Cheers to Google's birthday! A concept for an internet search engine that would classify and arrange web pages was developed more than 25 years ago by two Stanford University students while they were having a brainstorming session in their dorm.
A concept for an internet search engine that would classify and arrange web pages was developed more than 25 years ago by two Stanford University students while they were having a brainstorming session in their dorm.
The venture, formerly known as BackRub, developed into Google, one of the most lucrative and significant businesses in the world.
Millions of people today use Google's services, such as Gmail and search, and its co-founders, Larry Page and Sergey Brin, are among the wealthiest individuals on the planet.
The tech powerhouse, whose parent company is now called as Alphabet, has achieved the following landmarks in its history:
Date Event
1995-1996
Page and Brin establish BackRub, a search engine, after meeting at Stanford University.
1998 Andy Bechtolsheim, a co-founder of Sun Microsystems, invests $100,000 in the firm, which has since changed its name to Google.
1999 In its first news release, Google announces a $25 million investment round led by Sequoia Capital and Kleiner Perkins and introduces the word "Googlers" to the public.
In June 2000, Yahoo, one of the most well-known websites at the time, switches to Google as its main search engine provider.
AdWords, the online advertising platform that would later become the backbone of Google's operations, is introduced in October 2000.
2001 The chairman of the board of directors and CEO of Google will be Eric Schmidt.
Google declares in April 2004 that it is evaluating the availability of Gmail, which offers up to 1GB of storage.
Launches initial public offering in August 2004 with 19.6 million shares at an introductory price of $85 per.
Launch of Google Maps for desktop in February 2005.
Acquires mobile company Android in August 2005. introduces the instant messaging service Google Talk.
2006 Pays $1.65 billion to purchase the online video business YouTube.
DoubleClick's acquisition for $3.1 billion was announced in April 2007.
May 2007 introduces universal search, allowing users to instantly access search results for all content kinds, including news, videos, and photographs.
The T-Mobile G1 or HTC Dream, the first Android phone, is released in September 2008. the Google Chrome web browser is started.
Launches Nexus One, a smartphone co-created with HTC, in January 2010.
China bans it in March 2010 when it stops filtering search results there.
With a small fleet of Toyota Prius automobiles in California, Google began testing its first autonomous vehicles in October 2010.
Launched in June 2011, Google+ was a social networking service that was discontinued in 2018.
The purchase of Motorola Mobility, which comprises the company's divisions for cellphones and TV set-top boxes, was announced in August 2011 and cost $12.5 billion.
Launch of Google Glass in 2012.
2013: Purchase of Israeli mapping startup Waze for roughly $1 billion is announced.
2014 declares in January that it would purchase DeepMind, an AI company. announced a $3.2 billion plan to acquire Nest Labs, a manufacturer of smart thermostats and smoke alarms, in the same month.
2015 Announces plans to establish a brand-new publicly traded corporation called Alphabet, which will include Google and additional divisions including YouTube, research, and venture capital firms.
Google names Sundar Pichai as its CEO.
Launch of the initial Pixel smartphone in October 2016.
Launch of the Google Home smart speaker in November 2016.
For breaking the impartiality of its search, the European Commission fined Google 2.42 billion euros in June 2017.
For the first time, Google reports full-year sales of more than $100 billion in February 2018.
In July 2018, the European Commission fined Google 4.34 billion euros for using its Android operating system in anti-competitive ways.
March 2019: The European Commission fines the company 1.49 billion euros for engaging in anti-competitive behavior in its internet advertising sector.
Google announces the purchase of analytics startup Looker for $2.6 billion in June 2019.
Announces the purchase of Fitbit for $2.1 billion in November 2019.
Co-founders Page and Brin announce their resignations as CEO and president of Alphabet in December 2019; Pichai takes over as CEO.
2020 sees Alphabet's market capitalization reach $1 trillion.
Jan. 20, 2023 12,000 positions are eliminated by the corporation, or 6% of its staff.
Feb. 20, 2023 Google introduces Bard, a chatbot with generative AI that can generate words and retrieve data from the internet. However, a factual error in the demo tanks for the AI tool. shares of Alphabet, deducting $100 billion off the company's market value.
One of Google's original workers, Susan Wojcicki, leaves her position as CEO of YouTube, and is replaced by Neal Mohan.
Bard is first made available to some customers in March 2023.
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