Google Rolling Out New Social Service? (GOOG)

It looks like Google is rolling out a new toolbar on its main search page that contains a new item: your name.

TechCrunch and some other users have noticed the change. TechCrunch speculates it will eventually become the entryway for Google's long-rumored social service, which will let users share search results, news stories, and other content more easily with their friends.

So far, the new menu item only lets users sign out and change their settings -- the same things that are in two separate menu items today.

We're not seeing it yet, but we'll update this post as soon as we do....If you've got it, let us know in comments.

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Google Rolling Out New Social Service? (GOOG)

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Google Rolling Out Refresh to the Google Docs Documents List Over the Next Few Days

Google today announced that, over the next couple of days, they'll be rolling out a refresh to the documents list, aimed to make it more useful to find, explore and share all your files stored 100% on the web.

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Comcast Starts The Ball Rolling That Kills All-You-Can-Eat Internet Access (CMCST, LVLT, NFLX, AAPL)

Get ready to pay more for all the video you're watching on the Internet: The days of all-you-can-eat Internet access are growing scarce.

That's the REAL reason that Comcast is trying to get Level 3, a telecom company, to pay extra for the Internet video traffic it's pushing onto Comcast's pipes -- which Level 3 is now publicly complaining about.

As web video -- which uses a lot of bandwidth -- grows in popularity, Comcast will want to get paid more. Especially because web video is eventually going to replace a lot of the video you're currently watching on cable TV, and that you're paying Comcast a fat monthly bill for.

As more people replace part or all of their cable subscription with Internet video, Comcast is going to need to get its money somewhere, whether it's directly from consumers, or via a middle man, like Level 3.

Perhaps Comcast is first trying to make Internet video more expensive for Level 3 (and its customers like Netflix) to deliver, by charging more for bandwidth on the back end.

This would make business more expensive for streaming services like Netflix and iTunes, who may then have to charge consumers more for their video services. That would be extra sweet for Comcast -- more money, and weaker competition from iTunes and Netflix.

But if that doesn't work, because of either market or regulatory forces, Comcast may have to go after its own cable modem customers next to get that extra revenue. And that may mean an Internet bill that's much more than $45 per month.

Either way, don't expect this issue to go away -- and don't expect your all-in entertainment bill to go down.

Just because Internet video is the future, doesn't mean it's going to be cheap.

By the way, we'll be talking about this issue at IGNITION, our conference later this week about the future of media. If you haven't bought a ticket yet, what are you waiting for?

See Also: Why I Caved, Bought Cable TV, And Gave Up On My "Hulu Household"

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See Also:

• Comcast Shakes Down Internet Provider For Video Delivery
• Why I Caved, Bought Cable TV, And Gave Up On My 'Hulu Household'
• Sorry, There's No Way To Save The TV Business

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Gmail Call Recording Appears To Be Rolling Out Widely

Back in August, Gmail launched what is perhaps my favorite new feature ever: integration with Google Voice, which lets you make and receive calls directly from your computer. Earlier this month, there were some initial reports that Google had improved on this feature with a nifty addition: the ability to record inbound Google Voice calls directly from Gmail. Now it looks like Google is rolling out the feature more broadly — we've polled a few people and they're all seeing it, and there are plenty of reports on Twitter of people noticing it for the first time.

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