Per yesterday’s rumor, Google Talk is now live and the Download Squad already has a review.
Update: Some analysis from Mark Ward at the BBC.
Update 2: Dare Obasanjo has a summary of the new Google and MSN IM offerings and some thoughts on the Google entrance to the IM space.
August 25th, 2005 at 10:04 AM
[...] Almost overlooked with the buzz over the the announcement of Google Talk and MSN Messenger 7.5, Skype also released IM developer tools: VoIP giant Skype is now letting Web sites and other Internet applications tap into the pool of people using the Luxembourg-based company’s instant-messaging service. [...]