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Inbox 2.0: Huh, did we have gold in our hands already?

November 14, 2007 · 2 Comments

I don’t often write posts that are this short ;-) . But having read the NY Times article + discussions here and here on Google and Yahoo’s plans for e-mail and it’s possibile ability to become a social networking thing I can only say:

Dear Yahoo, Microsoft and Google e-mail, Forget Facebook, start innovating e-mail!

Finally!

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2 responses so far ↓

  • Esteban // November 18, 2007 at 10:36 pm | Reply

    Nice fore-thinking, Alexander. I guess we’ll see how this evolves, but, to me it is one of those things that seem so natural that I can’t help but think “how didn’t they figure it out before”.

  • Alexander van Elsas // November 19, 2007 at 11:33 am | Reply

    @Esteban thanks. It beats me as well why they haven’t done this before. There are now a few alternatives available, but as Yahoo, Google, and Microsoft hasve the largest user bases, they should be able to innovate and keep their users to them. We will have to wait and see.

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