Introducing GoogleGulp

[Josh Hambright]

Google, definately has a sense of humor. I've noticed several things that seem very much like a good old fashion april fools joke on their site. Including this one which is way to good to be true:
http://www.google.com/googlegulp/

[AIBob]

Originally Posted by oneangrydwarf

Google, definately has a sense of humor. I've noticed several things that seem very much like a good old fashion april fools joke on their site. Including this one which is way to good to be true:
http://www.google.com/googlegulp/

Google's great, maybe in a few years they'll actually make the drink.. but not likely, they are an information serving company.
Not sure if it is an April fools joke, but on gmail it seems that the mailbox limit is actively increasing, my mailbox isn't full so I can't test it out, but it shows a number for the max size, and if you refresh it a few seconds later it increases, also on the intro page it is increasing without refreshing it...

[Joe Matt]

Originally Posted by AIBob

Google's great, maybe in a few years they'll actually make the drink.. but not likely, they are an information serving company.
Not sure if it is an April fools joke, but on gmail it seems that the mailbox limit is actively increasing, my mailbox isn't full so I can't test it out, but it shows a number for the max size, and if you refresh it a few seconds later it increases, also on the intro page it is increasing without refreshing it...

I read a news story, it looks like they will be increasing the size of Gmail accounts, hopefully this isn't an April Fools joke, but it looks real as it's on the AP circuit.

I'm at 1400MB now

[Emily Pease]

Oh my, that's hilarious. I love google. Have you seen the privacy policy?

Originally Posted by Google Gulp

Google Gulp and Your Privacy
From time to time, in order to improve Google Gulp's usefulness for our users, Google Gulp will send packets of data related to your usage of this product from a wireless transmitter embedded in the base of your Google Gulp bottle to the GulpPlex™, a heavily guarded, massively parallel server farm whose location is known only to Eric Schmidt, who carries its GPS coordinates on a 64-bit-encrypted smart card locked in a stainless-steel briefcase handcuffed to his right wrist. No personally identifiable information of any kind related to your consumption of Google Gulp or any other current or future Google Foods product will ever be given, sold, bartered, auctioned off, tossed into a late-night poker pot, or otherwise transferred in any way to any untrustworthy third party, ever, we swear.

Beta carroty!!!

Originally Posted by JosephM

I'm at 1400MB now

I'm at 1405! This is great!

[Joe Matt]

If you go on the main site, it looks like the storage is increasing steadaly, so by midnight tonight we'll have....


2 gigs of space!

[Emily Pease]

AH! I just noticed they added rich-text formatting to gmail, too! I can't wait to make bulleted lists and italicize and justify!

Oh, happy day!

[KTorak]

Hey...cool trick I just discovered.

Set your system clock ahead a few hours. Your storage increases

When set 24 Hour in Advance from now:
The gift that keeps on giving.
Over 2000 megabytes of storage (and counting) for every user.

[Greg Needel]

google is doing these pranks in conjunction with slashdot's april fools news...i think most things will go back to normal tomorrow.....for other fun tech stories today www.slashdot.org

[Adam Richards]

1443MB on gmail... ahhh... I love extra storage space... Quick! Lets fill it up, so that when gmail resets it to 1gig, we're stuck with 2 gigs!

[KTorak]

Uhh, I honestly think that the 2 GB will stay. Storage is fairly cheap these days *and prices continue to drop*. Yahoo also supposively released 1 GB storage. But honestly, who would use 2 GB of storage? I think the 2 GB is here to stay.

[Adam Richards]

KTorak, GmailFS?

[Joe Matt]

Originally Posted by Greg Needel

google is doing these pranks in conjunction with slashdot's april fools news...i think most things will go back to normal tomorrow.....for other fun tech stories today www.slashdot.org

No no, this IS NOT a joke. This is REAL guys.

http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/050401/google_gmail.html?.v=4

[Emily Pease]

Originally Posted by JosephM

No no, this IS NOT a joke. This is REAL guys.

http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/050401/google_gmail.html?.v=4

I thought he was saying that Google Gulp is a joke, which is actually supposed to be the main topic here.

[Joe Matt]

Originally Posted by Emily Pease

I thought he was saying that Google Gulp is a joke, which is actually supposed to be the main topic here.

I know the Gulp is the joke, but some people are doubting the Gmail hike in size, so there is the link...

For a recap...

Google Gulp = April Fools
Gmail 2Gig = REAL