Google's Gmail Goes Global

February 6, 2005, 7:06 pm

Google's Gmail, operated on a test basis since last spring, this week dramatically increased the potential number of users of the Web-based service.

The move could mean Google is getting ready for a public rollout of Gmail -- a development that would heighten Google's competition for usage and advertising dollars with Yahoo! and Microsoft's both of which offer free Web-based email services as well.