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Gmail is a free email service provided by Google that offers 1GB of storage per user, far more than competitors offered at the time. It started as an invitation-only beta in 2004 before becoming publicly available in 2007. Gmail has a search-oriented interface and conversation view, and uses Ajax technology. It is the most widely used web-based email provider with over 1 billion users worldwide as of 2016.

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Gmail

Gmail is a free email service provided by Google that offers 1GB of storage per user, far more than competitors offered at the time. It started as an invitation-only beta in 2004 before becoming publicly available in 2007. Gmail has a search-oriented interface and conversation view, and uses Ajax technology. It is the most widely used web-based email provider with over 1 billion users worldwide as of 2016.

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Gmail is a free, advertising-supported email service provided by Google.

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Gmail as secure webmail,[6] as well as via POP3 or IMAP4 protocols.[7][8] Gmail started as an
invitation-only beta release on April 1, 2004[9] and it became available to the general public on
February 7, 2007, though still in beta status at that time.[10] The service was upgraded from beta
status on July 7, 2009, along with the rest of the Google Apps suite.[11][12]
With an initial storage capacity offer of 1 GB per user, Gmail significantly increased the webmail
standard for free storage from the 2 to 4 MB its competitors such as Hotmail offered at that time.
[13]

Individual Gmail messages, including attachments, may be up to 25 MB. [14] Gmail has

a search-oriented interface and a "conversation view" similar to an Internet forum. Gmail is noted
by web developers for its pioneering use ofAjax.[15] Gmail runs on Google GFE/2.0 on Linux.[16][17]
[18]

As of February 2016, it was the most widely used web-based email provider with over 1 billion

active users worldwide.[19][20] According to a 2014 estimate, 60% of mid-sized US companies were
using Gmail.[21] In May 2014, Gmail became the first app on the Google Play Store to hit one
billion installations on Android devices.[22]

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