The Flock browser pulls together all of your favorite people, places and content into a single, convenient view. Flock’s 1.1 release includes the addition of Yahoo Mail and Gmail support, the integration of the Picasa photo sharing service, and a Friend Activity feed, which keeps you updated on your friend’s most recent activities across Flock’s many supported services. Flock chose this week’s Macworld conference to premiere version 1.1 of The Social Web Browser after numerous publications named Flock as their “New Favorite Web Browser” as well as the version 1.0 being named to CNET’s list of ‘Best Mac Software of 2007.’

“Email is the single most frequently used communication application on the web, and is often overlooked as social activity,” said Shawn Hardin, CEO of Flock. “With Flock 1.1, we’ve integrated email, Picasa photo sharing and Friend Activity to extend our focus of putting users at the center of their entire social experience on the web.”

New features of Flock 1.1 include:

• Web Mail Integration – Flock has integrated Yahoo Mail and Gmail to let users easily share web pages, images and articles with a simple click-to-compose function within the browser. When users receive new email, the Flock Mail icon lights up to let Flock users know that new messages are waiting for them.
• Friend Activity – Flock helps you stay in touch with your favorite people across Flock’s supported social services. Now Flock lets users know when their friends have changed their profile or online status, uploaded new photos or even if they have just Twittered or posted something new.
• Picasa Integration – Flock now supports Picasa, one of today’s most popular photo sharing services. Picasa photos can now be quickly and easily uploaded using the Flock photo uploader. Flock users will now be able to share their Picasa photos via web mail or by simply dragging and dropping them into the Flock People Sidebar. This capability was introduced with YouTube, Photobucket, Facebook, Flickr, Truveo, and Piczo in Flock’s 1.0 release.

Flock is now available for free download at http://www.flock.com.

About Flock

Flock is The Social Web Browser. It’s the browser, evolved for people. It is free to download and use. Flock simplifies and extends the use of social and web-based applications to enable the richest user experience possible across information-gathering, sharing, communication, self-expression and interaction. Flock delivers a more personal experience of the web, where its users are in control and more connected to what they value. Flock was founded in 2005. The company is based in Mountain View, CA, with an office in Victoria, British Columbia.