Why is Google Set popular right now?

RTs of a @Mashable post: "HUGE: Google Set to Make Gmail Social With Status Update Features - http://bit.ly/cpHqQS" (as of February 8 at 23:33 UTC)

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Feb 8	+3 hours	RTs of a @Mashable post: "HUGE: Google Set to Make Gmail Social With Status Update Features - http://bit.ly/cpHqQS" Google Set Defined by @nwjerseyliz via web February 8 at 23:33 UTC
Feb 8	+1 hour	Gmail is set to become Google’s next major push into social media. According to The Wall Street Journal , the popular webmail service will soon launch a new feature for sharing content and status updates with friends. Update: We think Google might announce these features on Tuesday As WSJ points out, Gmail users can already update their statuses sort of through Gmail’s chat feature Google Set Defined by @sceusebio via web February 8 at 21:00 UTC
Feb 8	+1 hour	Gmail is set to become Google’s next major push into social media. According to The Wall Street Journal , the popular webmail service will soon launch a new feature for sharing content and status updates with friends. [Update: We think Google might announce these features on Tuesday As WSJ points out, Gmail users can already update their statuses sort of through Gmail’s chat feature Google Set Defined by @sceusebio via web February 8 at 21:00 UTC
Feb 8	+5 minutes	@mashable: HUGE: Google Set to Make Gmail Social With Status Update Features - http://bit.ly/cpHqQS Google Set Defined by @D63H via web February 8 at 20:20 UTC

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