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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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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 …