Public Welcomes Google+ While Facebook Stumbles

Google+ is now open to the public. The company has announced an open invitation for anyone who wants to join. Some users may think it took Google a long time to remove the invitation policy. But it was a smart move to do it now while Facebook stumbles with its upgrades.

Over the last 12 weeks, known as the field trail beta, the social network added new whiz-bangs and fixed a few kinks here and there.