Executive and Mobile Computing: Gmail - A Comprehensive Overview

This report provides a comprehensive overview of Gmail, a free, advertising-supported email service developed by Google. It begins with a historical perspective, tracing Gmail's origins in 2004 and its evolution, including the introduction of mobile applications and the adoption of machine learning for spam detection. The report details Gmail's architectural features, highlighting its web browser and mobile phone platforms, and mentions the Inbox by Gmail platform. It also explores the business process redevelopment aspects, including plugins like Google Voice and integrations with Google services such as Google Hangouts and Google Wallet. Furthermore, it discusses Gmail's future development, including its growing user base and adoption by businesses, and concludes with a list of references.

Executive and
Mobile Computing
Gmail (Mobile app)

Introduction
 Gmail is a free service which is highly designed by Google which is
considered to be advertising sustained email service.
 It is available in 72 languages and it was created and developed by
Paul Buchheit and it has successfully created 1.4 billion users till the
year 2018.

History
 Gmail was found in 2004 and was represented as a limited beta release.
 In 2006, Google started providing Java based application of Gmail basically
for mobile phone applications.
 In 2010, Google started developing out HTTPS.
 By the end of 2017, Google made an announcement that it started using
machine learning technology in order to identify the spam mails by having
99.9% detection security.

Architectural features and Inbox by
Gmail
Two major platforms:
 Web Browser
 Mobile phones
In the year 2014, Google announced inbox by Gmail on an invitation-
only basis

Business process redevelopment
 Plugin
 Google Voice in Gmail chat
 Google Hangouts
 Google Buzz
 Google+
 Google wallet
 Google trips

Future development of Gmail
 In 2017, Google declared that it has reached 1.2 billion of active users
of Gmail account.
 60% of the midsized companies as well as 92% of the startup
companies used Gmail for any business act.
 Gmail was available on the Google play store with one billion
installations majorly on Android devices.

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