It's time to review the week that was on ReadWriteWeb. On the product side we continued our ongoing analysis of the iPhone 3G and its accompanying App Store, we looked closely at a Gmail update to its contact management system, covered the US launch of Microsoft Live Mesh, and reported on a developer revolt with Google's Android. On the trends side we revisited the Facebook platform, asked whether startups need Community Managers, looked into mainstream usage of the browser address bar, and told you a story about how Twitter's "Fail Whale" was created.

Gmail Tries to Be Less Creepy, Fails

Gmail, Google's powerful web based email service, announced some changes to its contact management features this week. Contact management has for some time been a contentious matter among Google Account holders - the company does strange and mysterious things with your email contacts, including tying them in to some other applications without anyone's permission. This week's new changes failed to alleviate those concerns, perhaps making the situation even less clear than Read the full article