GoogleTalk

Our friends at Google have decided to enter the instant messaging (IM) market with a product called "GoogleTalk." Google Talk Launch Sends Clear Message to Rivals [The Guardian]. That's an interesting move, but they still have to contend with the incompatibilities among the various different IM standards. And it raises the old dot.com bubble question of whether search sites provide services (which Google has done better than anyone) or want to leverage search into more "stickiness" and expand into "portals."

See, the issues never change, just the acronyms.

 Posted by glenn