Word on the street: Googles new Facebook rival plans
Jodi
There seems to be no stopping Google as it bids to become an even greater king of the information superhighway. Now we’ve heard that Google has set their sights on creating a new Facebook in the shape of “Google Me”.
There hasn’t been an official announcement from Google yet, and this is still a working title, but the gossip in the social media networking world is that Google is not far away from launching something big. It’s believed that Google Me will combine the designs of Google Profiles and Buzz.
The rumour is thought to have started from a tweet by Digg co-founder Kevin Rose.
It’s a brave step, however, as Facebook is now such an established on-line social network and Google’s attempt to compete with Twitter, ie Buzz, didn’t work as well as they had hoped.
But Google does have a few advantages. Google Me will likely integrate a range of other Google tools, such as Gmail, Maps, Profiles, and could have the potential to be something rather special.
We’ll have to wait and see.
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