Why Email Needs to Change


	Why Email Needs to Change

Marcariel

4-25-2009 2:01 PM

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email, inbox, messages, universal, tracking

Marcariel says:

I agree. Email is just a record of my online activity. It is also a way for my family to share things (outside of Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, and all the other ways and places I'm scattered across the web. I'll be looking for these types of changes in the near future.

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