GoFaxer Blog

For further proof of how Google is taking over the world, take note of Gmail, their wonderful email platform. It’s become the new standard for free email services. Frankly, it’s so good; it’s hard to imagine why you’d need anything else. Many companies are foregoing the purchase of company email accounts through Microsoft Outlook and are using Gmail exclusively.

Some cool features:

• A great notifier which pops up a little window every time you have an email.
• Plenty of storage.
• Incredibly smart storage and sorting options.
• Great searching operations.
• Free IMAP and POP access if you want to route it into another email program like Outlook or Apple Mail.
• A cool starring and custom color labels  system that lets you organize conversations easily.
• Connects with Google Talk, letting you IM and group chat easily.
• It also connects easily to other Google services like Picasa for storing picture albums to share with friends and Google Docs for storing public files.
• A great calendar program, where you can schedule meetings and other events.

In the end, do we really need anything more besides Google? Well, you might need an email fax service, at which point I’d recommend GoFaxer. But otherwise, I think Google’s got us covered.

Recently, I’ve been considering the future of technology. It’s occurred to me that more and more applications that would typically be software on your computer are becoming available online, often for free.

For example, it used to be that you’d need software to organize your email. But now you can use Gmail which is proving just as functional of an organization platform as Outlook or Apple Mail.

It used to be that if you wanted a fax to email service you’d have to download software onto your computer. But now you can use services like GoFaxer which is completely accessible online and doesn’t require software.

A recent article at MSN.com outlines the future of computer technology. It suggests that eventually you won’t even have a PC:

Once freed from the keyboard, you’ll be able to talk or gesture to your computer from virtually any display in your home. Or you may carry your pocket-size computer with you and beam the image to a nanocomputer embedded in the nearest wall-size screen. Paper-thin displays are inching closer to reality, too.

And these small pocket sized computers will be freed from excessive software. They’ll simply need really strong connection to the Internet. Additionally, every day objects will be connected to the Internet. Your toilet will monitor your health and your fridge will be able to notify you when you’re running out of milk and where the nearest grocery store has it on sale.

It’s going to be a brave new world. I can’t wait.