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Google’s social network, Google+ is finally live. 

A few key advantages over the current iteration of Facebook:

• Huddle - Group text chat
• Hangouts - Group video chat
• Sparks - Tips on what to share (kind of like Google Alerts made social)
• Circles - Better sharing controls than Facebook Groups

It will be interesting to see how Google venture into social networking fairs this time around.

Google and Arcade Fire teamed up on an fantastic, interactive web-based music video for “The Wilderness Downtown” directed by Chris Milk. The video is built entirely in HTML5. Give it a try in Chrome or Safari 5.

Google releases their Nexus One phone. Currently available only in the US. Europe coming soon.

The detail in this pixel-art based custom Google Map of Hong Kong is amazing.