Friday, August 26, 2005
Greedy Google Wants to Chat
Wired News Report
09:35 AM Aug. 24, 2005 PT
The new program, Google Talk, will compete against similar free services offered for several years by America Online, Microsoft (MSFT) and Yahoo (YHOO). AOL's messaging program has about 41.6 million U.S. users, followed by Yahoo Messenger with 19.1 million and MSN Messenger with 14.1 million.
Google based its software on open standards, so it will work with smaller networks that are based on the same technology. Text messages can be exchanged with users of Apple's iChat, Cerulean Studios' Trillian and the open-source Gaim program.
The new Google program features a basic user interface with few graphics, much like the main Google search site. It does not spawn pop-up windows or display ads like America Online's Instant Messenger.
Voice chat requires that both the caller and recipient have speakers and a microphone hooked up to their computers. It does not currently offer an adapter to which regular phones can be connected. And unlike internet phone services such as Vonage and Skype, Google's voice service does not support calls to the regular telephone system.
09:35 AM Aug. 24, 2005 PT
The new program, Google Talk, will compete against similar free services offered for several years by America Online, Microsoft (MSFT) and Yahoo (YHOO). AOL's messaging program has about 41.6 million U.S. users, followed by Yahoo Messenger with 19.1 million and MSN Messenger with 14.1 million.
Google based its software on open standards, so it will work with smaller networks that are based on the same technology. Text messages can be exchanged with users of Apple's iChat, Cerulean Studios' Trillian and the open-source Gaim program.
The new Google program features a basic user interface with few graphics, much like the main Google search site. It does not spawn pop-up windows or display ads like America Online's Instant Messenger.
Voice chat requires that both the caller and recipient have speakers and a microphone hooked up to their computers. It does not currently offer an adapter to which regular phones can be connected. And unlike internet phone services such as Vonage and Skype, Google's voice service does not support calls to the regular telephone system.
posted by Agent Akce, 3:54 PM