GIVING NIGHTMARES to popular social networking site Facebook is none other than old rival Google. If reports are to be believed, Google will launch its new social networking site Google Circles by May 2011. The site, which has already been christened as a Facebook killer, will allow its users to share its content with the users of other social networkingsites, and customise the kind of content they want to broadcast.
Rumour mill has it that the user would have multiple circles classified into "Immediate Family," "Extended Family," "Co-Workers," "Best Friends," "Old Friends" so on and so forth. As per the broadcast settings set by the user, the user can designate everything he/she posts according to which circle sees it.
Although Google strongly denies it, the company claims that its strategy is to simply inject more social features into it and eventually more Google products.
The features that are expected to be included are pictures, videos, and status updates - but with greater privacy options.
The news, which more or less sounds like a rumour, is also being touted as the upgraded version of Google Me, another social networking venture by Google, which was scheduled to be launched in 2010.
The site, which was initially rumoured to be unveiled at the I/O conference in San Fransisco has now moved its location to Austin in Texas during a southwest technology event.
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