Facebook to Launch Email Service, Competing with Gmail and Yahoo Mail
Nov 20, 2010
Facebook is set to launch an integrated email service on Monday, aiming to compete with Gmail and Yahoo Mail. This move will position Facebook as the largest email service provider in the world, serving its 500 million users. TechCrunch, a prominent Silicon Valley technology blog, reported that Facebook plans to announce a web-based email service featuring @facebook.com addresses at an event in San Francisco. This initiative, part of a secret project known as 'Project Titan,' is internally referred to as its 'Gmail killer.' Yahoo, Google, and Microsoft are already enhancing their email services to emphasize social connections. However, Facebook holds a significant advantage due to its extensive data on user relationships, making it easier to integrate email with its existing social services like photo-sharing. Facebook's new email service will seamlessly integrate with the social network, utilizing its network of friends model. The goal is to create a communication ecosystem tha