Microsoft Outlook Integration update Facebook and other social networking sites

Microsoft Wednesday released called "Outlook social connector" plug-in test version, using the software, Microsoft Outlook e-mail software, users can send and receive e-mail received in your friends in Facebook, Myspace and other social networking sites for information updates. It is reported that, Outlook users install the "Outlook 2010 social connector" plug-in, open the received e-mail, will also see a panel. The panel will display the sender is on the recent activities of the major social networking sites, which included business people mail in social networking site LinkedIn, networking activities, in the Facebook status updates, and more.
In the social networking business, Microsoft's Hotmail e-mail service and Windows Live Messenger instant messaging software in the world with a large number of users, but the Windows Live blog / social services development is not satisfactory. In Outlook, on the social networking business, a company called "Xobni" the software start-up companies have developed the same for Outlook "Outlook Connector social" functions like plug-ins.
Through the "Outlook Connector Social", Microsoft Outlook business want to fight the social network itself. If the message sender and receiver together in the company's Sharepoint servers to work together, you can view each other in the major social networking information on the website update.
Microsoft said that from Wednesday onwards, Office 2003,2007 official version and Office 2010 users can download and install "Outlook social connector." LinkedIn is the first agreed to cooperate with Microsoft's social networking sites, Facebook and Myspace are expected corresponding plug-in will be released in June this year, when the official version of Office 2010 will also be on sale.
Microsoft Office, corporate vice president Will Kennedy (Will Kennedy) said that although some businesses had worried about, "Outlook social connector" may lead to decreased work efficiency of employees, but in fact the product with a very friendly user interface It actually can improve the efficiency of the collaboration of employees, "We do not want Outlook Connector as workplace social waste of time product."