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By: SocialEyes Taps Facebook Social Graph For Video Chatting: Tech News and Analysis «

Mon, 28 Feb 2011 14:00:26 +0000

[...] to watch is Facebook, which is likely to jump into the video chat space at some point. It recently upgraded its messaging system and the next obvious step would be video chat, which could undercut services like SocialEyes and [...]

By: Please Twitter, Don’t Sell to Google or Facebook: Tech News and Analysis «

Thu, 10 Feb 2011 16:27:52 +0000

[...] of real-time conversational elements of FriendFeed into Facebook — which it has done with its unified social inbox and the recent rollout of real-time [...]

By: Communications, Platforms, Privacy Ruled Social in Q4: Tech News and Analysis «

Tue, 25 Jan 2011 17:25:55 +0000

[...] the news. Two of the company’s most critical initiatives were its revamped Messages (with its “social inbox”) and Groups efforts. With those two products, Facebook is laying the groundwork for a unified [...]

By: RIM In Talks To Buy Gist: Tech News «

RIM In Talks To Buy Gist: Tech News « — Sun, 19 Dec 2010 23:18:59 +0000

[...] For RIM, the idea behind acquiring Gist would be to possibly re-invent the phone address book and make it integral to its core offering. It would actually make a lot of sense for RIM to do this, as it plays to its core strength – namely, messaging. By making the address book more networked and more social, RIM can build a social inbox, much like the one being championed by Facebook. [...]

By: Why is Skype Moving to The Web? Hiring Binge Explained: Tech News «

Why is Skype Moving to The Web? Hiring Binge Explained: Tech News « — Sun, 05 Dec 2010 17:44:07 +0000

[...] services, its collaboration platform and possible scheduling features. Folks at Facebook recently showed us how to re-invent the email inbox by transforming the tool (the email inbox) to fit the user behavior. I hope Skype does precisely [...]

By: What Facebook Messages Is Really After: Tech News «

What Facebook Messages Is Really After: Tech News « — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 20:13:43 +0000

[...] not email. CEO Mark Zuckerberg said as much at last week’s introduction of Facebook Messages. He called the new service “a modern messaging system,” and half-jokingly said the next [...]

By: The Future of Email: Facebook’s Social Inbox?: Business Collaboration News «

Mon, 22 Nov 2010 18:00:50 +0000

[...] week, Facebook launched its new “social inbox” feature. The unified messaging system pipes the online and mobile communication functions people [...]

By: UCD

UCD — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 00:43:27 +0000

There’s lot of sense and logic in this post, backed by history and experience. It’s better to divide your eggs, in different baskets of course!

By: 20 Reasons Not to Start an Email Startup: Tech News «

20 Reasons Not to Start an Email Startup: Tech News « — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 21:01:09 +0000

[...] certain assets of Zenbe, a mail-related startup. The news came close on the heels of Facebook launching its much-anticipated Social Inbox (which, incidentally, I like a lot), and, once again, puts the focus on start-ups that are trying [...]

By: Email the New Front in Facebook/Gmail Wars? « Xobni Blog

Email the New Front in Facebook/Gmail Wars? « Xobni Blog — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 23:01:08 +0000

[...] this week, Facebook released its Social Inbox and set off a flurry of press about the perseverance of email and the epic battle between Google [...]