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#1 icy06
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I don't know how new this news is, but thought I'd share.

Google are delving into the world of social networking with a product called Google Wave.

http://wave.google.com/

Will it beat Facebook I suppose is the killer question.

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#2 Citrus25
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Google will win!
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#3 Setsa
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Bloody heck... I really think the social networking trend/fad (depending on how you look at it) needs to die.
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#4 WGTC007
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Wouldn't be surprised if that happens.

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#5 shoot-first
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Google will win!Citrus25

Google Earth will pwn them all.

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#6 mindstorm
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Microsoft tries to take on Google with Bing so Google is now trying to take on Facebook with Google Wave? What's next, is Facebook going to take on something new? :o
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#7 mindstorm
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[QUOTE="Citrus25"]Google will win!shoot-first

Google Earth will pwn them all.

Google Wave will let you find people by satellite, staring down at them at all times! :o
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#8 shoot-first
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[QUOTE="shoot-first"]

[QUOTE="Citrus25"]Google will win!mindstorm

Google Earth will pwn them all.

Google Wave will let you find people by satellite, staring down at them at all times! :o

This reminds me of the movie Enemy of the State.

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#9 deactivated-5b31d3729c1fa
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this thread was posted 3 months ago.

i remember it

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#10 Saturos3091
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Google has ex-CEO's and board members high up (COO, etc.) in Facebook's staff already and they've secured several deals. They also have a $900 million agreement with Myspace for advertising and other rights. It's like Google already owns both of them pretty much...

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#11 ramboturd72
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Personally, I don't think we need anymore social networking sites. I think thereare enough out there already.

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Bloody heck... I really think the social networking trend/fad (depending on how you look at it) needs to die.Setsa
Agreed.
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#13 jimmyjammer69
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Personally, I don't think we need anymore social networking sites. I think thereare enough out there already.

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Hey, you can never have enough. It's my dream to one day be so popular that I never want to leave home.
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#14 thespywholied
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My god WHEN WILL IT STOP?! ARRGH!!

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#15 Setsa
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[QUOTE="ramboturd72"]

Personally, I don't think we need anymore social networking sites. I think thereare enough out there already.

jimmyjammer69
Hey, you can never have enough. It's my dream to one day be so popular that I never want to leave home.

Have you tried making a silly video for youtube yet?
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#16 jimmyjammer69
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[QUOTE="jimmyjammer69"][QUOTE="ramboturd72"]

Personally, I don't think we need anymore social networking sites. I think thereare enough out there already.

Setsa
Hey, you can never have enough. It's my dream to one day be so popular that I never want to leave home.

Have you tried making a silly video for youtube yet?

I just don't have the eyebrow motility :(
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#17 deactivated-5cf4b2c19c4ab
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This was announced months ago.
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#18 icy06
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Social networking sites get a bad rep I think. Don't see anything wrong with keeping in touch with friends and family through them, they are very useful.

In terms of Google.. innovation can only be a good thing right?

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Bloody heck... I really think the social networking trend/fad (depending on how you look at it) needs to die.Setsa
I agree with you.....
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#21 UnknownSniper65
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I for one welcome our new google overlords.

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#22 jimmyjammer69
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I for one welcome our new google overlords.

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Got a chuckle of recgnition.
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#23 WarEagle1357
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[QUOTE="mindstorm"][QUOTE="shoot-first"]

Google will win!Citrus25

Google Earth will pwn them all.

Google Wave will let you find people by satellite, staring down at them at all times! :o

hooray!! now it is even easier to stalk people!! wait...
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#24 ramboturd72
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[QUOTE="icy06"]

Social networking sites get a bad rep I think. Don't see anything wrong with keeping in touch with friends and family through them, they are very useful.

In terms of Google.. innovation can only be a good thing right?

That's true that they get a bad rep, but I think part of it has to do with how much trouble they cause with kids. I can't remember the girl's name (think it was megan), but she commited suicide because someone was harassing her over myspace. I'm not saying that that is the fault of the social networking site, but I'm saying that when you are on the internet, you are anonymous and have a certain power to say and do what you want, and many people end up abusing that power, and people can get very hurt by it.
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#25 GodofBigMacs
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That is so weird... I just wondered this morning whether or not Google would start a social networking site, after noticing that the Google Reader has a people following thing.
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#26 Lopur94
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[QUOTE="Citrus25"]Google will win!shoot-first

Google Earth will pwn them all.

How bout a Facebook Earth? Mhmmm
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#27 II-FBIsniper-II
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Wave is an alternative to email, not facebook.
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#28 DarkGamer007
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Bloody heck... I really think the social networking trend/fad (depending on how you look at it) needs to die.Setsa

I don't, it is a good way to stay intouch and find information about things easily with my friends who I cannot see on a daily basis.

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#29 Theokhoth
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Holy crap, did anybody watch the video? That guy is like the embodiment of everything nerdy. :lol:

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#30 xionvalkyrie
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Google Wave seems most suited for collaborative projects.

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#31 SolidSnake35
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Soon the world will be engulfed in the plain whiteness that is Google.
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Google:Monopolizing the world, one web based application at a time.
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Google:Monopolizing the world, one web based application at a time.clubsammich91
First the internet, then.......toasters O_o !!
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#34 scoots9
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good, gives everyone somwhere to retreat to once all of the parents get facebooks