Aug 30 2005

Gmail goes Public

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Up until now, Gmail accounts were available by invitation only. Google let the service spread gradually and virally, giving each existing member a few additional invitations to extend. At one point, people were actually selling these invitations on eBay.

As of Monday, however, all that has changed. Now anyone can get a Gmail account and can therefore use Google Talk. But to prevent spammers and other abusers from snapping up Gmail accounts by the thousands, Google has designed a clever safeguard: when you apply for a Gmail account, you must provide a cellphone number.

Google sends a code to your phone, which you use to complete the registration.

In a single week, then, Google, the software company, addressed deficiencies in Windows, tried to create a grand unified chat and voice network, and opened up its clean, capable, capacious e-mail system to all comers. All of this software is beautifully done, quick to download and fun to use not to mention free and (apart from the Gmail service) entirely free of ads and come-ons.

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