> Blogosphere coverage: Google Blogoscoped – TechCrunch UK – Google Operating System – Googlified – Inside Google – Search Engine Watch – BotHack – Cartoon Barry Blog – More blog coverage
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“You are currently using 205 MB (1%) of your 15360 MB.”
Move over, Gmail. It seems Google Apps For Your Domains Mail is now at almost 16 Gigabytes! This is a hefty increase compared to the original 2 Gigabytes at launch and GMail’s current 2.7 GB.
I discovered the increase just this morning, and was certain that I was seeing things. Apparently, I’m not. Oddly, Google has been silent about this “upgrade”. So, for those Google Apps For Your Domain users, check your e-mail!
Now, you’ve got 15 Gigabytes of excuses to do more with your e-mail!
> Other Google posts: How The Internet and Google Reinvented My Life; Google Bots Now ‘Crawling The Web’ from NYC?; I’ve Been ‘Googled’: Invitation To Help Improve Company’s Products
10-31-2006 9:55 AM EST: The last 24 hours … well, its been crazy. Google continues to visit, although they’ve offered no explanation for why I had the 15GB storage allocation to begin with, or why they later removed it.
Google: If I were told to keep quiet about this storage allocation, I would have done so. Unfortunately, I was never given an NDA (and having close ties to Microsoft over the years, I know all about these).
10-31-2006 8:39 AM EST: Google rescinds 15GB storage allotment after blogosphere reports of my discovery
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