Google is now offering the Google+ social network to all users. Competing with Facebook, which now has more than 750 million members, is driving the release of these social media enhancements.

New features of Google+ will include:

• Group video conferences for mobile phones
• The ability to share what is on a user’s computer screen
• Word processing capabilities with Google docs
• Games
• Group chat
• Photos that upload themselves

Developers can now to create personalized software applications for Google+ using profile data that participants have shared publicly about themselves.

Learn more about Google+ here.

Margaret Grisdela is the author of "Courting Your Clients: The Essential Guide to Legal Marketing," now in its 2nd edition. She founded the national legal marketing agency Legal Expert Connections, Inc., which helps attorneys and experts with new business development.