Facebook Is Watching Google+ Like A Hawk
The war between Google+ and Facebook is full on.
Earlier today, Facebook sent an email to press outlets announcing that it would have some new information for game developers later this evening.
Minutes later, Google+ head Vic Gundotra posted about Google’s own plans to add games to Google+.
Coincidence?
That’s very doubtful given how many Facebook employees are ex-Googlers and how cross talk in the Valley happens.
Just look at how Facebook knew about Google+ Circles last year, and rushed to get an answer out months before Google+ launched. That answer, Facebook Groups, is pretty incomplete compared with what Google launched, but the point is that these companies are like a couple of information sieves. (Unlike, say, Apple.)
In other words, every time Google+ telegraphs a big move, you can bet that Facebook already knows about it and has planned a response.
Prediction: Google+ will almost certainly improve its photo-sharing capabilities in short order. Look for Facebook to release its own mobile photo-sharing app around that time.
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