Google+ includes support for NFC tag reading

By Sarah Clark | nfcworld.com | July 4th, 2011

Google's major new social networking project Google+ has been designed to include support for NFC tag reading. The feature was first spotted by Singapore-based software developer Ridzuan Ashim:

Google+ was launched in beta last week and currently includes:

• Circles, a grouping feature that allows users to share information only with people within a particular circle, such as family, colleagues or friends.
• Sparks, an online sharing engine designed to allow users to strike up a conversation on topics of interest.
• Hangouts, a multi-person video service allowing users to chat online face-to-face with members of their circles.
• Mobile, providing instant uploading of photos to a private album in the cloud that can then be shared with the user's choice of circles.
• Huddle, a group messaging experience designed to let members of a circle schedule time together.

Of particular interest to NFC World readers looking to build solutions around the Google+ NFC features, the project includes a Google Check-ins facility and business pages are also on their way.

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