Will Google Announce Its Own Facebook Clone?

Will South by Southwest include an announcement of a product now code-named Google Circles?

Two months after Google reshuffled its top three managers for swifter product launches, chatter has resumed over whether the search giant will unveil a direct competitor to Facebook, possibly during South By Southwest.

SXSW attendees have gossipped about whether the nine-day event would include an announcement of a product now code-named Google Circles — the last time rumors circulated about a social media launch, people called it Google Me and talked of a postponement from original plans to go live by the end of 20110 to a delayed date of April or May of 2011.

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