( image ) I’ve just been sent an official response from Google to the updated version of my story posted yesterday ( Compete To Death, or Cooperate to Compete? ). In that story, I reported about 2009 negotiations over incorporation of Facebook data into Google search. And Google Pages, Maps, etc. Google balked. MORE >>

Last weekend the news was conjecture about Facebook doing web search, today, the news is conjecture about Google doing social networks. The real question is whether Google has the corporate will to call a spade a spade, and acknowledge publicly that it's game on with Facebook. say, go for it, Google. MORE >>

When I read Google announcements like this one, An update to Google Social Search , I find myself wondering why Google doesn't just come out and say something like this: "We know social search is important, and we're working on it. Google might as well declare this up front and call it a strategy. MORE >>

I have been writing a bit about the invasion of social capabilities into all online tools.   Now we are reading about how the Weather Channel is going social and how LinkedIn value dramatically increased after it introduced social features. Sounds a little like Tweetdeck meets search. Now that is a yawer.  MORE >>

Melcrum recently released a report on How to use social media to solve critical communication issues , with as usual some great case studies and many practical insights. was asked to write the closing section in the report, on The Future of Social Media and Internal Communications. Email use will be eroded by social media. MORE >>