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20 years ago, people thought Google’s Gmail launch was an April Fool’s Day joke
Two decades after launching, Gmail now has an estimated 1.8 billion active accounts. Photo illustration by Idrees Abbas/SOPA Images/Sipa USA via Reuters SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin loved pulling pranks, so much so they began rolling outlandish ideas every April Fool’s Day not long after starting their company more …
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Gmail debuted on April Fool’s Day 20 years ago. The joke is still on us.
A completely free email service offering 1 GB of storage, integrated search capabilities, and automatic message threading? Too good to be true. At least, that’s what many people thought 20 years ago today, when Google announced Gmail’s debut. To be fair, it’s easy to see why some AP News readers wrote letters claiming the outlet’s …