Report: Gmail to add social networking features as soon as this week | VentureBeat - 2 views
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Google is trying to push more media sharing and status update features into Gmail as soon as this week, according to The Wall Street Journal. Gmail users would be able to see a stream of status updates from friends and photos and videos shared by them through Picasa and YouTube. Although Facebook has come to dominate the social networking space with 400 million users, Gmail contacts represent a formidable latent social network with hundreds or thousands of e-mails and chats between friends. While Facebook could support weak links in your broader social network, Gmail could strengthen your closest relationships.
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looks like the big G is getting serious...
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Yep, and I see it as more exciting than threatening.
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Here's the discussion on Friendfeed: http://friendfeed.com/paul/d0c8861e/google-to-add-social-features-gmail