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Google Instant Messenger all Rumor

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the or-maybe-this-is-just-a-clever-distraction dept.

Jbravo writes "Search, blogging, maps, photos, email, and now a portal, Google has kept adding to their array of services. Is an instant messenger next for Google? Most recently Google has been said to be buying out a company called Meetroduction, LLC for their instant messenger Meetro. So, is it true? Is Google writing the check now? Well, after a chat with Paul Bragiel, CEO of Meetroduction, the word is not right now. He called the whole story 'rumors.'"

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  1. Hello? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Informative

    Wasn't this called "Hello"? See here:
    http://www.google.com/intl/en/options/

  2. Ummm, they already have an IM client... by todesengel · · Score: 5, Informative

    Sure they don't advertise it, but Hello is a Google product...

  3. Re:Perhaps not the right approach for the market by slashdotnickname · · Score: 5, Informative

    In europe, its extremely common for people to have MSN, whilst the trend stateside seems to be more toward AIM (with MSN still significant there too).

    or you can get an awesome open-source program like miranda which supports ICQ, AIM, MSN, Jabber, Yahoo, Gadu-Gadu, Tlen, Netsend and tons more... all in a ~3meg memory footprint.