According to InformationWeek [http://informationweek.com/news/software/bi/231902502]: "Just over a hundred days after Google last provided an update on the status of Google+ for businesses, the company has introduced a way for companies to participate in its social network. Google+ Pages, like Facebook Pages before them, provide businesses and brands with a place to promote conversations related to their products and services." A number [http://informationweek.com/news/government/info-management/231902795] of U.S. government agencies are trying out Google+, including NASA, the U.S. Navy, the U.S. Marine Corps, and the National Nuclear Security Administration. Since release of initial Google+ components on June 28 2011, the product is claimed [https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Google%2B] by Larry Page to have over 40 million users, versus some 800 million for Facebook.

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