Google has lost the right to use the ‘Gmail’ name in Europe, and will probably have to resort to using ‘Google Mail’ to market its webmail service.
The name has been owned for over six years by a German entrepreneur that has founded a service called GMail, a same day mail delivery service, so I think the decision is fair enough.
I seriously don’t think this will be an issue for Google and to be honest, I like the name Google Mail better. Europe’s a big enough place for Google to be able to develop the Google Mail brand in addition to the Gmail brand.
I’m a heavy user of Google services, I use Gmail Google Mail for my email, Google Reader for my RSS, Google Talk for my IM just as heavily as MSN Messenger now, and of course Google Search.
Are you a Google Fanboy as well? I just can’t see at the moment how anyone is going to break Google’s market dominance, when they continue to launch the best products.
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