The New Social Media Contender

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Google+ enters the fray- and offers a new way to communicate on projects.

When the number of subscribers for Google+ reached 18 million last July, one month after it was introduced, the chatter intensified around whether or not the new offering will be the demise of Facebook.

While that doesn't seem likely, Google's social media platform is piquing interest in niche environments- and it's showing great promise in getting project managers to rethink how they use communication tools.

"Google+ is primarily a social network that can secondarily assist with project management- whereas traditional project management software tools, such as Primavera and Microsoft …