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Google Adds Chat To Gmail

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the wouldn't-be-a-weekday-without-a-google-story dept.

Nathan Weinberg writes "Google has added a chat feature to Gmail. It brings Google Talk, minus voice calls, into your webmail client. Gmail now also logs your IMs, whether they originate in Gmail or Google Talk. In the commentary at InsideGoogle, I note that Google recommends you disable Firefox's AdBlock, which can block Google's ads, if you want Gmail Chat to function properly."

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  1. chat with people or advertisers? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    AC: Hey! What you been up to? :-D
    GCA: same old same old. workin 9-5 sux teh bawls :-\
    AC: tell me about it! i hardly have time to utorrent warez anymore :-P
    GCA: Hey, I've got a quick and easy site you can go to for warez if you want. 8-)
    AC: nah, that's okay, I've got to go make dinner.
    GCA: whatcha makin? ;-)
    AC: just some chicken and some veggies :-$
    GCA: you could spice up that chicken with some worchester sauce :-D
    AC: No... I'm good thanks. :-\
    AC: What's up with all the links, Allison?
    GCA: Allison?
    AC: Aren't you Grand Canyon Alli? From the spring break trip?
    GCA: ... yeeeeaaaah.. I just wanted to help you make dinner ;)
    AC: OMG You're a Google Chat Advertiser!! :-O

  2. BCC by jaaronc · · Score: 5, Funny

    Actually, this was technology that google had to incorporate in order to get Google Talk into China...all chat logs are BCC'd to the chinese government...