I just got a GMail invitation
Perhaps you've been following the discussion about GMail, the new web based email service being offered by Google.
It has caused quite a stir, not because it is offering 1 - 2 gigabytes (yes, gigabytes) of online storage space, but because Google will have its computers read your message to that the ads that they present on the service will relate to the topics in your email message.
Privacy advocates are concerned, and I guess they should be. For me, all that online storage space plus the smart sorting and finding (not yet totally worked out in this beta) is a real enticement.
I think I blogged earlier about the advantage of using these new, large online email accounts for backups (eg: hotmail, yahoo, gmail). Google upped the ante with their offer of large accounts. Hotmail and Yahoo have responded well!
And all are a great deal.
We'll see how the GMail goes. I have high expectations.
It has caused quite a stir, not because it is offering 1 - 2 gigabytes (yes, gigabytes) of online storage space, but because Google will have its computers read your message to that the ads that they present on the service will relate to the topics in your email message.
Privacy advocates are concerned, and I guess they should be. For me, all that online storage space plus the smart sorting and finding (not yet totally worked out in this beta) is a real enticement.
I think I blogged earlier about the advantage of using these new, large online email accounts for backups (eg: hotmail, yahoo, gmail). Google upped the ante with their offer of large accounts. Hotmail and Yahoo have responded well!
And all are a great deal.
We'll see how the GMail goes. I have high expectations.
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