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Ray Tomlinson creates the ARPANET's networked email system.
Ray Tomlinson was born on April 23 1941 and created the Arpanets email system which is a system that can route emails. -
DARPA standardizes functions on email.
DARPA is a government agency that standardized functions on email that we see today. -
CompuServe releases the first email service.
CompuServe released an email service in 1989. -
AOL made email a core function and free
AOL made it so email was a core function on every computer and was now free to use. -
Hotmail releases its free email service.
Hotmail released its free web email service were all you needed was an internet connection to use. -
Yahoo releases its free email service.
yahoo released its free email service which gave people more options for providers besides the few there already were. -
Gmail releases its free email with 1 GB of free storage.
Gmail wanted to become the top email service by doing something new so they gave out a free GB of storage to out play the competition. -
Email goes mobile.
In 2007 the first iPhone came out which truly made email mobile because you could make one no madder where you were.