FACTS ABOUT GOOGLE.






Google was founded in 1998 by Larry Page and Sergey Brin while they were Ph.D. students at Stanford University.

The company's original name was "Backrub" before it was changed to Google, a play on the word "googol," which is a mathematical term for the number represented by 1 followed by 100 zeros.

Google's original mission statement was "to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful."

The first Google Doodle was created in 1998 to notify users that the founders were out of the office attending the Burning Man festival.

Google's search engine quickly gained popularity and by 2000, it was handling an estimated 10 million search queries per day.

Google's first public offering took place in 2004, with shares being sold at an initial price of $85.

Google's Android operating system, released in 2008, has become the world's most popular mobile operating system, running on over 2 billion devices.

Google has acquired over 200 companies, including popular brands like YouTube and Waze.

The company has a unique company culture, with perks for employees including free food, on-site laundry services, and massages.

Google has been involved in several high-profile legal battles, including a settlement with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission in 2013 over allegations of anti-competitive business practices.

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