Google Stops Operation for Meebo Bar to Focus on Google+

By Jane Gracielo, on April 29th, 2013%
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Google plans to shut down in June the Meebo Bar for receiving and sharing personalized content from websites in favor of Google+ tools for interaction between websites and users.

Google is planning to stop the further developments of the Meebo Bar to focus more in enhancing the Google+ tools.

Google acquired the company that made Meebo in June 2012. Aside from the Meebo toolbar that it has, they also incorporated it with advertisements, and social networking sites such as Twitter and Facebook. Meebo also has their own IM application in desktop and smartphones.

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Google Opens Own Video Chat Service Against Apple’s Facetime

By Jharma Mulchandani, on April 30th, 2011%
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To compete with the Facetime application on the iPhone, Google has opened its own video chat service for Android smartphones.

The video chat update to Google Talk works over 3G with WiFi networks. It utilizes the front-mounted cameras on high-end Android handsets.

The latest feature will be rolled out to the own-brand of the firm Nexus S smartphone “in the next few weeks” as part of the Android 2.3.4 update, according to the Google Mobile Blog.

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