April Fools’ Day 2024: the best and cringiest pranks
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The best April Fools’ “prank” in tech.
Turns out, it was Gmail. Twenty years ago, nobody believed Google would give out a whole gigabyte of email storage for free. But like Sundar says — it was, in fact, not a joke. The rest is history.
So, where were you when you got your first Gmail beta invite?
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