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# Facebook's 'Gmail killer'
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## Facebook could be poised to announce a radical overhaul of its messaging
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service, internet rumours are suggesting. But will @Facebook.com addresses
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really allow the social network to rival Gmail?
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![Facebook's invite to their Monday event uses its messaging icons][1]
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Facebook's invite to their Monday event uses its messaging icons
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By Matt Warman, Consumer Technology Editor 1:22PM GMT 12 Nov 2010
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[Comments][2]
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[**Facebook**][3] will hold an event on Monday that internet rumours are
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suggesting could include the announcement of its own email service. The
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announcement of "Project Titan" could see personal "@facebook.com" email
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addresses unveiled for the public, and overhaul the site's entire messaging
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system.
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No UK event is planned, however, so it seems that the so-called "gmail killer"
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may initially have a limited launch, if indeed it exists.
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Techcrunch has [reported][4] that the product may be limited at launch, while
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pointing to the significant potential of an email application that integrates
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with Facebook's popular places, photos and events applications.
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Unusually, Facebook has chosen not to use its Palo Alto headquarters. Instead
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the even will tie in with the Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco. The social
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network's founder Mark Zuckerberg will be speaking at the summit the following
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afternoon.
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[According to Mashable][5], Facebook's current messaging system is "difficult
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to manage; users are unable to send messages outside of Facebook; and the
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system can't handle simple things like attachments and forwarding. If Facebook
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really wants to take on Google, it needs to have a far more robust messaging
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system akin to web-based e-mail. Monday may be the day we see that happen."
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## Related Articles
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* [We are losing the battle for online privacy][6]
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09 Nov 2010
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* [Facebook launches Places Deals and new iPhone and Android App][7]
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04 Nov 2010
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* [Facebook says new messaging service will make email addresses
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obsolete][8]
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16 Nov 2010
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Project Titan was first mentioned in detail by Michael Arrington [on
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TechCrunch][9] in February. It has not yet, however, received any official
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confirmation that it is a full webmail product.
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[What are these?][11]
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* Share: [Share][10] [ ][12] [ ][13]
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[Tweet][14]
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/facebook/8128935/Facebooks-Gmail-
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killer.html
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Telegraph
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## [Facebook][3]
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* ### [News »][15]
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* ### [Technology »][16]
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* ### [Technology News »][17]
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* ### [Mark Zuckerberg »][18]
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In technology
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[![Facebook has announced a revamp of its Messages feature][19] ][20]
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### [Facebook.com email address for sale on eBay][20]
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[![Mike Jones MySpace][21] ][22]
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### [MySpace surrenders to Facebook][22]
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[![][23] ][24]
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### [Facebook Credits go on sale][24]
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[![The Telegraph on Twitter][25]][26]
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### [Follow us on Twitter][26]
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[X][10] Share & bookmark
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Digg Fark LinkedIn Google Buzz StumbleUpon Y! Buzz
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[What are these?][11]
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Share:
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* [ ][10]
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* [Tweet][14]
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* Advertisement
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Please enable JavaScript to view the [comments powered by Disqus.][28] [blog
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[![Follow The Telegraph on social media][30]][31]
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* TODAY
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* PAST WEEK
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* PAST MONTH
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1. [Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook founder, slaughters his own food][33]
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2. [Mark Zuckerberg: children should be allowed to use Facebook][34]
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3. [US develop software to analyse metaphors][35]
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4. [Stuxnet virus: US refuses to deny involvement][36]
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5. [Nook ereader impresses the US but might never come to Britain][37]
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1. [Reiss website crashes as shoppers rush to buy Kate's dress][38]
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2. [Newspaper publishes name of footballer with gagging order][39]
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3. [Tweets about super-injunction footballer spike after attempts to gag
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Twitter][40]
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4. [Max Clifford: Ryan Giggs 'affair' may never have come out without
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injunction][41]
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5. [Ryan Giggs unmasked as gagging order footballer][42]
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1. [Mr Men Google doodles celebrate 76th birthday of creator Roger
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Hargreaves][43]
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2. [Meet the woman allergic to electricity][44]
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3. [Jeremy Clarkson texts Jemima Khan over 'nightmare' super-injunction
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claims on Twitter][45]
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4. [Wikipedia users name celebrities with gagging orders][46]
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5. [Alarm over EU 'Great Firewall' proposal][47]
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[EDITOR'S CHOICE »][48]
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### [Gil Scott-Heron: 'A voice for Shakespeare'][49]
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[![Gil Scott-Heron][50]][49]
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Composer, musician, poet and author whose writing provided a vivid commentary
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on the black American experience.
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### [Beekeeping diary: the new colonies arrive][51]
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### [Spectacular light show dazzles Sydney][52]
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### [WS Gilbert: a knight for our times][53]
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