Would You Like To Play Games While You Check Your Email?
Mashable Jan 12 09
I guess it depends on your line of work. Email is a chore (an unpleasant one) for me, and I like to get over with it and move to something more interesting as soon as possible. On the other hand, casual users might like the idea of playing a game while checking their email, and I’m guessing they’re the audience Yahoo had in mind when they introduced social games into Yahoo Mail.
It’s not just games, of course. Yahoo has been talking about Inbox 2.0 for quite a while now; the idea is to put your email inbox in the centre of your online social experience. Developers have been able to create applications for the Mail Application Platform for about a month now, but it’s too early to tell whether the entire concept is gaining much traction among users (or winning over new users from Gmail, Hotmail and other competitors). Full story...
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