What is Google Talk?
Google talk
The presence of a search engine like Google has greatly eased communication and transfer of information in the internet. With new innovations dawning in the fields of science and technology, a very valuable discovery has been the VoIP which is also known as Voice over Internet Protocol. The Voice over Internet Protocol allows conversations to be carried out through the internet, the only basic requirement being a broadband internet connection. Google Talk, also prevalently referred to as GTalk, includes the instant messaging (IM) and VoIP services offered by Google. This program was first introduced by Google in late 2005 and is today a very popular means of communicating across geographical boundaries through the internet. The Jingle protocol aids in the working of the VoIP in Google Talk while instant messaging is supported ably by XMPP which enables XMPP customers all over to communicate with Google Talk users as they both are supported by the same technical tool.
It is necessary to remember here, that in order to subscribe to Google Talk, one has to possess a Google mail or GMail account. Chatting through Google Talk is also permitted through GMail. Moreover, social networking sites like Orkut owned by Google enable the users to communicate with members of their friend’s list in Orkut through Google Talk. Once logged in Google Talk, users are able to see the current status of those included on their friends list like available, busy or idle. These status messages can be chosen by the user himself according to his will.
Google Talk also facilitates voice mail services along with the VoIP. Even, users are able to receive instant messages sent to them while they were offline, once they are online. The option ‘sends files’ in the Google Talk chat window allows people to share files from across the internet with their friends.
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