Friday, July 30th, 2010

After failing to acquire Twitter, will Google now compete?

You can already put current status in your GTalk display. Apparently, now, GMail users will be prompted to share what’s up with them. However, when they update again, the previous update will disappear for good.

At least, that’s according to a report in Wall Street Journal (subscription required). The new feature isn’t official yet, but the Wall Street Journal is hardly ever wrong. They seem to be the go-to source for leaks – likely quite official leaks.