Nov 23, 2010

Facebook's Platform Coup D'Etat of Google, Microsoft and Yahoo

http://www.fastcompany.com/1702845/forget-email-killer-facebook-pulls-platform-coup-detat-on-gmail-yahoo-microsoft?partner=rss&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+fastcompany%2Fheadlines+%28Fast+Company+Headlines%29
"Email--I can't imagine life without it--is probably going away," said Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg in June, citing how only 11% of teens use email daily.

That's the same story parroted Monday by Sandberg's boss, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, who introduced the company's new messaging service by suggesting a generational shift away from email.

"We don't really use email," was what he said he heard too often from younger family members. "Email is too slow."

Based on Sandberg's and Zuckerberg's comments, it's no surprise the blogosphere proclaimed the social network's new service a "Gmail k
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