A social network coming soon to Gmail

Google s’apprête à introduire un élément de réseau social dans la messagerie Gmail, According to the Wall Street Journal, the internet group could make a announcement to that effect this week.

Facebook and Twitter are increasingly used to communicate on the Internet, and Google might try to counter them by adding features permettant de prendre connaissance de l’actualité de ses amis.

Yahoo has already integrated its Flickr service, allowing users to know in their email when a contact has uploaded photos from this service.

Google could similarly integrate its services into Gmail: YouTube videos, Picasa photos.