[eye30]

Users of Google's Gmail service will soon be able to send messages directly to other Gmail accounts, regardless of whether the recipient has shared their email address.

The new feature will include everyone signed up to both Gmail and Google+, the web giant's social network.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-25680010

[Surferdude]

Sounds like Gmail and Google+ are about to go on my scrap heap.

[Phil №❶]

You can turn it off, apparently

[The Gonz]

I went into mine and turned everything off, which makes the whole Plus idea a joke.