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Om Malik reported last week on the demise of Jangl, a "Voice 2.0" start-up offering web-based call services such as anonymous calling and widgits to enable "click-to-call" within social communities. TalkPlus, another Web-based voice startup is also in trouble according to Om.
The fundamental problem appears to be a business model based on the idea that social networking site users want to talk to one another. This goes against everything we're seeing in terms of trends around person-to-person and group communications in which IM and SMS continues to replace voice as the channel of choice. Still, it's somewhat depressing to see companies who have created innovative ways to use the Web as an overlay for phone service start to fade away. At least Grandcentral was able to sell itself to Google, perhaps others will find a successful exit strategy as well.
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