Is Facebook Launching Its Own Email Client?

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Siobhan O'Connor
Author of No More Dirty Looks.

November 12, 2010 • 10:30 am PST
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This Facebook-Google feud is heating up—and will get especially interesting if the news is true that Facebook is planning to launch its very own "Gmail killer" on Monday. Techcrunch broke the story:

Back in February we wrote about Facebook’s secret Project Titan—a web-based email client that we hear is unofficially referred to internally as its “Gmail killer.” Now we’ve heard from sources that this is indeed what’s coming on Monday during Facebook’s special event, alongside personal @facebook.com email addresses for users.

Would you abandon gmail for an @facebook email account?

Image (cc) by Flickr user John Haydon

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Tags: politics,; business,; technology,; facebook,; google,; social media,; social networking,; privacy,; gmail,; "gmail killer,; " email

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