Emmanuel Igwe
@emmanueligwe891770
1 year ago
GOOGLE AT 25: A LOOK AT TRANSFORMATION OVER THE YEARS
- 1995-1996: Page and Brin meet at Stanford and create BackRub.
– 1998: Google gets $100,000 in funding from Andy Bechtolsheim.
– 1999: Google announces $25 million in funding and introduces the term “Googlers.”
– June 2000: Google becomes Yahoo’s default search engine.
– October 2000: Launches AdWords, a crucial online advertising platform.
– 2001: Eric Schmidt becomes CEO.
– April 2004: Google tests Gmail with 1GB storage.
– August 2004: Goes public with an IPO at $85 per share.
– February 2005: Introduces Google Maps.
– August 2005: Acquires Android and launches Google Talk.
– 2006: Buys YouTube for $1.65 billion.
– April 2007: Announces acquisition of DoubleClick for $3.1 billion.
– May 2007: Introduces universal search.
– September 2008: Debuts the first Android phone.
– January 2010: Launches Nexus One smartphone.
– March 2010: Stops censoring search results in China.
– October 2010: Tests self-driving vehicles.
– June 2011: Launches Google+ social network.
– August 2011: Acquires Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion.
– 2012: Launches Google Glass.
– 2013: Acquires mapping startup Waze.
– 2014: Announces acquisition of AI firm DeepMind and Nest Labs.
– 2015: Forms Alphabet, a parent company.
– October 2016: Launches Pixel smartphone.
– November 2016: Introduces Google Home smart speaker.
– June 2017: Fined 2.42 billion euros by the European Commission.
– February 2018: Reports over $100 billion in sales.
– July 2018: Fined 4.34 billion euros for anti-competitive practices.
– March 2019: Fined 1.49 billion euros for online advertising practices.
– June 2019: Acquires analytics startup Looker.
– November 2019: Announces acquisition of Fitbit.
– December 2019: Co-founders Page and Brin step down; Sundar Pichai becomes CEO of Alphabet.
– 2020: Alphabet reaches $1 trillion in market capitalization.
– January 2023: The company cuts 12,000 jobs (6% of its workforce).
– February 2023: Google introduces Bard, an AI chatbot, but faces issues leading to a $100 billion market capitalization loss.
– March 2023: Bard rollout begins.
source: Guardian NG|2023
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