Outlook Takes Timid Step Into Social Networking

Posted by theliepolitic on Feb 18th, 2010 and filed under Technology. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can skip to the end and leave a response. Pinging is currently not allowed. | Viewed 73 times.

Microsoft has forged deals with LinkedIn, MySpace and Facebook to connect their networks through its popular email and personal information manager, Outlook. The company introduced Outlook Social Connector when it rolled out a beta of Microsoft Office 2010 last November. The OSC connects emails, contact information and networking sites within the Outlook application. Microsoft also introduced a public beta of LinkedIn for Outlook. Using the OSC, users can view their contacts’ status updates and photos next to their email messages.
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