Introduced on April 1st 2004 GMail boasted 1Gb of space when other services only had 10 to 20Mb of space. Everyone believed it was a April fools trick but it turned out to be real, or was it?

Google as now come forward saying they are cancelling the service as the gag been running for too long. They said it was never meant it to last this long but it kind of grew into something with a life of its own.

"It's been going for over 10 years now, I think it's time to end it. I mean you guys didn't think it was real right?" said a Google spokesperson.

At least post something that could conceivably be true and perhaps fool some people.

I was just thinking "Oh come on.." Then I remembered what day it was

i fell for it too - good job Desert Eagle