Presenter: Justin Dale and Layne Johnson:
Profiles is a research networking and expertise mining software tool. It not only shows traditional directory information, but also illustrates how each person is connected to others in the broad research community.
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Google+ really offers something unique and novel for the user. Its so refreshing to see that one has cirles instead of just a whole bunch of contacts junked in together. I've been using it for several weeks in Beta phase and I'm really impressed - perhaps so far its not as refined as FB, but its pretty amazingly good.