#Web Services

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The late-1990s Google wordmark — Gmail's parent, Google, around the era of the invite-only launch
Tech 2004–present

Gmail (Invite-Only Launch)

Google's email that launched with a then-unthinkable gigabyte of free storage — so much that people assumed it was an April Fools' joke. During the invite-only beta, a Gmail invite was a genuine status symbol.

The classic Hotmail logo — the red postage-stamp mark above the lowercase hotmail wordmark
Tech 1996–2013

Hotmail

Email you could check from ANY browser, anywhere — revolutionary in 1996, when email lived inside your ISP's software. Your first email address was probably a Hotmail address with numbers in it. It still works. It just says outlook.com now.