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Since its incorporation on September 4, 1998, the company has grown to nearly 20,000 full-time employees worldwide, and with a steady stream of new product developments, acquisitions, and partnerships, has extended its reach far beyond its modest beginnings as a web search engine.
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First logo made on September 19, 1998
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Gmail sign upOn April 1, 2004, Google launched a beta version of Gmail, initially offering 1GB of web email storage. Now Gmail gives you 15GB of storage and is offered in more than 50 languages, including Welsh, Telugu, Basque, and Cherokee.
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StocksIn August 2004, Google went public with an IPO that raised $1.67 billion, and in typical Google fashion, became the first and only company to allocate its stocks using computers rather than Wall Street bankers.
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Google MapsGoogle Maps debuted in April 2005, with maps for the US, Canada and the UK
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Merriam-WebsterIn 2006, the word "google" was added to the Merriam Webster Dictionary as, "to use the Google search engine to obtain information on the World Wide Web."
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Google+’s live video-conferencing tool; It’s free, easily accessible, and has even been embraced by the president. Notably, musician Google+ was launched May 15, 2013
