Here's hoping Google's new messaging apps aren't just two more silos<article>
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<p>For the big players in technology, like Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, and Google, it’s become all about the ecosystem. Yes, you might be great at building products like Apple, or at online services like Google, or at…well, whatever Microsoft is great at. But so much of technology has become about providing all the trappings.</p><p>Think of it a bit like a hotel—you want to provide all the amenities that your rival hotel chains do: swimming pool, cable, valet parking. Otherwise, your customers may go somewhere else.</p><p>Hence
Google’s announcements at this week’s annual I/O conference, including offerings like messaging app Allo and video chat app Duo.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/3072881/ios/heres-hoping-googles-new-messaging-apps-arent-just-two-more-silos.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article>
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Here's hoping Google's new messaging apps aren't just two more silos