your parents in another, and your boss in a circle by himself - just like real life."

The boss is always in a circle by himself.

The other features:

Hangouts is Google Plus's version of Facbook Places and take the location and serendipity element and tries to encourage serendipitous meet-ups.

The Instant Upload feature is well, about instantly uploading photos and media.

Sparks is kind of content pusher - cherrypicking stuff from the web and sending it to you depending on your interests.

Huddle is an instant group chat service

See more on Google Plus