Google already has a social network (orkut), but it's only popular in Brazil and India, doesn't have a Googlish interface and had a lot of security problems in the past. That's why last year Google sponsored a project at the Carnegie Mellon University's Human-Computer Interaction Institute whose initial goal was to "rethink and reinvent online social networking".
http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2007/07/googles-social-networking-projects.html |
This was just a project. And I don't think Google will use it to make a "new" social network, but the team will pick some good ideas and adapt it for orkut. |
I said it was a research project from last year whose aim was to improve orkut. They actually worked with the orkut team. Maybe the title is not very accurate, though... |
Or maybe Niniane's social networking project (if they're not the same thing)... |
Yes'm, Thinking of all of this it sounds like they all fit together. Curiouser , Curiouser . |
http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/08/google-yahoo-both-working-on-next-generation-social-networks/
Comments from techcrunch on Mosh and Socialstream |
[Moved from "Google working on 'Socialstream'" – Tony]
Ionut and Techcrunch report that Google's working on a new social network site called 'Socialstream'
http://bp2.blogger.com/_ZaGO7GjCqAI/RpEG8GUXLPI/AAAAAAAADRo/l4bSrC3GUxw/s640/socialstream.png
http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2007/07/googles-social-networking-projects.html
<<The project goal is to “create a system for users to seamlessly share, view, and respond to many types of social content across multiple networks.” More information is available deeper in the site>>
http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/08/google-yahoo-both-working-on-next-generation-social-networks/
http://www.hcii.cs.cmu.edu/M-HCI/2006/SocialstreamProject/index.php
What do you guys think? |
[Moved from "Google working on 'Socialstream'" – Tony]
More features here http://www.hcii.cs.cmu.edu/M-HCI/2006/SocialstreamProject/features.php |