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- Legal Name: Google Inc.
- Website: www.google.com
- Founded: 1998
- Founder(s): Larry Page, Sergey Brin
- Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google
- Stock Symbol: NASDAQ: GOOG
What is Google?
The search engine designed by two university students became one of the biggest companies in the world today. Stanford University students Larry Page and Sergey Brin were working on a search engine, named BackRub. University’s computer was not capable of running the engine, so they decided to register the domain, Google, in 1997. Shortly after, Google raised $100,000 funding from Andy Bechtolsheim and Google hired its first employee, another student from Stanford, Craig Silverstein. Amazon’s founder Jeff Bezos was also invested in the company during its early stages.
Google proved its search engine capabilities and gained popularity quickly. Larry Page received a patent for PageRank technology in 2001 and it boosted the capabilities of the engine. During the following years, Google launched a variety of products that changed the internet habits of many people. Some of them are Gmail, Google Docs, Google Drive, and the popular web browser Chrome. The company also acquired the popular video platform YouTube and Blogger.com. The company also launched a cloud service named Google Cloud Platform. As smartphones becoming popular lately, Google decided to create an operating system for mobile devices, Android, and it became the most popular mobile OS. Android is now installed on many other devices such as watches, smart glasses, home appliances, cameras, smart TVs cars, etc. Google also released its own branded devices, such as Nexus smartphones, Google Home, Google Fi, Chromebooks, and Stadia.
In 2015 Google decided to reconstruct its divisions. A new parent company is formed with the name, Alphabet and Google became a subsidiary of the parent company. Sergey Brin became the president of the Alphabet and Larry Page is appointed as the CEO. Later, Sundar Pichai took Brin’s position. With all these successful products, Google became a tech giant and one of the most powerful and biggest companies in the world.
Google News
Google and Engie sign 100 MW PPA for Google Cloud in UK
Google and French renewables energy company Engie sign a power purchase agreement for a power station located in Scotland, United ...
Google’s AI is capable to write its own code
Google has announced its plan to use AI to write its own code on a newly launched platform named code ...
Google signs 942 MW solar PPA with SB Energy to power its servers
Google has signed a PPA for 942 MW of energy from renewables with California-based renewable operator SB Energy. The energy ...
Google announced its first Japan data center
Google is opening its first data center in Inzai City, Chiba in 2023, as a part of a $730 million ...
Google announced its first African cloud region in South Africa
Google announced that South Africa will be joining Google Cloud’s global network of 35 cloud regions and 106 zones worldwide. ...
Google Cloud Next ’22 kicks off on October 11
Google Cloud Next ‘22 kicks off on October 11 at 9 AM PDT with a 24-hour digital broadcast featuring 5 ...
Google announced its plans for Greece cloud region
Google announced the company's plans to launch its first cloud region in Greece after Microsoft and Amazon. The cloud region ...
Google shutting down Stadia
Google announced that its game streaming service didn't gain traction with users and will be shut down. Google will refund ...
GoDaddy and Google joining forces
The Google Ads integration allows customers to create and manage social, Facebook and Instagram ads, emails, and reviews from one ...
Tech giants have formed PyTorch Foundation for AI progress
Many giant technology companies have come together and formed PyTorch Foundation which aims to accelerate the progress in AI/ML. The ...
Google acquires Mandiant for $5.4 billion
Google has announced the completion of the Mandiant acquisition, which was first announced in March this year. The tech giant ...
Google’s Equiano connects Western Europe to South Africa
Google officially unveiled its Equiano submarine internet cable with a $1 billion investment; fully funded by the company. The Equiano ...
Google announces new open-source bug bounty program
Google’s Open Source Software Vulnerability Rewards Program (OSS VRP) focuses on rewarding discoveries of vulnerabilities in Google’s open-source projects. Rewards ...
Google’s third data center in Singapore completed
Google has announced the completion of its third data center in Singapore which is built in the Jurong region. The ...
Google patches zero-day vulnerability being exploited
Google announced that patches for the 11 vulnerabilities found in the Chrome web browser for desktops are being rolled out. ...
Electrical explosion at Google U.S datacenter
Google's data center in nearby Council Bluffs, Iowa encountered an electrical incident just before noon Monday local time, hurting three ...
Google Chrome 104 is released with 27 security fixes
Google has delivered Google Chrome 104 to the stable channel for Windows, macOS, and Linux with significant security patches. 7 ...
Google updates Calendar to enable working location by default
Google Workspace team releases an update for Google Calendar enabling working location by default. Working Location setting was brought in ...
Google supports CSRB’s call for log4j
Google announced that the company will participate in the development of the report by sharing information. The tech giant has ...
Russia fines Google $370 million for repeated content violations
Alphabet's Google was fined 21.1 billion roubles ($373 million) by a Moscow court for a repeated failure to remove content ...
Google set to reach 100% renewable goal in 5 years
Google has announced its expanding renewable energy in its energy consumption and planning for a 24/7 carbon-free future in 5 ...
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