1. Will Social Features Make Email Sexy Again? By: Kevin Delaney and Vauhini Vara Presented By: Nathan Miller, Amy Murray, Megan Monaco, Michelle Nicol

2. Email Services vs. Social Networks  Email- Yahoo, Microsoft, AOL, Google  Social Networks- Facebook, My Space, Live Journal

3. Developments in Email Adding sociable functions  Personal Profiles  Picture Sharing  Tracking Friends

4. Developments in Social Networks Adding messaging capabilities  Send emails to outside accounts  Transmit video messages  Soon will be able to make voice calls

5. Consequences of new email & social networks New Email- -May not need social networks to track friends New Social Networks- Implicate Internet portals that rely on consumer traffic

6. Current Users  542.9 million users of email accessed through Web browsers  483.7 million social networking users  Predict 1.4 billion email accounts at the end of the year

7. New Email Services  Yahoo - See which friends are online - Considering offering special services within network -Can send bigger files to friends -Profile pages indicate birthdays -Looking to expand so that friends can be found on other networks

8. New Email Services  AOL - Allowing users to access social networks through email - AOL Instant Messages will have better profiles  Google (GMail) - Tracking frequency of email and correspondence to help friend connections - Provide outside Web developers so users can have personalized home pages

9. Figures to Consider  Only 20% of Yahoo users have My Space Accounts  Only 10% of Yahoo users have Facebook Accounts  Microsoft does not believe Social Networks “crimping” usage, numbers increased from 285 million in July

10. New Social Networks  Facebook -Connections between users “backbone” - Photo sharing, Event Planning - “News Feed” about friends - Send email to outside email addresses  My Space - Make “Internet voice calls”