Socialwok uses Gmail and Outlook as its clients

Socialwok (known as the "social layer for Google Apps") like the online organizer Producteev, shows us the new meaning of "cross-platform" definition. Realizing that users most of time spend in email clients (such as Outlook and GMail), Socialwok simply decided to get inside these email clients. Socialwok was one of the first services to use the new GMail API and has created the gadget that can be expanded on the entire GMail workspace (see screenshot) and allows to post messages to microblogs, share Google Docs files, images, Youtube videos and events from Google Calendar, search for Google Docs, post to Twitter or Facebook right from your GMail interface.



The next step was inside MS Outlook. Socialwok has released the Outlook plug-in that can be downloaded and installed. This plug-in works with Outlook Social Connector and allows you to view contact's social profile, its latest messages in microblogs, email-threads, attachments and shared events. The plugin also creates the Socialwok contacts folder in Outlook and syncs contacts with Socialwok account. Interesting,  that to log in the Outlook plugin (as well as to the online Socialwok account) you use Google Apps or GMail credentials.



Currently Socialwok - is absolutely free. And at the same time, it's continually innovating and adding new features. Probably this service will repeat the fate of Etherpad and Docverse - i.e. will be acquired by Google.

See also: Top 10 Email services