Anyone know of a desktop mac application that combines social networks and mail? Similar to the not-yet-released Mozilla Raindrop or Windows only Inbox2?

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Try Flock (http://flock.com/). Although it’s not mainly an e-mail app, it can check if you have new mail and display a notification.

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