Will Gmail Morph Into an Online Storage Service?

 By 
Pete Cashmore
 on 
Will Gmail Morph Into an Online  Storage Service?

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Yesterday I waxed lyrical about Box.net, pointing out the importance of online storage to our mobile future. This reminded me of an article over on Trendwatching.com called LifeCaching, and this passage in particular:

With Google's Gmail setting new standards for massive free storage of email messages, files and everything else, expect free online storage to become the new craze for millions of consumers engaging in Life Caching...Trendwatching expects services like Gmail to morph into the digital equivalent of self storage spaces now found in most big cities.

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