There is a lot going on over at the Googleplex today.  Let’s take a look at today’s updates from Google.
Gmail Attachments
First, Gmail has changed the way attachments work in a way that will save you a few clicks.  Now,if you would like to send a few files from the same folder, you can just [...]

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Google’s latest venture into the social networking scene is a toolbar it’s introducing today that shows users’ social data on other web sites.  It’s designed to help website owners and users make better use of Google Friend Connect, a service that lets developers add social features to websites.
The toolbar includes buttons that, when [...]

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It looks as though Google is planning to monetize Google Friend Connect. Insiders at Google are jokingly calling it “FriendSense”.
Like Adsense, Google plans to use Friend Connect as a framework to insert advertising onto third party websites.
Friend Connect was first confirmed in May 2008. Earlier this month it opened to all comers.
The [...]

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Now hear this! Google has announced that you can now sign into Friend Connect, which just opened to all web sites two weeks ago, using your Twitter credentials.
Friend Connect also supports IDs from Google, Yahoo, AIM, and OpenID.
Looks like competition is really hearing up now Friend Connect, MySpaceID, and Facebook [...]

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This week, there are more Google updates than you can shake a stick at.  I’ll try to sum them all up for you as best I can in a short, informative way.
Google Reader
First up, Google Reader has made a few changes. If you use this as your primary feed provider, [...]

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