Google's founders, Larry Page and Sergey Brin, launched Gmail on April Fool's Day 2004, offering a groundbreaking 1 gigabyte of storage per account. Initially mistaken for an April Fools' Day joke, Gmail revolutionized email services and continues to be a significant player in the industry, celebrating its 20th anniversary. Sundar Pichai, Google's CEO, humorously referenced the April Fools' Day origins of Gmail. The innovative email service, known for its ample storage capacity, was a result of the co-founders' penchant for pranks and outlandish ideas, a tradition that started over a quarter century ago.
Gmail at 20: Ubiquitous, But Bad for Productivity https://t.co/NPmv8becEm
Gmail debuted on April Fool’s Day 20 years ago. The joke is still on us. https://t.co/9OAweRo6l0
Gmail was so revolutionary people thought it was an April Fool’s prank https://t.co/hoNnfinpGC https://t.co/EmdSoAoQkH
Gmail revolutionized email 20 years ago, people thought it was Google’s April Fools’ Day joke https://t.co/banQi38POu
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
Happy 20th birthday Gmail, you're mostly grown up – now fix the spam https://t.co/Q2KOHFurCP
Gmail Turns 20: Sundar Pichai Jokes About April Fools' Day Origins https://t.co/xTlOLugGba https://t.co/EPy2dq7twP
Seeing this headline all over today... "20 years ago today, Google rolled out a new email service so lavish that people thought it was an April Fools' Day joke." I wrote the press release, hand in hand, with my co-conspirator in that moment - Sergey. We laughed for hours as we…
Gmail revolutionized email 20 years ago. People thought it was Google's April Fools' Day joke https://t.co/9YGr5TaryG
Gmail revolutionized email 20 years ago. People thought it was @Google's #AprilFoolsDay joke https://t.co/IZ4AOJn5h2
On April Fool's Day 2004, Google's founders launched Gmail, a free service boasting 1 gigabyte of storage per account — a preposterous amount of email capacity back then. But it was no joke. https://t.co/UthtwVr4QD