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2GB, 3GB, when does it stop? Maybe even shared accounts for groups with admin privileges??
Published on April 5, 2005 By joeKnowledge In Google
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

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...




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on Apr 05, 2005
How do you get Gmail?
on Apr 05, 2005
by invite, if you want a invite email me jdubya@gmail.com
on Apr 05, 2005
Shared Gmail is a great idea, especially with the huge amout of interest RSS feeds have been getting recently. I don't see any reason why the Gmail team wouldn't want to add this themselves, without 3rd parties trying to makeshift ways to split up folders between users.

Thanks for the update, joeK
on Apr 06, 2005
How do you get Gmail?




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