Wall Post: Have You Heard the Rumor about Facebook’s Email Facelift?
By: Amy Dugdale | Posted: 2010-02-08If you’re like me, you probably send the majority of your personal correspondence using a service such as Yahoo! Mail or Gmail. While I love Facebook, if I’ve got someone’s email address and I know it’s right – I’ll send it via email rather than sending a message through Facebook. Why? Well actually, for all the reasons TechCrunch’s Michael Arrington mentions in his Friday post – “Facebook's Project Titan: A Full Featured Webmail Product.”
According to Arrington, I’m not alone in my dislike for the Facebook messaging app (while I will say that when I don’t have an email address for a friend it is a lifesaver) – deleting old messages takes forever, among my other complaints. But apparently that’s all about to change. Arrington reports that Facebook is working on their “Gmail killer” a.k.a. Project Titan. Rumor has it that this new version will be full POP/IMAP support, which means we’ll be able to have an email account name like amyd@facebook.com with access to email through clients such as Microsoft Outlook. Pretty cool.
While I agree with Arrington that it may not be a true “Gmail killer,” I still applaud Facebook’s efforts to up their game in the email dept.
February 9th, 2010 - 08:52
Ah the PR machines are at work. Just saw this morning in USA Today that Google’s Gmail wants to challenge Facebook. According to Jefferson Graham:
The search giant is upgrading its Gmail program to add social-media tools similar to those found on Facebook. Google will incorporate photo and video sharing within the Gmail application, along with a new tool for status updates. Google will hold a press conference at its Mountain View, Calif., headquarters today to show off the new features.
Check out the article here: http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2010-02-09-gmail09_ST_N.htm?csp=Tech