Goodbye Google Places, Hello Google+ Local

I, unlike anybody else I know, was one of those guinea pigs that got addicted to the test stuff, and have been using Google Places here and there for local recommendations for a year. I'm not going to say it had the best selection or leveraged my social graph -- it just ran fastest of all the local suggestion apps on my Android device. So it is a bittersweet goodbye as Google has replaced Google Places with its new Google+ Local, a service that offers you reviews and impressions of local places from your friends and others.

I, unlike anybody else I know, was one of those guinea pigs that got addicted to the test stuff, and have been using Google Places here and there for local recommendations for a year.  I’m not going to say it had the best selection or leveraged my social graph — it just ran fastest of all the local suggestion apps on my Android device.  So it is a bittersweet goodbye as Google has replaced Google Places with its new Google+ Local, a service that offers you reviews and impressions of local places from your friends and others.

The new feature is available as a tab on the left side of Google+, and immediately throws you into a list of places close to your current location and their reviews.

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