What Online Service Or Site Couldn’t You Live Without?


What online service couldn’t you live without? According to ICM, 50% of 25-24 year olds in the UK couldn’t survive without email.  The survey also found tht 41% of teenagers said that they relied on e-mail and 44% of 35 to 44-year-olds said that email was vital.

I have to admit that I probably check my email probably every 10-15 minutes when I’m awake (It’s also one of the first things I do when I wake up, sometimes even the first if my laptop’s in the bedroom. ), even more so since I got my Nokia N95.  It probably would be more efficient to set my Nokia N95 to chime whenever I get a new message, but I’ve never had much joy setting up POP3 access with gmail. Plus, POP3 doesn’t allow me to flag spam messages, whereas the great gmail java client does, and it also maintains message threads.

If I had to choose a second service I couldn’t live without it would be Usenet access. I rely on Usenet for a lot of content – almost everyday.

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About the Author: Everton is based in London and has worked in the internet and mobile space for over ten years now, and before that worked in corporate strategy and consulting. He has a degree in Economics from Cambridge University, and currently runs the Portal and online operations for one of the largest ISPs in the UK. He also writes for Windows 8 News, Windows 8 News and One Tip A Day.

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  1. Brown Baron says:

    I’d have to say email. It’s become the most important tool for communicating. I can’t imagine not having email.

  2. 3gp says:

    i have quite a long list. I can liveout

    seobook.com
    seomoz.org
    forums.digitalpoint.com
    pakimp3.org
    wordpress.com

    and ofcource email :)

  3. Sanketh says:

    E-Mail
    IM(Yahoo/MSN)
    Forums
    And Blogs!

  4. I use above all Email but also Search Engines, Forums an Blogs.

  5. Mosey says:

    Email.
    For a time Forums, but now Blogs have taken the No. 1 spot!

    One thing I can’t live without everyday (aside from essential water/food) is music and a shower! :D

  6. Benjamin says:

    I would be absolutely devastated if I didn’t have

    Gmail (I don’t even know how many accounts I have there anymore)
    Google, as my degree rests on it :-)
    http://www.redhotpawn.com (it’s chess, not PRON)
    http://youretime.wordpress.com (my blog)

    I would be in pain without

    http://www.youtube.com
    http://www.tv-links.co.uk
    http://xo.typepad.com
    and many more

  7. listikal says:

    For a while it was Digg honestly. I do use e-mail a lot, but I use my cell phone as a texting/communication device more and more.

    I would say e-mail followed by Google Reader presently.

  8. Vinod says:

    In the order of importance:-
    1) EMail
    2) RSS

  9. How To Wake Up Early says:

    Email
    RSS (news, blogs etc)
    Audiobooks download

  10. These all services on web are just “MeToo” kinda thing.
    I’ll see my neighbor have a dog and i’ll bring one too.
    Nothing else.

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