Google Talk ready for Google social network
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Google is bridging the gap between two of its services, Orkut, its social network, and Google Talk, its instant messenger with voice. Orkut members will be able to text message and voice chat with other members of the community.
This integration seems a very logical. Other social networks have their IM or partnered VoIP software providers to bring voice calling features. But it’s interesting to note that this isn’t the first time Google Talk is treated as a simple feature to enhance another G-service. The last one was a matchup with GMail, matchup that brought some features like leaving a voicemail into others’ inbox. Google most probably isn’t willing to turn Google ‘VoIP’ Talk as a standalone application.
Just a reminder on Orkut. The social network was created by Orkut Büyükkökten, a Turkish Google software engineer. It has been rapidly outpaced by MySpace in 2005, but since the middle of this year, has been recovering its late, thanks to the tremendous adoption in Brazil. Today, (just) according to Alexa, the two social network are close to each other in daily reach. And according to Wikipedia, there might be over 31 million members.
Nov 6, 2006 | By Nuno
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