Google Deepens G+ Integration Into Gmail
Update first, ask questions later. And that attitude is going to continue generating a lot of heat for Google, especially as it develops more features that blur the lines between services.
Google announced yet another integration between Gmail and Google+, enabling users to send emails from Gmail to anyone with a G+ account, even if you don’t have their email address.
This change may seem reminiscent of Google’s previous shot at a social network with Buzz. When the service rolled out, its weak privacy protections and reliance on having users opt-out of certain features caused a lot of sensitive information to be publically displayed. Google tried to patch the problem a few times, but the damage was already done.
The change to Gmail and G+ is also opt-out, as was the feature that added G+ contacts to GTalk, which is now Hangouts.
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