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Google+ UI Gets Massive Makeover: Simpler, Better, More Beautiful

Google is doing a lot of work on its social networking platform, Google+. The service which now houses over 170 million subscribers, is gearing up for an update that will have Google+ looking "simpler, more beautiful". A redesign is not the only thing making its way to Google+: the platform is also down for some new features that should make it more competitive with Facebook and well, whatever else social networking services struggling out there.

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