Comments on: Will Google ‘Send’ a mobile, social Gmail application?

By: Sam

Sam — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 03:14:24 +0000

Google has simple strategy – to expand its influence and cover new segments of markets, which are in between of major tools like email and social media.
However Google is behind of the market in this case and their attempts to invent bicycle will not provide as much effect as leaders have already.
The problem that Google and other media are facing now is in more complicated and oversaturated applications. It distracts people who already has accounts in hundreds websites from use of new tools.
The new opportunities lie in convergence of different technologies and platforms. I’m sure if Google had Facebook or other social media tools in his email service that could increase number of potential users.
Though there are new markets in developing countries and lower-income segments.

By: Jessica Roberts

Jessica Roberts — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:47:40 +0000

Interesting that a month later, there are no further posts or comments on a google product. Google “Wave” was the talk of the social media world for a month or so before launch. Who wasn’t asked at least a few times a week: “Have your received your Wave invite yet?” The tried and true Google release plan failed with Buzz.. as did Buzz itself. Apparently, it failed so fast and so furiously we don’t even care enough for a postmortem.

By: Margery Nabors

Margery Nabors — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 04:47:56 +0000

I would like to speculate around the topic of “connections/followers/friends” within Gmail. What will Google label our relationships? “Gs?” Holler back, G!

On the same topic, I am interested in how we build and manage our network of Gs. Gmail is currently the fourth most popular e-mail service and the fastest growing (according to comScore). Regardless, I surmise that people don’t necessarily have their network, or all of their close friends, in their address book. Does that mean people will have to go through the “friending” process yet again? Carrying this idea forward, will we be able to find our friends through another platform? What about the process of “unfriending” those people who have exchanged emails once in their life, but have no desire to connect socially. I think this could be a cumbersome task if you have to vet your entire address book.

By: Lara Underhill

Lara Underhill — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:12:53 +0000

It seems to make sense that Google would take this next step and evolve into the social media realm, but I assume people will be hesitant to jump in. I will take a “wait and see” attitude until all of the details are released, but I think they will have to have some compelling new features to compete with Facebook. People jumped from MySpace to Facebook over time because it was ulitmately easier to use. It may be that Gmail’s new tools will be so compelling that people will make the switch. I also worry about privacy again. I hope they are immediately upfront with their policies.