Google takes on Facebook. November 5th announcement
September 24, 2007 . Posted in google.
According to TechCrunch Google is planning to add a social layer on top of the entire suite of Google services.
TechCrunch says:
"Google will announce a new set of APIs on November 5 that will allow developers to leverage Google’s social graph data. They’ll start with Orkut and iGoogle (Google’s personalized home page), and expand from there to include Gmail, Google Talk and other Google services over time."
What I find most interesting though is that what Google may be planning is significantly more open than Facebook and the like – allowing third parties to both push and pull data, into and out of Google and non-Google applications.
Considering that Google now has Orkut, Google Shared Stuff, Picasa, Calendar and more I can see how this could prove to be a "killer" move… it's just a matter of time…
Cheers…
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