Google Talk
For the word game, see Google Talk (game)
Google Talk is an instant messenging and voice over IP service developed by Google. Google Talk was released on August 24, 2005 at 12:09 AM CST and consists of both a service and a client used to connect to the service. Unlike some other instant messaging services, Google encourages the use of clients other than their own in connecting to the Google Talk service. As of the launch date, the Google Talk client is available only for Windows; users of other operating systems are provided with instructions for various popular clients, such as iChat for Mac OS X and Gaim for Linux.
Technical
Google have announced that a major goal of the Google Talk service is interoperability. Google Talk uses Jabber and XMPP to provide real-time extensible messaging and presence events.
Currently, the service is open to anyone with a Gmail account. There are plans to federate Google Talk with alternative Voice over IP services EarthLink and Sipphone, but there not yet any details on when such federation might be completed.
Easter Eggs
- The About window of Google Talk contains a barely visible coded message in light gray font that reads play 23 21 13 16 21 19 7 1 13 5. Turning the numbers into corresponding letters of the alphabet where a=1 and z=26, then the message reads play wumpus game. This is a reference to Hunt the Wumpus which can be played in Google Talk. Add wumpus.game@gmail.com to your buddy list and send it a text message of "play" to play.
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