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March 31, 2004when it rains......it pours. in addition to a social networking service (orkut) and personalized search, Google has also launched Gmail, it's own mail service -- including 1GB(!) of storage for free. They're in testing phase, though, so you can't just walk up and get an account yet.... unless you know the right people I guess. Anyway, looks to me like Google's engaging a new front in the search wars. NOTE: In the comments below, bp points out that I may have fallen victim to an April Fool's trick. (but it was March 31, I says to myself). If so, my hat is off to Google for pulling a great one. Other victims would include ZDNet, New Scientist, c|net, the New York Times, and my local television news. How delightful! And in the case that it's for real, just the possibility of the hoax is a brilliant marketing device. Here's google's irreverent press release, dated April 1. Posted by jheer at March 31, 2004 11:08 PMComments
I think you've been had, my friend. http://www.google.com/press/pressrel/gmail.html Good one, though. Posted by: bp at March 31, 2004 11:21 PMI was confused by the press release, too. However, according to CNN (judge for yourself): In addition, the press release about Gmail was fairly goofy, including lines such as "Millions of M&Ms later, Gmail was born." For a look at the full press release, click here. But Jonathan Rosenberg, vice president of the products group at Google, said the Gmail announcement was legitimate. He did concede that the company did get caught up in the spirit of April Fool's Day in its press release. Posted by: kwc at April 1, 2004 10:41 AMHere is a bonafide Google April Fools: Oh, and another: oops, that last one was from 2000 Posted by: kwc at April 1, 2004 11:07 AMDoc Searl's got a call from an insider... it's no joke: Posted by: joe at April 1, 2004 11:49 AMhttp://doc.weblogs.com/2004/04/01#excuseMeWhileITakeThisChainOffMyNeck Posted by: joe at April 1, 2004 11:49 AMTrackback Pings
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