Google has improved its Google+ social network, tackling circle overflow with new graphic-equalize controls over what shows up in your stream, tweaking notifications and photos, and improving how brands can control their business pages on the site.

Up to 50 administrators can now be assigned control over a Google+ brand page, rather than just one as originally allowed, with an improved notifications system that keeps all managers up to date.

As for handling circles, Google has responded to the ever-increasing number of alerts, posts and photos from those in circles with more granular control over which circles show up most often.

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Google will begin promoting what could be the first official Nexus tablet within the next six months, according to chairman Eric Schmidt, the latest stage in the brutal competition between it and Apple. In the next six months we plan to market a tablet of the highest quality Schmidt told Italian newspaper Corriere della Sea, while also confirming that Google plans to leverage its voice recognition technology to better challenge Apple Siri.

Schmidt was at pains to praise Apple co-founder Steve Jobs for his work in transitioning the tablet from vertical and enterprise markets to a consumer-centric product. "Steve Jobs was the Michelangelo of our time" he told the newspaper, "realized the revolutionary potential of the tablet and has created an amazing product like the iPad." However, "our companies compete" he continued, "it is capitalism."

There is already a lengthy list of companies that want a piece of the search giant healthy income and we just heard there is a new addition to it.

British Telecommunications has filed a lawsuit with the Delaware US District Court, claiming that Google is infringing six of its patents with its services and the Android platform.

British Telecom is demanding triple damages for willful and deliberate infringement of its patents as well as an injunction against the violating services. The patents in question concern Google Music, Google Maps, Google Search, Google+ and even Google Offers.

Google brought some good news to its Gmail users in the US and Canada. The search giant is extending the availability of the free calling service that Gmail offers by another year.

That means that you will be able to place domestic calls in the US and Canada through the whole 2012 completely free of charge. That is the second extension of the free calling service as it was initially expected to only last until the end of 2010, which later changed to the end of 2011.

Google has posted the final stable release version of Chrome 16. This update to the Chrome browser was mainly focused on supporting multiple account sign-ins so that more than one user can share the same browser. This way you can access your own bookmarks, extensions, web apps and more while also being able to bring this personalized experience to all your devices.

New user accounts can be easily created under the Options and Preferences section by clicking Add new user a new instance of Chrome then appears with a badge at the top left indicating which user the instance belongs to.