venturebeat.com — In ten years (an internet eternity), web-based email has only made token improvements, moving from Hotmail to Gmail. Meanwhile, instant messaging and social networks have rapidly developed. Four new startups, all of which came out of secrecy this year, point toward a bright new future for email.
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weebitOct 17, 2007
I just want my email, I don't need the other stuff. What they should be doing is fixing the email problems we already have. That would be a grand thing indeed.
athloninOct 17, 2007
Take a closer look at Xobni - it actually fixes many of the problems with email (searching for them, working with attachments, scheduling appointments, etc) and doesn't require any configuration. Only drawback is that it's Outlook only for now.
wassim2kOct 17, 2007
I'm surprised that none of their names have the word "Blue" in it. Blue Mail, Blue Bin, Blue Hippo, etc.
owdenbowdenOct 17, 2007
Amen Chewie. I could not agree with you more and I wish I could digg your comment up higher than the one they now allow. Most importantly is the Encryption and the Spoofing. To let you know how Phucked Up Soppfing is - I got some Ahole who spoofed the FBI. Not a great idea when you have very close friends of the family that work for the FBI and do not take kindly that you are spoofing them. Also, the only problem I can see with encryption is that what will be offered for the general user will already have been broken or manipulated so that a back door is in place. Kind of like our new Electronic voting machines.
gr0kOct 17, 2007
<a class="user" href="https://mail.google.com/mail/">https://mail.google.com/mail/</a> works fine for me...