Yahoo! Inc. (YHOO) Mail Users Get Second Chance at No. 1 Email Address

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More importantly, Yahoo! has taken a big step here toward regaining the innovation initiative from more successful Internet rivals such as Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB), Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT), and in particular Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG). Lately, Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) has been the new kid on the block, offering up all sorts of new e-widgets to its users such as the now-open-for-business Graph Search. Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) actually restarted the email address wars with its launch of Outlook.com earlier this year, putting a new batch of primo email addresses up for grabs. Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) has had widely publicized problems with digital dopplegangers getting each others’ mail addressed to too-similar email addresses — and now Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO)’s CEO is sticking a finger in the eye of her old employer, with a move designed to give users a reason to switch back from Gmail to Yahoo! mail.

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What next?
Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO) says it will begin notifying Yahoo! mail users of addresses that have become re-available sometime mid-August — so keep your eyes peeled. Recipients will be given 48 hours to claim their most-desired Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO) mail address, assuming it’s become available. Wait too long, however, and you’ll miss your chance at the email address of your dreams… again.

The article Yahoo! Mail Users Get Second Chance at No. 1 Email Address originally appeared on Fool.com and is written by Rich Smith.

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