Google+ Local

Google had been actively introducing new product recently.

Google is rolling out a new Google+ feature to help people find restaurants around them, with recommendations from their friends via Google+ and Zagat.

You can access to Google+ Local from the new "Local" tab on the left-hand side of Google+, search for specific places, and you'll be taken to a local Google+ page, which including reviews from people.

Google+ Local also integrated across other products such as Google Search or Maps, and it will replace existing Google Place pages (the page you used to see when you click on Google Maps), all of the Google Place pages have been automatically converted into Google+ pages.

Explore Google+ Local here: http://plus.google.com/local/

Also, read this intetesting article about Google+:
Google+ is a ghost town, study says, where most of Google+ users are actually not active.
How do you think?

Google Knowledge Graph - Search Things, Not Strings

When you search, you’re not just looking for a webpage by the search string. You’re looking for something, to get answers, concepts and to explore, i.e. you are searching for things but not just a random string of characters.

Google Knowledge Graph makes the search engine to think more like a human, to understand exactly what you mean and give you back exactly what you want, by collect and understand information about real things in the world and their relationships to one another. Knowledge Graph is to understands "things but not strings" and adds relevant details about your query in the sidebar of your search results. The new sidebar offering a quick snapshot of what you're searching for and to answer basic questions, and also let you explore a topic more deeply.

Try those search below at https://www.google.com (click the bottom right link to go to google US if you redirected to google's country site)

Statue of Liberty

Give you location, picture and basic info, it also give you what other people searching for 

Paris

Give you location, picture and basic info, and also points of interest in Paris

Beatles

Give you basic info, as well as songs and albums by Beatles

Leonardo da Vinci

Give you basic info, as well as works by Leonardo da Vinci

The Hunger Games

Give you basic info about the book, what other books people also searching for, and also suggestion on The Hunger Games movie

Avengers

Give you basic info about the movie, list of stars in the movie, as well as other movies people also searching for

You may also try and compare the same search in http://www.wolframalpha.com, an answering engine by computing the answer based on a vast collection of built-in data, algorithms, and methods (which is also used by iPhone's Siri).