Since its launch nearly a decade ago, search giant Google has acquired or developed dozens of free web services. Everything from mail to maps, videos to voice chat, Google’s had a hand in just about everything. So it might surprise some people that it’s taken this long for the company to make its first foray into social-networking. While Google+ actually isn’t Google’s first social-networking experiment, it is undoubtedly the first serious threat to Facebook’s monopoly on the market. With Google’s sterling reputation for innovation and privacy protection as well as its vast existing network of apps and services, the official launch of Google+ last week had millions of fed-up Facebook users watching curiously.

Google first attempted social-networking nearly a decade ago with its oddly-named “Orkut.” Originally a pet project of Google employee Orkut Buyukokten, upon its launch the service received neither the publicity nor the popularity of Google+ and only limited attention from niche groups within the tech community. Orkut never became the social-networking success story Google may have hoped for, but 8 years later its two domain names rank 116^th and 94^th in overall traffic on the web, with over 66 million active users.

So what does Google+ have on its less popular predecessor? As the undisputed leader in internet-search, mapping, and soon to be e-mail (though growing by leaps and bounds, newcomer G-mail is still in third place), sporting the Google brand name is a clear advantage.  Besides its namesake, Google+ has just about everything its competitors offer, and even more. Its “hangouts” feature allows up to 10 friends to video-chat with one another, even offering support for mobile users with smartphones and fast networks. “Circles” allows users to easily organize their contacts into groups, and a “data-liberation” feature offers one the option of downloading all of their online content directly from the site. Though perhaps more relevant to the success or failure of Google+ is the growing distrust amongst social-networkers in regard to Facebook’s willingness to share user information with just about anyone. That, in addition to the near impossible feat of deleting a Facebook account makes Google+ a very desirable alternative for many.

Unfortunately for Google, none of this may matter. Within the first two weeks of its beta launch nearly 10 million users had joined the site. The first lucky few Google+ users were given 150 invites for friends. Surrounded by positive buzz on social news sites like Reddit it seemed like everyone wanted an invite. By early August Google+ had grown to 25 million users. Whether Google was trying to build anticipation or deal with unexpected growth is unknown, but invites were quickly put on hold and growth to the site slowed significantly. For the next month Google+ was stagnant, some even declared the half-budded site dead. With a nearly 3 to 1 male to female ratio, many saw Google+ following in familiar footsteps.

However, within the first 2 days of going public on September 20^th, Google+ added another 10 million users. While Google+ currently boasts an estimated 43.4 million users, a fraction of Facebook’s 750 million, it seems like it’s still too early to make any concrete predictions. Did Google’s decision to cap invites during the beta test doom the new social network before even going public? Only time will tell.

-Daniel Menon
Black Rhino Solutions, Inc.

Melville, NY – February 25, 2011 – Corporate Biznis, a strategic advising and IT consulting firm based in Melville, NY launched its freshly redesigned website on Friday. The company also made the announcement about its new partnership with Black Rhino Solutions, a cutting-edge web development company located in Westchester, NY.

Founded in 2004, Corporate Biznis delivers innovative technology services to a broad range of clients, spanning from corporations to property owners.  With a combined expertise of over 35 years, Corporate Biznis specializes in areas such as networking, mobile app development and Wi-Fi mesh installation.   With the success of Sky-Packets, a division of Corporate Biznis, the company plans on launching a number of new business initiatives throughout the coming year. One of which, is its new partnership with Black Rhino Solutions, who will be helping to deliver web site design, e-commerce, content management system, flash animation, and other online web solutions.

With the help of Black Rhino, Corporate Biznis developed a sleek new, yet professional website.   Corporate Biznis plans to  use their new website as a platform for publicizing more detialed information about their consulting, Wi-Fi, and web design services.

Check out both Corporate Biznis and Sky-Packets for more information about their IT Solutions and other industry news.

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MELVILLE, NY – July 20, 2010 –Sky-Packets, a Wi-Fi mesh technology provider and authorized Meraki reseller, offering low cost Wi-Fi mesh network solutions announced the launch of its freshly redesigned website last week. The new site, which can be found at, www.sky-packets.com, optimizes the overall user experience of visitors by offering a sleeker design and comprehensive platform of information regarding optimal Wi-Fi solutions offered today.

“With the new site, our existing and future customers and partners will now engage in a more vibrant and seamless web experience. In addition to being a primary resource for advances in Wi-Fi related technology, the new site will reflect today’s social networking expectations,” says Steve Amarante, VP of Business Development for Sky Packets.

The website features a freshly redesigned layout offering dynamic aesthetics with moving graphics. The overall site provides a clear set of information to assist customers with their choice of an appropriate Wi-Fi solution. Sky-Packets helps Property Managers, Developers, Municipalities, Commercial and Business Districts install and manage Wi-Fi solutions that connect people and communities.

Sky-Packets provides all aspects of wireless network implementation and consulting, including but not limited to, Virtual Site Surveys, Pre-Installation On-Site Inspection, System Specification, Hardware Acquisition, On-Site Installation Services, System Configuration, Back-end Captive Portal web login screen customization, and Full System Support. Sky-Packets is also a proud partner of Meraki, Inc, The New York State Builders Association, and The Queens and Bronx Building Association.

To learn more about Sky-Packets and the Wi-Fi mesh technology solutions they offer please visit www.sky-packets.com.

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Stephanie Biscow
Black Rhino Solutions, Inc.
Business Relations Manager
sbiscow@blackrhinosolutions.com
1.888.512.0224