Wednesday, November 12, 2008

Google Adds Audio, Video to Gmail - WSJ.com

If I’m not mistaken, these are features Microsoft Windows Live and Yahoo! have had for years; unclear why it’s a big headline.

Google Inc. added audio and video chatting tools to its Gmail email service Tuesday, its latest attempt to upgrade the service to draw more interest from consumer and business users.

The new features compete with eBay Inc.'s Skype and other Web conferencing tools that have grown more popular as more laptops come with built in Web-cameras and connection speeds continue to improve.

Google Adds Audio, Video to Gmail - WSJ.com

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