Gmail: Email service developed by Google
Gmail is a free e-mail service that is run by Google.
It can be accessed on the web, by POP3, or by IMAP. Some of the competitors to Gmail are Yahoo! Mail, Hotmail/Windows Live Mail, and Inbox.Com. The space given to any Gmail member is increased a small amount every second, and as of July 26, 2012, Google provides each account with about 10272 MB of space.
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Type of site | Webmail |
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| Available in | 105 languages |
| Owner | |
| Created by | Paul Buchheit |
| URL | mail |
| Commercial | Yes |
| Registration | Required |
| Users | 1.5 billion (October 2019) |
| Launched | April 1, 2004 |
| Current status | Active |
Content license | Proprietary |
| Written in | Java, C++ (back-end), JavaScript (UI) |
Google Apps
Google Apps is a service from Google that was created in February 2006 as Gmail for your domain. It is to allow system administrators of a company or organisation to create email accounts for their own domain.
Trademark issues
In the United Kingdom (UK), the trademark "Gmail" was owned by another company before Gmail by Google was started. Thus, the United Kingdom uses a domain of "googlemail.com" for their users, and the logo has the words of "Google Mail" instead of the normal "Gmail".
In September 2009 Google began to change the branding of UK accounts back to Gmail following the resolution of the trademark dispute.
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