Kevin Rose, the dude who started Digg, got the Twitterverse all aflutter yesterday by suggesting that Google is working on a bona fide
Facebook competitor -- to be called Google Me, according to his "very credible source." All such rumors ought to be treated with a healthy dose of skepticism, but today there's been some corroboration from one Adam D'Angelo, Facebook's former CTO. Adam, again citing reliable sources, tells us Google Me is a real project, with significant resources invested in it, and an indication that "
Buzz wasn't enough" to counter the social site's growing presence. Another former Facebook exec, Richard Cooperstein, makes the astute observation that what Google's really trying to do is reclaim time that the ''book has stolen away; he notes that time spent on Facebook relative to Google search and YouTube continues to grow, and the Mountain View outfit has to retaliate to keep itself ahead. You'll find the K-Rose tweet after the break -- he deleted the original, but Google Cache can be a cruel mistress.
posted June 29th 2010 8:16AM
*hoarding
...Orkut?
@andthemaniam
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FL7yD-0pqZg
@andthemaniam
Looks like Google has a winner. Google Me! is a great name for the service.
@jaffreywali
I hope MS doesn't follow suit with Bing Me! It won't take long to turn into an "invite" phrase for something else...
@coolkams03 This is the 3rd time I've seen you post this. Once is enough. Stop it. Even though it is completely hilarious.
@andthemaniam
At least this will give facebook some god damn competition, and don't say myspace is a competitor, it is a pile of shit compared to facebook. And hey, if it ends up being awesome, +1 for all of us!
@andthemaniam
considering "orkut" is finnish for "orgasms" (actually a slangish shorthand - like 'gasms), it's a good thing they went with "google me" instead
I thought orkut, sorry, buzz, sorry.... was supposed to be the one?
@Marko they keep trying...
Google me ;D
@Peytral
I did and some disturbing images along with some horrific wikipedia artices came up. :/
@Peytral
If that pic were really you I would be glad to... But unfortunately, it's not.
@Peytral If thats you in the picture, I'd Google you. Again, and again, and again.
@Techno1q psssst I think she's under 16 /jailbate
@labrat Good morning */jailbait
@labrat
Geez I thought that was a boy >.>
@labrat
Geez I thought that was a boy >.>
@(Unverified)
Yeah, I can see where you would get confused
http://images2.fanpop.com/image/photos/8600000/justin-bieber-justin-bieber-8682115-330-490.jpg
@Techno1q
way to demonstrate a stereotype.
one person puts a fake picture of a girl.
the geeks turn in to a horny swarming blob of possible child molesters.
@Peytral
who's the chick? seriously, tell me, I wanna google her.
@The Truth Hurts
So true. This little display is rather disgusting.
@Kira
I guess the truth really does hurt!
...I was going to make some remark about Hello Kitty, but I don't find her all that attractive...
@Kira
I think it's hot, any sexy women want to cool me down?
@SmoothMarx
zoe kimball
@SmoothMarx Bigger image, for all you horny guys:
http://www.imageflea.com/pics/0806/bivgi67i.jpg
If google will import all of my facebook friends, they've got a winner. I hope they don't merge it with gmail too much, I don't want to see my inbox overrun with friend stream crap.
This is awesome, Facebook has done a poor job integrating with my android phone anyway, so it will be great to see Google pull in latitude, talk, and android all in the same flow!
Haha google cache
Google me - certainly is catchy :)
@nicomo
So catchy there's even a song about it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQ4J4Oph0rI
@nicomo So do you think Windows Me is also catchy?
Orkut was the lefthand.
...Kansas City Shuffle.
Then what is Google Wave about?
@o7o Collaboration :)
I just hope it does not turn into farmville forever me . I hate all those useless invites from those type games .
3rd time lucky for google ?
To Google: I don't have anything to give. You almost know everything about me.
@symbian - that's what you think. actually, they know everything!
Its double the cricket chirp for you - because one won't do.
Hey lets all be friends so we can all come along and live long and happy together!
Another Google 'me too' project destined to fail. That's not to say all of them do, but sometimes I think they want to muscle in on too many other areas they don't dominate, all in the name of selling adverts and collecting data. =/
@dobba
yes... that's called their business model.
If Google can relax their privacy policy, thrn use that as a marketing tool toward Facebook, then Facebook will get a serious blow.
I quit Facebook few weeks ago because of their privacy policy which is utterly bullshit.
Google are trying to take over the world, I'm not liking it.
All hail overlord Google.
I'll join just because it has "google" slapped across it.
Oh, look. Kool-aid. My favorite!
@branchedout
I am in the same boat. And thats why I don't have an Orkut account, because it doesn't say Google enough.
@branchedout
Because having a website = dominating the market
LMFAO
The only way this is going to be good is if Google adopts a reciprocal license. Unfortunately while they do use and support free/open source software, they don't use AGPL. So it's going to be Facebox all over again.
screw this.. Facebook FTW!