December 20th, New York Times.
The number of people using email to communicate is decreasing, notably for the younger generations-people between the ages of 12 and 17. The number of visits to Yahoo and and Hotmail have dropped 18%. This decrease is due to a preference for instant gratification that texting and instant messaging provides.
Facebook has responded by introducing a messaging service that is similar to instant messaging. They eliminated the subject line on messages, removed the “CC” and “BCC” lines, and added the ability for the enter key to send a message rather than start a new paragraph. “The future of messaging is more real time, more conversational and more casual” , Andrew Bosworth, director of engineering for Facebook commented.
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