Hangouts requires a Google+ account: https://twitter.com/jonrussell/status/334891482085478400 … //Spot on. Google hanging themselves by their own petard.
@getwired it's a linked list item, a la daring fireball. I'm thinking about switching it, because I don't link that often anyways...
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