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		sksk on Sept 26, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Google - Our History in Depth Strange that Gmail is not mentioned in 2004 unless I am missing it! They mention Chat for Gmail but not Gmail?

sakis on Sept 26, 2013 | [–]

As far as I remember, GMail was announced on April 1st, 2004 and was considered by most (all?) an April Fool's joke.

srhngpr on Sept 26, 2013 | [–]

I noticed the same thing. The first mention of Gmail is when they launched it for mobile in the US in December of 2005.

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