"What's Hot" feature appear in 2 places on Google+, firstly the mainstream, where you can read more similar topics and comment on it.It is also available as the standalone stream, on the left sidebar.
"Ripples" this feature will give a visual representation of a publicly shared content on Google+. The Ripple button can be seen on the top right corner of a shared post. Click on the drop down arrow and click "View Ripple", you will then be visually demonstrated with an interconnected network of dots which when zoomed the dots appears to be a circle. The Ripple diagram arrows shows the post spreading as the users share it on Google+. Larger the circle means larger re-sharing.At the bottom of the Ripple diagram, you can see the detailed statistics about the post. The graph represents the spread of post and post's top influence.
Another addition to Google+ is the Creative Kit, a photo editing software. To access the Creative kit, select a photo and click "edit" and choose the Creative kit option .Yo can crop a photo, add text and filter an image.
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