Google doesn’t have the best history when it comes to their attempts at social networking. There was Orkut, a social network that never took off, which actually predates Facebook, and was designed as a competitor to Friendster. Then, there was the disastrous launch of Buzz. I was never quite sure which was more fatal to this […]
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Apple’s iMessage: A Solution in Search of a Problem?
Apple recently announced iMessage: a messaging app/protocol that communicated between iDevices — and that’s it. If this sounds familiar, think RIM’s Blackberry Messenger. I confess to not “getting” BBM . The idea of a closed portal for communicating on a device that can text, e-mail, and instant message already just seems redundant. And yet, what […]