Make Gmail Social

8. February 2010 | 21:09

HUGE: Google Set to Make Gmail Social With Status Update Features

Gmail is set to become Google’s next major push into social media. According to The Wall Street Journal , the popular webmail service will soon launch a new feature for sharing content and status updates with friends. As WSJ points out, Gmail users can already update their status - sort of - through Gmail’s chat feature. Currently, this feature is more akin to the traditional IM “away message … (News Source: Mashable - 19:37:01)

Is Google Bad at Social Media or Really, Really Good at it?

Google often takes a lot of flack for not being incredibly successful with its social media efforts. Most recently, Caroline McCarthy and Tom Krazit tackled this subject in a CNET article claiming that “Google struggles with social skills.” I would not go so far as to say that I completely disagree with them. They make plenty of factual points that are simply undeniable. Orkut hasn’t set the … (News Source: WebProNews - 17:43:43)

New Cultural, Social and Entertainment Handset inspires Qtel’s BlackBerry Evolution

Doha, Qatar - As part of the ongoing celebrations supporting BlackBerry’s second anniversary in Qatar, Qtel today announced the launch of a sleek and powerful new addition to its BlackBerry family of products - the BlackBerry Bold 9700 Smartphone. (News Source: Zawya - 14:20:21)

Many wired Chinese unfazed at possible Google exit

A world without Google? They can imagine it just fine in China. After all, it’s not like losing “World of Warcraft.” (News Source: GMA News - 03:09:01)

Facebook, Gmail and iTunes: your future wallet? Probably not

What do Facebook, Gmail and iTunes have in common? By 2015, they might be dominant online payment providers. (News Source: e-Consultancy - 13:10:51)

Facebook’s challenge

Talk about multitasking. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is gearing up to take on Google’s popular e-mail service at the same time the social-networking site struck a new deal with Microsoft that will give it back its display ad sales in exchange for giving Microsoft’s Bing a bigger search… (News Source: New York Post - 05:56:43)

5 Facebook E-mail Features I’d Like to See

Word is that Facebook’s Project Titan is full-blown e-mail for the social network site — here’s how Facebook could do e-mail right. (News Source: PC World - 21:51:38)

Location: Are we there yet?

Friends, family and loved ones will soon gather to share that most cherished of annual American traditions: Getting drunk, pigging out and watching giant men try to kill each other on TV. (News Source: Network World - 10:06:10)

Biz Break: Facebook, happy birthday! Another redesign?!

Today: Facebook rolls out another redesign. The U.S. jobless rate dips slightly to 9.7 percent. Plus: Silicon Valley tech stocks. (News Source: San Jose Mercury News - 21:47:23)

Facebook Redesign Paves Way for Facebookmail: Google Beware?

Facebook is beginning a roll-out of a redesign to its Web page that places more emphasis on notifications. It’ll improve things for users for sure, but it’s just the first step of a plan to give Facebook serious Web emailing powers. Though the tweaks to Facebook’s Web UI are pretty subtle, they’ll probably have a big effect–starting with notifications. Currently these updates appear all the way … (News Source: Fast Company Magazine - 19:16:13)

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