It's tough to ignore the success both Twitter and Facebook have had on the social networking scene, so it shouldn't come as much suprise that Google wants in on the action too. But rather than create a new service altogether, the search giant is planning on adding functionality to its existing Gmail service, the Wall Street Journal reports.
Citing "people familiar with the matter," the WSJ says Google will announce the new Gmail feature very soon, perhaps as early as this week. This feature, the WSJ reports, will be a module added to the Gmail screen that will stream updates from whoever a user chooses to connect with.
Sometime down the line, the module will also tap into a connection's YouTube video and Picasa photo accounts and share that content as well, but it's not clear if this will be announced at the get-go or not.
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