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2GB, 3GB, when does it stop? Maybe even shared accounts for groups with admin privileges??
http://news.com.com/Google+plans+to+double+Gmail+capacity--at+least/2100-1032_3-5649571.html?tag=st.rn
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What is next I say? Limitless storage maybe? I mean with only 1 percent of users actually using 1 GB why not?
Also, with sharing, social networking on the rise, RSS feeds and blogging, I think the next logical step is shared GMail accounts. You get a RSS feed from your account as it is, but what if you wanted to share your emails with people using the RSS feed?
I mentioned this in a thread about DX3 that Frogboy started. I was thinking could DesktopX allow people to view ONLY the emails in a specific GMAIL folder. He said it was possible, and I think it is too.
But what if GMail makes this possible to share your account?
SOURCE: CNET News.com
By Evan Hansen Staff Writer, CNET News.com
Google says it will dramatically ramp up the storage available with its Gmail Web-based e-mail service, raising the bar for rivals in the sharply competitive business for the second time in a year.
The Mountain View, Calif.-based Web giant on Friday plans to double the free storage on Gmail from 1GB to 2GB, said Georges Harik, Gmail product management director. After that, Google will add a yet-to-be-determined amount of extra storage daily, with no plans to stop.
The move highlights the seemingly inexhaustible storage needs of a small group of heavy e-mail users, and the sharply falling costs of online storage. Lifting predefined storage caps for Web-based e-mail could have broader ripple effects, Harik said, changing the way people think about quotas from something...
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Also, with sharing, social networking on the rise, RSS feeds and blogging, I think the next logical step is shared GMail accounts. You get a RSS feed from your account as it is, but what if you wanted to share your emails with people using the RSS feed?
I mentioned this in a thread about DX3 that Frogboy started. I was thinking could DesktopX allow people to view ONLY the emails in a specific GMAIL folder. He said it was possible, and I think it is too.
But what if GMail makes this possible to share your account?
SOURCE: CNET News.com
Google plans to double Gmail capacity--at least
By Evan Hansen Staff Writer, CNET News.com
Google says it will dramatically ramp up the storage available with its Gmail Web-based e-mail service, raising the bar for rivals in the sharply competitive business for the second time in a year.
The Mountain View, Calif.-based Web giant on Friday plans to double the free storage on Gmail from 1GB to 2GB, said Georges Harik, Gmail product management director. After that, Google will add a yet-to-be-determined amount of extra storage daily, with no plans to stop.
The move highlights the seemingly inexhaustible storage needs of a small group of heavy e-mail users, and the sharply falling costs of online storage. Lifting predefined storage caps for Web-based e-mail could have broader ripple effects, Harik said, changing the way people think about quotas from something...
For more, click on the link provided...
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