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This is a new section on current technology services in the web 2.0 that are free to use.Technology can be very intimidating to most of us, but it also helps in reducing our every day morning stress.This section is aimed at people who are not geeks but who require free or easy to use tools.

Today’s Topic is about email system.

Do you remember a time,when you were given a measly amount of storage space of around less than 10MB by some email providers to few hundred MB by most of them.To add to the frustration spam emails were responsible for utilizing most of the space which left you as a user with limited space.

The concept of email was radically changed when Google entered the scene with 1 GB of user space which itself was huge but they then changed it to 2 GB and now it is around 4-5GB.This is enough for your entire lifetime,unless you are a heavy user.Moreover,the effective spam filter of Gmail has also relieved much headache due to spam mail.

However,controversy persists around their advertising policy,which targets context based ads on your email message.This raises doubt over the privacy policy even though the ads are claimed to be inserted by automated logarithms.These ads sometimes are useful,as you could find more about companies which you never even would have thought existed.

In today’s world online privacy is of distant past,when you are constantly exposed to internet.

The most important aspect of Google email is the domain application feature,which enables you to have your own domain name and redirected to Google mail application provider service,in return you will have a professional email ID with backend service provided by Google.You don’t need to have an information technologist to control your mail server.The email could then be seamlessly accessed through your web browser on Desktop,laptop and also smart phone.

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