Google Talk: All Talk But Little Walk

By Mark Evans | Published: August 17, 2006

So let's get something straight here: Google is making a big deal about a new and improved Google Talk – a service that apparently few people use (not an unusual situation for many of Google's new services – Google Spreadsheets, anyone?). Will file sharing, voice mail and music status change anything? Personally, I'm a Google Talk user but I only use it for instant messaging, which makes me a pretty rare breed.
More: For other views, check out Ben Metcalfe, who is far from impressed, and Inside Google.

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  1. Anonymous
    Posted August 17, 2006 at 9:03 am | Permalink

    Google Talk may have a brighter future than it at first appears, due to it's use of the XMPP (Jabber) protocol, which is quickly becoming popular in emerging telephony applications.
    This means that Google Talk could be used by corporate road warriors to easily stay in touch with the main office. Additionally, organizations can offer their customers a way to use a chat client to connect into the PBX environment.

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