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Google began as a research project by Larry Page and Sergey Brin originally called BackRub.
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The domain google.com is registered on September 15, 1997. The name is a play on the word "googol", a mathematical term for the number represemted by the numeral followed by 100 zeros which reflects on Larry and Sergey's mission to organise a seemingly infinite amount of information on the web.
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Early press reports and reviews of the Google search engine are positive.
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Larry launches a monthly "Google Friends Newsletter" to inform fans about company news.
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Sun co-founder Andy Bechtolsheim writes a check for $100,000 to an entity that doesn't exist yet, a company called Google Inc.
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Before heading to the Burning Man festival in the Nevada desert, Larry and Sergey incorporate the iconic Man into the logo to keep people informed about where the Google crew would be for a few days.
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On September 4, 1998. Google files for incorporation in California. Larry and Sergey open a bank account in the newly-established company's name depositing the money invested by Andy Bechtolsheim. Google also sets up workspace in Susan Wojcicki's garage on Santa Margarita Ave, Menlo Park, California. Craig Silverstein, a fellow PhD student at Stanford, was hired as the first employee.
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"PC Magazine" reports that Google "has an uncanny knack for returning extremely relevant results" and recognises us as the search engine of choice in the Top 100 Web Sites for 1998.
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Yoshka, their first "company" dog, comes to work with their senior vice president of operations, Urs Holzle.
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Google's first press release announces a $25 million round from Sequoia Capital and Kleiner Perkins.
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Google hired their first chef, Charlie Ayers.
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Google MentalPlex allegedly featured the use of mental power to search the web.
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The first 10 language versions of Google.com are: French, German, Italian, Swedish, Finnish, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, Norwegian and Danish.
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Google won their first Webby Awards: Technical Achievement and Peoples' Voice.
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The little alien decorates their first series of doodles and is the first doodle not associated with any particular event.
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The first international doodle celebrates Bastille Day in France.
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The first doodle by a guest artist, Lorie Loeb.
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Google Toolbar is released, a browser plug-in that makes it possible to search without visiting the Google homepage.
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Eric Schmidt is named chairman of the board of directors.
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Image Search launches, initially offering access to 250 million images.
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Eric Schmidt becomes Google's CEO, Larry and Sergey are named presidents of products and technology.
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The first Google product for enterprises is released, a yellow box that businesses can plug into their computer network to enable search capabilities for their own documents.
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Google has released a set of APIs, enabling developers to query more than 2 billion web documents and program in their favourite environment, including Java, Perl and Visual Studio.
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Google released Labs, which let people try out beta technologies and was the proving ground for many Google features.
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People can search for stuff to but with Froogle, which became Google Shopping in 2012.
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Google launched Google Books, indexing small excerpts from books to appear in search results.
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Google Local offers relevant neighborhood business listings, maps, and directions.
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Email was launched on April Fools' Day.
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Google acquire Picassa, which helps people organize and display photos online.
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Google acquire Keyhole, a digital mapping company whose technology will later become Google Earth.
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Google Scholar is a free service which helps people search scholarly literature.
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Google maps go live.
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Google Mobile Web Search is released.
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Gmail for mobile launches in the United States.
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Google Translate launches, offering translations between Arabic and English.
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Google Calendar was launched to help you keep track of events, special occasions and appointments, and to share scheduales with others.
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Safe browsing is the help protect people from malicious content on the Internet.
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Google announce Anfroid, the first open platform for mobile devices.
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The BOLD Internship program launches, providing opportunities to students historically underrepresented in tech.
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Google's first downloadable iPhone app.
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Autocomplete arrives on Google.com helping formulate queries, reduce spelling errors and reducing keystrokes.
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Google Chrome becomes available for download.
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Google's first message on Twitter gets back to binary: I'm 01100110 01100101 01100101 01101100 01101001 01101110 01100111 00100000 01101100 01110101 01100011 01101011 0111001 00001010.
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Android users can start searching by voice with the touch of a button.
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Google Instant shows you search results as you type so you can quickly get to the information you're looking for.
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Charlie Chaplin's 122nd birthday is the occasion for Google's first-ever live-action doodle.
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Android Market becomes Google Play, a digital content store offering apps, games, books, movies, music and more.
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Project Glass is unveiled
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Google marks its 15th birthday.