Gmail, Google's revolutionary email service, celebrated its 20th anniversary on April 1, 2024. Launched on April Fool's Day in 2004, Gmail was initially met with skepticism due to its release date and the unprecedented offer of 1 GB of free storage, far exceeding the capacity of other webmail services at the time. This move was in line with Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin's penchant for April Fool's Day pranks. However, Gmail was no joke; it introduced features such as organizing messages into conversations, a powerful search function, and a promise of never needing to delete emails to make room for new ones. Today, Gmail boasts 1.8 billion active accounts and has expanded its storage capacity to 15 GBs for each user, cementing its status as a leader in email services.
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OTD in 2004, @Google announced a beta release of #Gmail. It offered 1 GB storage (>100x that of other email services), organization of messages into "conversations," and speedy search of one's own archives. Because it was announced on #AprilFoolsDay, many thought it was a prank. https://t.co/ubgCOw2tDc
Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin decided to unveil something no one would believe was possible 20 years ago on April Fool’s Day: Gmail. https://t.co/SqLE3HrZGe
Did you know that Google rolled out Gmail on this date more than 20 years ago and people thought it was an April Fool's Day prank? #8NN https://t.co/leQTeCyZIM
Gmail revolutionized email 20 years ago. People thought it was Google's April Fools' Day joke https://t.co/KRRpfRzXWc
With Google's history of pranks, the company's co-founders decided to unveil something real that no one would believe was possible 20 years ago on April Fools' Day. https://t.co/hAoxrWtmds
Nothing we could ever do could top the ultimate April fools joke that wasn’t one, Gmail. No one could fathom that they would give away one gigabyte of storage for free. I think my original Hotmail account had 2 MB. Also, this is Gmail’s 20th birthday https://t.co/6Ad0ODejBA
Happy 20th anniversary to gmail. Along with Napster and the iPhone, one of the few products where the first time you used it you couldn’t believe it was real.
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On this day in 2004: Gmail launched. https://t.co/EpBtbzwzwP
No joke, Gmail is 20. How we got here and what it means https://t.co/ByBkblNsec
Two decades later, a look at @gmail — @Google’s best April Fool’s joke Gmail started as a free service boasting 1 gigabyte of storage per account. This may sound minuscule now, but back then, it was huge compared to rivals like @Yahoo and @Microsoft. https://t.co/wM5v0qfJ9a
Happy 20th birthday, @gmail . A product that turned email into searchable content and changed the habits of millions. Releasing the news you give 1GB of storage for free on April 1st was interesting in 2004.
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Gmail launched 20 years ago today. https://t.co/xu7bicxT9e
Google decided to unveil something no one would believe was possible 20 years ago on April Fool’s Day. It was Gmail, a free service boasting 1 gigabyte of storage per account — 250 times to 500 times more the capacity offered by other webmail services. https://t.co/bKrbeX1YAb
Gmail turns 20 today. Who here still has their first Gmail message, a welcome note from the Gmail team? Who can beat the date stamp on mine, September 1 2004? A gig of storage at the time, and a promise you'd never have to delete an email to make room for more. RT! https://t.co/ra6QJkPt1Q
#Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin loved pulling pranks, so much so they began rolling outlandish ideas every April Fool’s Day. That’s why they unveiled Gmail, something no one would believe was possible 20 years ago, on April Fool’s Day. https://t.co/BKKRHEYbkE
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News Fatafat | Google's email service, Gmail is turning 20 today. It was on April 1st, 2004, that Google had announced that it was launching an email service. Fast forward 20 years, and Gmail is now the undisputed king of email, with an estimated 1.2 billion users. Along with… https://t.co/mq6S65Z8n1
Google decided to unveil something no one would believe was possible 20 years ago on April Fool’s Day. It was Gmail. https://t.co/7Zlk4gpRUA
Google unveiled Gmail on April Fool’s Day, offering 1 gigabyte of storage per account, far more than other webmail services. https://t.co/XfCoJ1Zr4D
Gmail was already so good when it first came out, that you could revert it to its original UI today and people would still love it. Happy 20 year anniversary! https://t.co/QKiamWZavB
It’s hard to believe this now, but Gmail was so revolutionary at the time. They gave users a ton of storage for free and they had amazing search. This was not standard at the time. It was invite only when it came out. I wanted an invite so badly that… I bought one on eBay. I… https://t.co/xo3650uxaO
Google decided to unveil something no one would believe was possible 20 years ago on April Fool’s Day. https://t.co/AEk1Z2ZX1J
No joke, Gmail is 20 and we're probably better for it https://t.co/TnwCaoxkNE
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 than a quarter century ago. https://t.co/RlauaUqy6D
“I think people are really going to like this,” Larry Page predicted. As with so many other things, Page was right. Gmail now has an estimated 1.8 billion active accounts..." Gmail revolutionized email 20 years ago https://t.co/Be1DuQ3nOD
Google's co-founders loved pulling April Fool's Day pranks so much that many people thought their Gmail service was a joke when it launched 20 years ago, revolutionizing email. https://t.co/dYvL41SklZ
Gmail was so revolutionary people thought it was an April Fool’s prank https://t.co/19zTj2WSG4 https://t.co/FiSgvjUKcc
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 than a quarter century ago. https://t.co/v7UMfO6aVm
Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin loved pulling pranks, so much so they began rolling outlandish ideas every April Fool’s Day. That’s why they decided to unveil something no one would believe was possible 20 years ago on April 1st: Gmail. https://t.co/oKqSp1uvms
Google when it launched Gmail on April Fools' Day https://t.co/D4iql9zJqm https://t.co/vIj1hNpFO4
Gmail turns 20 years old tomorrow. When it was launched on 4/1/2004, the 1 GB of storage was so big people thought it was an April Fools' joke. Today, there are 1.8 billion active accounts, each with 15 GBs of storage Gmail has come a long way https://t.co/q4Z2efOdsD
Gmail revolutionized email 20 years ago. People thought it was Google’s April Fool’s Day joke https://t.co/Osnf53iIkp
Gmail revolutionized email 20 years ago. People thought it was Google’s April Fool’s Day joke It was such a mind-bending concept that shortly after The Associated Press published a story about Gmail late on the afternoon of April Fool’s 2004, readers began calling and emailing… https://t.co/tORY4nNVn3
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Gmail turns 20, April 1 2024. Who here still has their first Gmail message, a welcome note from the Gmail team? Who can beat the date stamp on mine, September 1 2004? A gig of storage at the time, and a promise you'd never have to delete an email to make room for more. RT! https://t.co/eLUMhjUKBn
Wow gmail turned 20 yesterday. Went back and looked, I got my account on 9/13/04. Six months after it was first available. Fun.
As Gmail turns 20 on April 1, a look at its impact on online communication and its future as other messaging apps have come to dominate how we communicate (@vicmsong / The Verge) https://t.co/Lh3YbE2wXs 📫 Subscribe: https://t.co/OyWeKSRpIM https://t.co/dx8swpPNbn
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