1 in April of 2004, Google inaugurated it gmail, a service that has since become one of the largest e-commerce platforms post officein the world.
At first, everyone thought it was a joke, another Google April Fool's prank since the company was only known by searching machine her.
Being one of the first to get a Gmail account in 2004, I remember the first thing that made a huge impression too, was the fact that the company gave me a whole GB of space for free. The forums suddenly had a very interesting topic of discussion, Google's GB and of course who had invites for the new service, since it was only available by invitation. Of course, I should add that the acquisition a Gmail account, it was very difficult. Google used to give 5 invitations to a person, then 10, then up to 50. Today, anyone can register without an invitation.
Gmail was officially released for 7 February 2007.
Unlike many other email clients, Google's Gmail is treated like an application rather than a web page. Google built Gmail in a way that doesn't require reloading the entire web page to see the final one user the new messages. It was unthinkable for the time. The company made it a reality using HTML with the addition of some JavaScripts. The idea turned out to be a success, even if many weren't 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 better safety always plays an important role for users, Google provides SSL encryption from the beginning of its service. First it was optional, until it was finally changed to the default setting 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.
