Yammer Launches Groups, Twitter....still working on it

Yammer, the Twitter like service for companies, launched a group feature earlier this week. They added the group feature citing that it was one of the most requested features. I enjoy the feature on Yammer, but this makes me wonder about Twitter...



When will Twitter finally launch a group feature? I know they are working on it, but it has been a slow process so far. It was only recently that 'fail whales' started becoming a rare occurrence.

Twitter has a few obstacles to deal with:
- Hasn't monetized
- No groups
- Managing rapid growth
- Lack of features, etc.

It is my current prediction that Twitter will be monetized and have significantly more features within six months to a year. Time will tell if I'm right.

Yammer: Twitter with a business model (pun intended)

TechCrunch50 announced Yammer as the winner of its start-up contest this week. As a moderate Twitter user, I felt compelled to give it a try. My thoughts:

- I'm impressed. A very simple idea, but brilliant. Exclusive Twitter type networks for companies. This is very beneficial for so many reasons.

- The live updating is a very cool feature. No constant refreshing of the page needed.

- No fail whales...so far at least. We will see when it becomes more popular.

- The exclusivity is a great feature.

Read more about it here.