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“Babel” Chat Name Confirmed Again, New Google Play 4.0 Makes Another Appearance

Kellen April 7, 2013 67

This afternoon, we're getting what appears to be a second confirmation that Google's new unified chat will be called Babel. We first reported the name as being "Babel" and not the previously rumored "Babble," but a user on G+ (Patric Dhawaan) noticed the name...

PSA: Google Voice Chrome Extension Updated Yesterday With Desktop Notifications, It’s Not Babel

Kellen April 2, 2013 26

Yesterday, the official Google Voice extension for Chrome received an update that introduced experimental desktop notifications. To our knowledge, this update has nothing to do with a unified Google chat service (internally called Babel) and is simply a stand-...

Google’s Unified Chat Actually Named “Babel” – Coming to Android, iOS, Chrome, G+ and Gmail

Kellen March 28, 2013 111

Over the last couple of weeks, we have seen a handful of reports suggesting that Google is on the verge of releasing a unified chat service called "Babble." This new service was rumored to have merged services like Voice, Talk, and Google+ Messenger into a...