Since Facebook unveiled its brand new email service last week, tech journalists have been pondering whether or not the @facebook.com email addresses will totally supplant the seemingly ubiquitous @gmail.com address in the coming months. Facebook's "Facebook Messages" -- which seamlessly combines text messages, Facebook's pre-existing chat client, and conventional email -- looks more likely to be a hit among the teenagers and other Millennials already ingratiated into the Facebook communications ecosystem. The Pew Internet and American Life Project examined the communication habits of America's youth to evaluate the extent to which Facebook would supplant other email services. [...]

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