Google to add status updates to Gmail, scare bejeezus out of Facebook

Google is set to add Facebook-style status updates to Gmail, according to sources quoted by our sister site CNET News. The move is an effort by the search behemoth to jump-start its social-networking strategy. A raft of recent hires in that area have sought to counteract the view that Google is too unwield to respond to the nimble challenges of Facebook, which is planning to take on Gmail with its own email service. Tom Krazit has the full story: Google to make Gmail a little more social.