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No words on web conferencing from Google

No words on web conferencing from GoogleGoogle announced at the end of April that they had acquired a Swedish company called Marratech. We all expected that they would eventually add that into the Google Pack, Google Apps or at least into Google Talk.

Marratech is a downloadable application for PC's and Mac's that apparently Google has no plans to develop. A tipster wrote into Andy Beal and and forwarded a link to the Marratech forums, where ex Marratech employee, now with Google, Rikard Stenberg stated that Google has the rights to the application but there will be no further developments of the old Marratech products.

That is all the information that came through. And it does seem a little disturbing. Hopefully Google does have a nice plan for this application, but if it doesn't and decides to let developments slide, things could end up like Dodgeball.

Could video be coming to gTalk?

video in google talkCould Google Talk soon be video-enabled? One of the first integrations of the Google acquired Marratech AB could actually be in Google Talk. It really does seem like the logical first step.

Speculation is that Google will soon offer a rebuilt Marratech downloadable client for Mac and PC's adding to the Google Desktop and Picasa lineup. However, with the current state of he market -- competition like Windows Live Messenger and Skype already offering video in instant messagers and VOiP clients -- and with all of Google applications running in the browser, it only makes sense that Marratech video be added to gTalk.

Google enters the video conferencing market

Marratech
Google has purchased Swedish video conferencing company Marratech, possibly with the goal of adding a video conferencing application to Google Pack or Google Apps.

Unlike several competing video conferencing applications, Marratech requires a desktop download. Clients are available for PC and Mac users. This would hardly be the first desktop application from Google, which already offers the Google Desktop search program and the Picasa picture organizing software.

But it would also be interesting to see Google tie video conferencing into its online office suite, allowing users to discuss documents, spreadsheets, and presentations all from a single web-based interface.

No word on when Google will launch its video conferencing application or how much it will resemble Marratech's current offering.

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