A hoax about Google closing Gmail went viral, with Elon Musk hinting at launching XMail as an alternative. If successful, XMail could generate $2.7 billion monthly revenue by attracting half of Gmail's 1.8 billion users. Musk also plans to rival Google with an unbiased search engine and email service.
Yo @elonmusk - we need to get rid of EMAIL! https://t.co/uP5TI9l7Bs https://t.co/BL4AoabhdF
This story @Forbes now updated as while the viral Gmail closure was a hoax, Google has confirmed bad news regarding Google Pay for some users. #google #News https://t.co/tutLarsKmN
Elon Musk Hints at Plans for an Unbiased Search Engine, Email Service to Rival Google SpaceX and X owner Elon Musk has taken aim at Google following the controversy over its AI image generator, Gemini. The image generator was generating historically inaccurate images of Vikings,… https://t.co/cVPykh3b8g
By me @Forbes: Google falls victim to manipulated media as ‘Gmail closing down’ email goes viral. #viral #gmail #x https://t.co/ujjOxFoaJI
This gmail thing was a hoax https://t.co/ACCMAro7H2
After creating his own version of #ChatGPT, #Grok, now #ElonMusk seems to be set to take on popular email provider #Gmail, owned by Google. #XMail https://t.co/4LOAZ5vXx2
Gmail shutdown hoax: #ElonMusk says Google service alternative Xmail is ‘coming’ https://t.co/y9nbx3RYCw
Ran some numbers on this. Gmail apparently has 1.8 billion users. If Elon launches XMail as part of the Basic $3/mo subscription and gets just half of Gmail users to switch over that’s $2.7 BILLION A MONTH in new revenues for X. Wow! https://t.co/ouZAIcXgq2
By me @Forbes: Is Google really closing Gmail down? Betteridge’s Law applies… #Gmail #viral https://t.co/ujjOxFoaJI