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GMail turns 9, started the growing 1GB Inbox

Abe Olandres Editor-in-chief April 11, 2013 · 1 min read

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In April 2004, Google launched GMail as invite-only and introduced one of the biggest (if not the biggest) Inbox in all of the free email world. The default storage size of the inbox was 1GB and increases algorithmically everyday.

Here’s an infographic of the Evolution of GMail, outlining the development of one of Google’s most widely used services. With 1GB right out of the inbox, it was among the biggest with other existing services only giving 50MB to 250MB back then.

Before GMail, most people were either using Yahoo!, HotMail and other similar services. GMail practically stole the limelight in free email and is now among the top 3 email services in the world.

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Abe Olandres

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Abe is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of YugaTech with over 20 years of experience in the technology industry. He is one of the pioneers of blogging in the country and is considered by many as the Father of Tech Blogging in the Philippines.

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32 Comments

el toro bumingo · 13 years ago

I love Gmail. It works fine with Thunderbird. I hope the Yahoo! free email would one day have the option to be downloaded by Thunderbird.

Thanks Google for giving us Gmail :)

Silverlokk · 13 years ago

Far as I remember, POP is a paid add-on.

Silverlokk · 13 years ago

Oops, <self-batok> you did say Yahoo! free mail

Mica · 13 years ago

I felt like I was part of the elite just by having a gmail account before. Haha good times

Dazed_32 · 13 years ago

I still remember how I was “wowed” by that 1 Gb mail storage capacity. :-)

Albert Israel · 13 years ago

Kung nalalabuan kayo, check nyo yung same infographic na naka-publish sa Mashable.com.

Michael · 13 years ago

One thing I love with Gmail. Once you have the account. You get almost Google services. Like Blogging comes to handy and Youtube account as well. You can do much thing aside sending or receive emails.