The best April Fools prank in tech.

June 2024 · 1 minute read

The best April Fools’ “prank” in tech.

Turns out, it was Gmail. Twenty years ago, nobody believed Google would give out a whole gigabyte of email storage for free. But like Sundar says — it was, in fact, not a joke. The rest is history.

So, where were you when you got your first Gmail beta invite?


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