Google+ Approaches 50M Users - Liz Gannes - Social - AllThingsD

Final paragraphs from a timely Google+ reality check

Consider the context. Competitive pressures without a doubt contributed to some recent Facebook feature launches, but Mark Zuckerberg and company successfully exorcised their Googley demons at f8, where the new Timeline self-expression features and Open Graph auto-sharing tools were announced.

Google+ wasn’t even mentioned once at the press conference following Zuckerberg’s keynote — which was a stunning omission, given the recent tech punditry focus on the Google-Facebook war.

Google+ Approaches 50M Users - Liz Gannes - Social - AllThingsD