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Google to Blow Minds With Facebook Rival ‘Maka-Maka’

Upcoming rollout could revolutionize social networking

By Jonas Oransky, Newser Staff

Posted Oct 29, 2007 2:35 PM CDT

(Newser) – Google is set to launch its hush-hush rival to Facebook next month. Code-named “Maka-Maka,” the watershed social networking service will introduce a completely open source platform and a slew of new applications. Details are scarce, but the vision is a social layer that... Read full story »

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