In a number of areas, Google trounces other free E-mail services, including those offered by Microsoft and Yahoo.
Google Inc.’s free E-mail service has been derided as an obnoxious privacy invasion that will suck up vast amounts of user data and deposit information into a massive database that never disappears.And that’s before it’s even officially available.
The Internet search leader says its computers will merely be scanning E-mail so it can place relevant and nonintrusive text ads next to messages. That’s how Google plans to make a buck–and be able to offer the service without charging the user.
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