A recent rumor that simply started as a tweet from Kevin Rose, co-founder of Digg, has it that Google is developing a social networking site called Google Me. The speculations circling Google Me are actually true and that means that Facebook is in for a scare as Google Me will be the ultimate rival.
According to CNET, “former Facebook executive and Quora founder Adam D’Angelo took things a little further by declaring on Quora that ‘this is not a rumor. This is a real project. There are a large number of people working on it. I am completely confident about this.’”
Kevin Rose’s exact tweet from late Saturday night read: “Huge rumor: Google to launch Facebook competitor very soon “Google Me,” very credible source.” Kevin Rose has a reputation of spilling the latest technology gossip and he seems to be right again.
What Google Me could be exactly is still unclear, but some say that it is an extension of Google Profiles, which is basically a representation of the user. Others are saying that the prospective social network in question could combine Facebook’s news feed with Google Profile, status updates, pictures, etc.
What is interesting is that Google hasn’t been investing a lot of its time into social media. Google Buzz was one recent attempt, but that did not catch on to the general public and proved to have major privacy issues as well. Although Google fixed these issues, Buzz has not been all that popular.
Unlike Google Buzz, Google Me would probably have improved privacy controls and all new features. According to Infosyncworld, Google Me could potentially appear on cell phones, including Google’s Android OS. It shouldn’t be too long before we see the development of Google Me really take a leap.
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I wonder if there is launch date to be let out soon.