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".
googlesystem.blogspot.com/2007 ... |
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 . |
techcrunch.com/2007/07/08/goog ...
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'
bp2.blogger.com/_ZaGO7GjCqAI/R ...
googlesystem.blogspot.com/2007 ...
<<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>>
techcrunch.com/2007/07/08/goog ...
hcii.cs.cmu.edu/M-HCI/2006/Soc ...
What do you guys think? |
[Moved from "Google working on 'Socialstream'" – Tony]
More features here hcii.cs.cmu.edu/M-HCI/2006/Soc ... |
