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SkypeJournal: First little Review on Google Talk

Is it all over for Skype? As Google Talk launched tonight with an Orkuttian viral shove provided by Gmail. At first glance it could be Skype’s worst nightmare or the kick start necessary to refocus Skype. If you missed the buzz, Google Talk is the long awaited and predicted IM / Voice client. It won’t be over for awhile and the battle will take to the trenches with Yahoo, MSN and AOL battling to the end. This is a first salvo. Don’t expect Google’s feature set additions to follow Skype’s path immediately to Telecom as Google has other opportunities sitting there within its empire. These are my first impressions.

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Speculation: Google to Deliver Instant Messages

“According to a person who has seen the service, Google plans to let users chat using more than just their keyboards. Like similar programs from competitors, Google Talk also will let computer users with a headset have voice conversations with other computer users with headsets, this person said.One source said Google intended to release the product Wednesday. Another source did not know when Google planned to release Google Talk, but said the company had been testing the service for at least a month.A spokeswoman for Mountain View, Calif.-based Google said early Monday that the company planned to release a new product this week. She declined later in the day to say whether that product was Google Talk.”

Source: Google to Deliver Instant Messages

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