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Monday, November 15, 2010

yournamehere@facebook.com

I just came across this article today that announced Facebook's entry into the e-mail market. Zuckerberg claims that Facebook e-mail won't be your typical inbox. Rather, it will allow for seamless and simple "messaging" as opposed to "e-mailing". Users will have a running log of conversations and will be able to take advantage of easier sorting features. With many long-standing players already holding strong positions in this space (Yahoo Hotmail, Google Gmail, etc.), Facebook has an uphill climb if it wants to claim market share. Another interesting side note is AOL's recent announcement of its revamped e-mail service, dubbed "Project Phoenix". Even though this market is somewhat saturated, Facebook has a young, loyal and growing user base that may be willing to switch to its e-mail platform.
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  1. Vishal SuriNovember 16, 2010 at 10:02 AM

    This is becoming an interesting space. Surprisingly, Facebook doesn't mention anywhere that it has teamed up with Microsoft to provide the users the ability to share MS Office documents. Check this: http://blogs.technet.com/b/microsoft_iw_news_bites_blog/archive/2010/11/15/microsoft-office-comes-to-facebook.aspx

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