Facebook heats up the competitive e-mail landscape with Project Titan, a replacement for its outdated messaging service.   Rumors are that Project Titan will have POP/IMA support allowing it to have configurability with virtually any e-mail client including popular choices such as Entourage, Microsoft Outlook and Apple Mail.   Some analysts see this as a move that will allow Facebook to compete head-to-head with Google Gmail.   In January, Google expanded its territory a bit by including social search a feature into its beta product.  

Facebook is the big kid on the block when it comes to  social networking with 400 million users.  As it boosts its e-mail capabilities, it consolidates its position as a socialization and communication tool.

Both Facebook and Google are giants in their respective fields and it is unlikely that either one can make major inroads in each other’s territory. Their respective marketplaces are enormous however and even shift of even a few percentage points can make a big impact on their advertising revenue.

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