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When Gmail arrived 20 years ago, people thought it was an April Fools prank
Artie Beaty/ZDNET When Gmail was launched on April 1, 2004, many people thought Google’s announcement of its own email platform was an April Fool’s Day prank. Google’s advertised 1 GB of free storage was a staggering amount for the time, especially compared to email alternatives like Hotmail and Yahoo, each of which offered a tiny …