1 in April of 2004, Google inaugurated it gmail, a service that has since become one of the largest e-mail platforms in the world.
At first, everyone thought it was a joke, another Google's April Prank, since the company was only known by its search engine.
Since I was one of the first to get a Gmail account for 2004, I remember the first one that made a terrific impression was the fact that it was giving free space to a whole GB of the company. The forums suddenly gained a very interesting topic of discussion, Google's GB and of course who had invitations for the new service, since it was only made through invitations. Of course I add that getting a Gmail account was very difficult. Google then gave 5 invitations to the person, then gave 10 and then went up to 50. Today anyone can register without invitation.
Gmail was officially released for 7 February 2007.
Unlike many other email clients, Google Gmail is treated as an application rather than a webpage. Google has created Gmail in a way that does not require the entire webpage to reload for the end user to see the new messages. It was unthinkable for the time. The company made it a reality by using HTML with the addition of some JavaScripts. The idea turned out to be a success, even though many were not so sure at first.
Today, Gmail is one of the most reliable e-mail services, operational at least. Google service users have free 15 GB of free storage to share between Google Drive, Gmail, and Google+.
Since security always plays an important role for users, Google provides SSL encryption from the start of its service. First it was optional until it eventually changed to default for everyone.
Back in November and following the NSA scandal, the company upgraded all of its SSL certificates to 2048-bit RSA, effectively doubling its protection for users.
Two weeks ago, Google announced that for added security, Gmail has encrypted all emails, even those that are moving to and from Google data centers. This move came as a reaction to the news that the NSA had penetrated the company's data centers.
