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Google Stream? Google will launch "huge" new social features tomorrow
Google is working on something mysterious that has to do with Gmail and social networking, but the details are still under wraps. The new product will be unveiled tomorrow, and it could be anything from integrating Gmail status updates with Twitter and Facebook to launching a full-scale Twitter-like service of its own.Here's what we're hearing so far:
TechCrunch says the new product will "intregrate with at least two existing Google products. The general consensus in the tech blogosphere is that one of the two is Gmail. The Wall Street Journal says the new product will make it "easier and faster for user of Gmail to view media and status updates." (Media, eh? Is the other Google product YouTube?)
Meanwhile, over at Mashable, they're calling the pending announcement "HUGE" and saying Gmail will offer a Twitter-like timeline of your friends status updates, as well as integration (Twitpic and Yfrog-style, maybe?) of Picasa photos and YouTube videos. We won't find out until 10 AM Tuesday what this new Google hotness is called, but we can start speculating! What do you think, DLS readers?
p.s.: I haven't actually heard anyone call this thing "Google Stream," but don't you think it would make a catchy name?
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mightymightyme said 5:21PM on 2-08-2010
So your saying you made up Stream and reported it as news because it sounds cool?
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Jay Hathaway said 5:34PM on 2-08-2010
Roger that! Well, I pulled from the most reliable sources out there, and we'll know more tomorrow. Just needed something catchy to (temporarily) call it.
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Rufus said 6:55PM on 2-08-2010
Google Wave?
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Francis said 9:52AM on 2-09-2010
Sounds to me like Wave integration with GMail and Picasa.
Anthony said 7:28PM on 2-08-2010
This sounds a lot like what Aol does with Lifestream in AIM. Hardly a huge announcement. More of a "me too" thing, if you ask me.
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Anthony said 7:29PM on 2-08-2010
Oh, and Yahoo Messenger does this too. Windows Live Hotmail also has updates on the "Today" screen.
PaulB said 10:51PM on 2-08-2010
It's going to be called "You're In". Soon we'll all be inundated with multiple You're In streams.
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dep said 11:42AM on 2-09-2010
I think Google Wall's a cute name too.
Btw, I was hypothesizing about this a bit ago:
http://dep.posterous.com/why-google-is-poised-to-dethrone-twitter-and
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samu said 12:14PM on 2-09-2010
"Stream" might sound a bit … well, you know. Everyone's going to be on guard after "iPad".
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