I logged into Gigya webmail tonight. I’ve always liked its clean, open layout and speed of operation. It also has lots of other sharing features and things I never used.
On logging in I was greeted with this announcement:
Note: the Gigya webmail service will be discontinued permanently on June 15th. We recommend that you forward any email containing important contacts or content to another email service of yours by July 15th. We are sorry for the inconvenience.
And yes, there are two different dates quoted there. I think they mean it’s closing on July 15.
I appreciate the fact they gave notice, but this shutdown doesn’t inspire confidence in any new webmail venture.
I’m holding back on greater use of Zenbe, GMX and Orgoo until I see how they fare.
Gmail is such a great product it’s hard to see others gaining traction. Competition is good, choice is good. Hopefully a couple of the challengers gain enough traction to stay in the marketplace.
These articles might be of interest:
