Facebook Readying Rival To Google Mail (Gmail)?

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Facebook Readying Rival To Google Mail (Gmail)? [bbc.co.uk]

Facebook is expected to launch a new messaging system seen as a challenge to Google's Gmail, Yahoo and Hotmail.

The giant social network - which boasts more than 500 million users worldwide - will host a special event in San Francisco on Monday.

Unconfirmed reports suggest Facebook could announce its own e-mail address - @facebook.com - or even a fully-fledged web-based e-mail system.

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Sounds like it's going to be more of an IM or SMS type of system.