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Friday, February 5, 2010
Will e-mails vanish?
The later years of this decade saw people hooked on to their PCs, mostly with the social networking sites - orkut, twitter and faceboook, especially teens. Reconnecting with childhood friends, relatives, colleagues, sharing useful and unwanted information, birthday wishes, chatting, quiz, puzzles, games.... and what not?
When messages could be conveyed easily via such sites, a question arises. What is the need for e-mails?
In 90s, the development of electronic mail technology reached the pinnacle. While the wireless communication involved high costs, people preferred highly encrypted mailing techniques to send messages.
A leading scientist from the University of Kent in the UK has warned that e-mails can be wiped out within the next ten years due to the rise of social networking sites.
Professor David Zeitlyn has said that the social networking sites are becoming easier and accessible through mobile. So, mailing messages through instant messaging or social networking sites is a good option to look for.
Even celebs and politicians are fans of those faster and interesting methods. He says, "e-mail took 20 years to develop".
Even though social networking sites have turned out to addict teens, it is also a major cause of trouble. Privacy issues are a primary concern. Photos could be easily copied. The whole lot of friends are aware of the messages exchanged.
Confidential documents can be transferred using e-mails only. A one to one interaction is possible. Mailing system offers a high storage capacity of around 7500Mb or higher, providing spam option.
Social networking sites definitely cannot outperform fruition of two decades and that there is no possibility of the question "will e-mails vanish?"
