If this report is true, this is huge news on the social networking front.
It sounds pretty similar to the beginning of the end of Reader, and would actually make those who considered Plus destined to turn out just like Google Wave.
We’ll see if it turns out to be true but it would be a pretty abrupt change in direction for Google, and I’m not sure where they’d be headed in the aftermath.
What do you think?
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