Facebook buys Beluga

Hi,

I was interested to see that Facebook, king of social networks, has acquired Beluga. Beluga offers mobile apps and services that enable instant messaging across mobile devices.
This is an exciting time because from this it is clear that the realm of social computing is going across to the mobile devices. Smart move considering that the most teenages prefer sending sms's than calling. With millios of people having facebook accounts and even more having mobile phones - this is gonna extend the reach of Facebook to be everywhere.  

Microsoft Outlook Social Connector

I came across the net a beta version of Microsoft’s Outlook social connector. I downloaded and installed the beta version of the tool. Once I stalled the tool, I was given the opportunity to configure the details for my social accounts that I have on Linkdin and MySpace. I noticed that the connectors for Facebook and Windows Live will also be released soon.

The above pane is visible at the bottom of your Outlook centre frame. I noticed nice aspects to the connector such as the pictures, a contacts details and thumbnails or all those on the news feed or post.

I am still new to the tool however watch this space for more updates and details on the connector.