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Chief executive Eric Schmidt says new social components will be added later this year, but dismisses talk of a 'Facebook killer' Google will begin the introduction of "layers" of social-networking features later this year, the company's chief executive, Eric Schmidt, has said. Speaking at the Zeitgeist conference yesterday evening, Schmidt suggested that plans for a social network to rival the likes of Facebook – and now Apple's Ping – are further away than previously thought. Schmidt told reporters: "We're trying to take Google's core products and add a social component." "If you think about it, it's obvious," he said