Comments on: GMail updates: A sneaky, creepy new year from Google?

By: VentureBeat » Plaxo also reportedly hires bank to help it sell itself

VentureBeat » Plaxo also reportedly hires bank to help it sell itself — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 01:54:08 +0000

[...] working on its own sort of “social graph” aggregator: That company, most recently, was rumored to be working on a similar sort of activity stream for Gmail, where you can see what your Gmail [...]

By: VentureBeat » Plaxo hires bank to help it sell itself

VentureBeat » Plaxo hires bank to help it sell itself — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 01:48:48 +0000

[...] working on its own sort of “social graph” aggregator: The company, most recently, was rumored to be working on a similar sort of activity stream for Gmail, where you can see what your Gmail [...]

By: TanNg

TanNg — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 13:06:18 +0000

Shall they send my search history to all my contacts?

By: Jarred

Jarred — Tue, 01 Jan 2008 22:03:59 +0000

I still do not understand how you and others see the Google Reader debate as one about privacy. Google made clear from the inception of Shared Items that doing so puts it on a *public* page and a *public* feed. What do you expect when you click “share”, anyway? Yes it was at a convoluted URL, and technically you had to physically give that link to friends… but it was never *private* as in *protected* or *hidden*. It may be annoying and a breach of confidence… but it is not a breach of privacy at all.

The debate over this — and the forthcoming Gmail features — is about opt-in v. opt-out and giving users greater flexibility and control over who they share updates and other content with. It’s about user choice, not user privacy.

By: Pran Kurup

Pran Kurup — Tue, 01 Jan 2008 18:46:48 +0000

Very believable. Google needs something to go after Facebook. Gmail is a good place to start. Ideally, Yahoo should try similar things using Yahoogroups. It is already has a solid installed base of users and the social networking features of today (updates of others, ability to ad apps etc.) will be a great addition to yahoogroups.

By: ITrush

ITrush — Tue, 01 Jan 2008 16:21:14 +0000

Speculations! Well, let’s just hope for the best and not for the worst!

Nhick
http://www.itrush.com

By: GMail, la nueva red social « TIDDER

GMail, la nueva red social « TIDDER — Tue, 01 Jan 2008 10:44:07 +0000

[...] presunta nueva funcionalidad ya ha levantado ampollas en la [...]

By: GOOG is EVIL

GOOG is EVIL — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 17:51:38 +0000

Yet another example of Google caring more about beating a competitor than delivering something useful to real people.

One more thing they better do – global opt-out of having ANY of my data on their servers.

By: Gubatron

Gubatron — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 16:25:29 +0000

As if Gmail itself wasn’t enough of a distraction.

By: No Thanks

No Thanks — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 11:28:13 +0000

Please stick to reporting the venture world news, which you do well, and opinions on same when you have them. Reporting gossip like this serves neither us nor you very well.

By: samochody

samochody — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 10:49:44 +0000

Dam you google

By: Rob Scott

Rob Scott — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 09:10:21 +0000

Sounds like another anti-Google tempest in a teapot to me.

Exactly what is so bad about and opt-out default on new features rather than opt-in? Given the average person’s resistance to change and general ignorance of new features until they bite them on the behind, an opt-out ensures better test coverage in a beta product. Yes, keep in mind that gmail is STILL in beta.

My suggestion is that those who fear some damage to their privacy go in and shut off optional features on a regular basis…or perhaps they should complain to the mail service provider that since they are paying top dollar for privacy, they demand that the service agreement they assented to be enforced to the letter.

By: GMail updates « MelakaToday

GMail updates « MelakaToday — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 07:45:48 +0000

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