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Information Technology News Lively Google launches 3D me-too-avatar-world | Lively Google launches 3D me-too-avatar-world |
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| by Davey Winder | |
| Wednesday, 09 July 2008 | |
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Page 3 of 3 You only have to think about Gmail, Google Maps, Google
Earth and you can see what I mean. Where, on the other hand, is the
innovation in Lively? Where, indeed, is the must have functionality?
Adding avatars to chat, great, how very last year. Google is not even
playing catch up here, it is acting like a spoilt kid who wants one of
those because someone else has got one.Featured Whitepaper
5 Best Practices for Smartphone Support
Still, Lively is free. Free to download, free to use and free from contextual advertising. For now. In fairness, like so many Google services, Lively is still in Beta. Unlike most other products that get this far, it still looks like a Beta though. The awkward user interface, lack of any real environment to explore, Windows only usage and there are reports of it crashing Firefox online as well. Lively? More like Google Tired... |
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