Over at the Fridge blog, the announcement basically informs Fridge users of the change, while whetting the appetite of those who want do more than just read posts from other Google+ Circle members. There’s also a description on the blog of the technology Fridge offers, and what you can expect once Google incorporates it into their exponentially-growing social network:

Simple personal networks that anyone can instantly create to share photos, messages, and events with specific friends and groups

It sounds like Google has definite plans to make G+ more and more like Facebook, instead of the tech-nerd hangout it currently is. There’s also a promotional video detailing Fridge’s technology, which also should give a good idea the road Google+ is determined to travel:

Fridge currently has 40,000 monthly uniques. More than 20,000 groups have been formed, where users can share videos, instant messages, pictures, polls and events with close friends.

Are you ready to share everything on Google+ with your circles? Well, after you +1 everything, of course. It sure sounds like these capabilities are forthcoming. The Fridge blog posting also informs its readers that while they won’t be able to upload new group stuff, their data will be safe for a little while:

While you will no longer be able to post anything new to Fridge, you will still be able to download and save your data until Saturday August 20, 2011 at 6pm ET.

Does such a purchase mark the beginning of the Facebook-ifcation of Google+ or is this something entirely different?

Yes, this is the official announcement from the Google Team about a maintenance process, this Saturday. The AdWords login console and the API will be offline between 10am and 2pm Pacific Time.

“We’ll be performing routine system maintenance on Saturday, January 10 from approximately 10:00am to 2:00pm PST. You won’t be able to access AdWords or the API during this time frame, but your ads will continue to run as normal.” -Jeffrey Posnick, AdWords API Team.

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