In 2004, email services offered limited space and few features. Google launched its free ad supported offering, Gmail, which became one of the biggest email services on the modern web with over 2.5 billion active users ; its Google Play listing reveals that Gmail mobile version has been downloaded over 10 billion times, just for Android alone. It hard to believe, but many assumed Gmail was an April Fools Day hoax, as Google picked April 1 as the official date to unveil the service. The tone of...
