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Gmail now the world's largest email service
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article published on 29 June, 2012
Google has announced today that their Gmail email service is now the largest in the world.
The service has surpassed long-time rival Hotmail, and now has over 425 million monthly active users.
Yahoo Mail used to be the market leader, but has since lost its luster. A year ago, Hotmail announced it had reached 360 million unique users per month, after 15 years. Google launched Gmail, ... [ read the full article ]
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Steel-Ice
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29. June 2012 @ 13:07 |
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A lot of that growth can be contributed to android. I have an email account for all three. I use my hotmail account the least and my gmail account is my main because it is great at blocking spam.
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29. June 2012 @ 13:12 |
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I've got tons if accounts for all three...never even check the non-gmail accounts anymore. ComScore is clearly not even trying if they didn't bother to account for mobiles, with the exception of work email accounts, everyone I know uses their phone for email. It is like saying Mazda is the most used car on earth, but only checking the racetracks, not the streets.
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29. June 2012 @ 13:24 |
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One of the big reasons G-Mail has gotten so "big" is because of YouTube. You MUST have a G-Mail account to have a YouTube channel. I didn't want one but was forced into one by "GoogTube".
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A5J4DX
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29. June 2012 @ 17:13 |
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good stuff google ;)
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hearme0
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30. June 2012 @ 02:38 |
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Originally posted by Steel-Ice:
A lot of that growth can be contributed to android. I have an email account for all three. I use my hotmail account the least and my gmail account is my main because it is great at blocking spam.
I was going to say the exact same thing........attribute this behemoth to Android that mandates a Gmail account for any practical use. Otherwise........Gmail users are just a bunch of lemmings all jumping off the same cliff; especially those that anxiously awaited early adoption availability.
Personally......I don't feel any "cooler" for having one and never use anyway except when my Android device needs it.
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30. June 2012 @ 04:47 |
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lots of sites require a gmail account not just youtube.im still using hotmail got my account from about 1998 and another one on hotmail i use.
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30. June 2012 @ 13:06 |
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Gmail isn't "cool"...but it works very well. The spam filter is wonderful and the security is about as solid as you could ask for in a free service.
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xaznboitx
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2. July 2012 @ 00:23 |
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I keep getting email 3 days late.... I checked my email everyday and when I check it today, it says I got the email 3 days ago but it wasn't in my inbox til today.... this the 5th time it's happened.
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SProdigy
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2. July 2012 @ 15:54 |
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Actually you need a Gmail account for EVERYTHING Google. These numbers are further inflated, because web developers (such as myself) are limited to 25 websites monitored via Google Analytics, so each time I go over 25, I need yet another Gmail account that I'll never use for anything else.
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4iiiis
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9. July 2012 @ 12:51 |
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Originally posted by hearme0:
Originally posted by Steel-Ice:
A lot of that growth can be contributed to android. I have an email account for all three. I use my hotmail account the least and my gmail account is my main because it is great at blocking spam.
I was going to say the exact same thing........attribute this behemoth to Android that mandates a Gmail account for any practical use. Otherwise........Gmail users are just a bunch of lemmings all jumping off the same cliff; especially those that anxiously awaited early adoption availability.
Personally......I don't feel any "cooler" for having one and never use anyway except when my Android device needs it.
You could also say the same thing about Apple (Lemmings that is).
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