Author Topic: Gmail... looking forward to it (Read 254 times)

Saintaw · « **on:** May 14, 2004, 08:41:33 AM »

This is something to look forward to in a near future:

google is about to launch a 1Gb free webmail.

http://www.google.com/press/pressrel/gmail.html

https://gmail.google.com/

Mickey1992 · « **Reply #1 on:** May 14, 2004, 09:05:10 AM »

"Google requires engineers to spend a day a week on projects that interest them, unrelated to their day jobs."

Would "testing the effects of alcohol on the liver" be considered a project that interests me? I think so.

DiabloTX · « **Reply #2 on:** May 14, 2004, 09:21:05 AM »

You trying out for the FDB's, Mickey?

NATEDOG · « **Reply #3 on:** May 14, 2004, 09:29:04 AM »

Mickey1992 · « **Reply #4 on:** May 14, 2004, 09:40:23 AM »

NATEDOG. You weren't Col Natedawg at Bouzonville last night, were you?

NATEDOG · « **Reply #5 on:** May 14, 2004, 10:00:48 AM »

nope sorry

Ripsnort · « **Reply #6 on:** May 14, 2004, 10:16:17 AM »

Gmail will place a cookie on your computer (or some sort of resident) for selling off information. Was on the radio yesterday.

Saintaw · « **Reply #7 on:** May 14, 2004, 10:45:43 AM »

What is does (apparently) is to pass up targeted ads (in text format) at the bottom of the emails.

I won't post the link i found... it's in french.

Nevertheless, 1Gb for free is pretty nice, hopefully it'll push the other large webmail companies (hotmail, imail, yahoo, excite...) to up their limits.

Oh, and Rip... a cookie is just plain text, what it can probably do is store the references to the products you're interested in & set the related adds to those products.