Google Postpones Strike Against Facebook

The Google Me social network may not launch until March or April of 2011, a delay of several months.

Google’s plan to compete with Facebook has hit a speed bump: the so-called Google Me social network won’t launch until March or April of 2011.

Mashable first reported the delay, noting that it’s at least three or four months later than previous plans to launch Google Me before the end of 2010.

We asked Google to explain the delay to us, and got the exact same prepared statement that Mashable printed earlier. Only we weren’t told not to identify the spokesperson who responded.

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