Google Drive got a handful of new social features today, with an update that brings profile photos and group chat to the collaboration software.
The changes are designed to make it easier to see who's in a file and communicate with them without leaving it. Profile photos of anyone who has opened a particular file will now appear whenever multiple people are collaborating on a document. (Users without photos can select from a variety of animal drawings, including a monkey and an alligator.) A new chat button at the top-right corner lets you start a group chat about the document from inside Drive, a nod toward messaging ahead of the oft-rumored Babel that could be announced by Google next month.
Meanwhile, the march of Google+ across...
via The Verge - All Posts http://www.theverge.com/2013/4/25/4265746/google-drive-gets-more-social-with-chat-and-profile-photos
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