Google’s Response to Facebook: “Maka-Maka” via TechCrunch - Honestly, I'm over the social networks. Myspace is so yesterday for me :P I'm even part of Google's Orkut and part of Facebook, but never use them. I'm interested to see what's in store.

The bigger vision is to combine all of Google’s apps and services through Maka-Maka. Google already has so much data on you, depending on how many Google apps you already use. It just needs to bring everything together. Your contacts are in Gmail. Your feeds are in Google Reader. Your IM buddy list is in Gtalk. Your upcoming events are in Google Calendar. Your widgets are in iGoogle. And don’t forget about your search history. Overtime, Google will connect all of these together in different ways, along with data about you from other social services across the Web, and give developers access to the social layer tying all of these apps together underneath. The real killer app for Google is not to turn Orkut into a Facebook clone. It is to turn every Google app into a social application without you even noticing that you’ve joined yet another social network.

Google Phone Plan Draws Interest via The Wall Street Journal - I'm all for a Google-powered phone, but I'll be leaving their potential partner (Verizon) soon because I plan to get my Helio by the end of this week! I'm becoming hesitant now but it seems like it won't launch until summer of next year. Look for details in a couple of weeks. But in an effort to make myself feel better, I should probably wait until all the kinks are figured out anyway... right?!?


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posted by che @ 10:33 AM