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Google Begins To Merge Google+, Gmail Contacts

Posted by samzenpus on from the make-it-one dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Google today announced new integration between Gmail and Google+ that sees your social connections show up in auto-complete when you're composing an email. Google says the feature is rolling out "over the next couple of days" to everyone that uses Gmail and Google+."

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  1. Great.... by olsmeister · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Spam City, here we come. Why is this opt-out instead of opt-in? Because nobody would want it.

    1. Re:Great.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

      Obviously, since Google is the only company providing Google+ and Gmail.

      Your pedantry aside, they are dominant in the areas of email and video sharing which are the places they are forcing Google+ integration.

    2. Re:Great.... by swillden · · Score: 5, Insightful

      Spam City, here we come.

      Do you circle a lot of people who will spam you?

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  2. Easy enough to disable by barlevg · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Though the obvious response is, "for now."

  3. Re: Great by Monoman · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Mistakenly use the wrong account ONE time and you probably won't be able to undo the mess it will cause. I didn't like it when my "smart" phone linked my contacts and social apps and I don't like the idea of G+,FB, etc doing things auto-magically for me either.

    This crap is just chasing me away from Gmail and G+.

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  4. Re: Great by AvitarX · · Score: 5, Insightful

    There's plenty of things on YouTube that I would be embarassed for the world to know I saw I'm sure. Tame or not.

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    Wow, sent an e-mail as suggested when clicking on "use classic" banner, and got a fast response that addressed my msg