After word from Kevin Rose and Facebook CTO Adam D’Angelo that Google was working on a Facebook competitor Called “Google Me”, everyone wants to know, is it real? Is Google really building a social network to compete with Facebook? Eric Schmidt, Google’s CEO, was recently asked about the “Google Me” and he responded:
“That would be a product announcement and I won’t say.”
There isn’t any hard evidence to back it up, however it does make sense that Google would want to operate a social network of their own, and buying Facebook is out of the question. Coupled with the recent launch of Google Buzz, a Twitter competitor, and Google Wave, it’s very possible that an app to compete with Facebook is their next goal. Stay tuned for more “Google Me” news at it develops.
