Mashable - What a day. In the space of a few short hours, Google+ wrenched open the floodgates, allowing anyone to sign up for the fledgling social network -- while Facebook retooled its newsfeed so you won’t miss any of your friend's vital updates.
Google+ managed to out-announce Facebook by a wide margin. The search giant offered a slew of new Google+ features, such as turning Hangouts into a bona fide broadcast platform. The search giant even added--you guessed it--search to the service.


