11/07/2012 17:23 | By Stuart Dredge, contributor, MSN Tech &
Gadgets  Google+ for tablets: app of the day  Social network
expands to fill the big(ger) screen on iPad and Android  Google+
for tablets is rated four stars out of five by MSN Tech &
Gadgets (© Google)  What is it? An all-new tablet app for the
Google+ social network, building on the impressive redesign of
the smartphone version to make use of the larger screens.
Coolest feature That design. It's a beautiful, elegant app that
places an emphasis on images with its slick swipe'n'tap
interface.  iPad - free Android - free  It's been just over a
year since Google launched its Google+ social network, and it
still attracts a lot of scepticism. Not so much for its features
- it's out-innovating Facebook in a number of areas - as for its
popularity.  Google says that more than 170m people have
"upgraded to Google+", which means they've enabled it in their
Google accounts. That doesn't mean they're using it though: for
many people, Google+ still feels very