Both Google GrandCentral and SocialShake.com are very unique and similar in nature to one another however they are both two completely different communication tools. GrandCentral is for phones and SocialShake is for email. Please note they are both unaffiliated with each other.
GrandCentral gives you ‘One Number…for Life’, a phone number that instead of being tied to a device or a location, is tied to you. You can use GrandCentral to centralize your communication, customize your callers’ experience, and make sure you never miss a call you want to take.
A video on how Google Grandcentral works is located here http://www.grandcentral.com/home/one_number. SocialShake works in the same manner but for email.
SocialShake gives you ‘One Email…for Life’, an email that is also not tied to a specific provider like yahoo, gmail, or even your employer. You can use SocialShake to centralize and organize all your emails regardless if it’s work or personal related so you never miss or lose communication with anyone you know.
Similarities:
- GrandCentral allows for one phone number to keep for life, and SocialShake allows for one email address to keep for life.
- GrandCentral sends an incoming call to the phone number you choose depending on who the caller is. SocialShake sends an incoming email to the email address you choose depending on who the email sender is.
- Both allow protecting your privacy by blocking annoying or uninvited users.
Differences:
- GrandCentral is in private beta and is invitation only. SocialShake is in public beta and you can sign up for your free email.
- GrandCentral only allows grouping callers that you know only into the following groups: Family, Friends, Work, and Others. SocialShake is completely customizable and you can create any group or what SocialShake calls a “network”.
- GrandCentral is very limited on filtering calls with the only option of filtering by phone number. SocialShake takes the complete Social Graph on how you might know a sender of an email. You can specify how you know the sender of an email by their email address, instant message, social networks such as Facebook, MySpace, Linkedin and etc., phone number, name or address, school, military, and organizations.
We all have very complex lives and we will go through life with many life events. Everyone’s information is dynamic and will always change around every turn. SocialShake.com acknowledges this by providing a unique solution for one email address for life.
Related Information:
Google GrandCentral website: http://www.grandcentral.com
SocialShake.com website: http://www.socialshake.com
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