Likes Up: Google Plus “Identity Service”

Google+ Isn’t Just A Social Network, It’s An “Identity Service”  except

Google+ is not just the search giant’s effort to take on Facebook: it’s primarily an “identity service” that Google will use to help build other services.

That’s according to Google chairman Eric Schmidt, who was explaining why Google+ is requiring users to stick with their real names.

As Fred Wilson points out, Schimdt’s statement raises the question of who Google+ is really for — you, or Google?

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Executive Chairman, Google, Eric Schmidt (with fun profile image on Google+) Click on image for regular photo.

Fred Wilson on Google Plus

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