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Google now requires you to have a gmail and Google+ account

January 21st, 2012 by Joseph Ruthaford

If you want to create a Google account normally you would just sign up with whatever email address you wanted and bam you were all set. Well now Google is making you create not only a gmail account but also a Google+ profile to sign up for a Google account. This looks like Google starting to mold their services together, mainly get as many people as possible to join Google+. Pictured above is what the new site looks like when wanted to start a Google account. It is very interesting that Google is basically forcing you to be part of Google+ and have a gmail account to use their services as an account. Google is really starting to mastermind something here and integrate everyone into Google+. What do you think?

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