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> Gmail integration also brought with it chat logging, via a searchable, cloud-stored "chat" label in Gmail. Being able to dig through all your email and chats
by Lammy 5y ago
> Gmail integration also brought with it chat logging, via a searchable, cloud-stored "chat" label in Gmail. Being able to dig through all your email and chats with a single search was great.
Thanks to this lots of people even started using it as a sort of proto-Google-Docs for long-distance collaboration, e.g. songwriting:
"Das Racist is the new Kool G Rap. Peep us at the Grammies: 'We’d like to thank G-chat'" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fz5YjQ-AT3k https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fz5YjQ-AT3k
Also a good hint right there at their future naming confusion https://observer.com/2012/02/google-says-gchat-is-not-a-word/ https://observer.com/2012/02/google-says-gchat-is-not-a-word... :)