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Google

Google provides search and advertising services, which together aim to organize and monetize the world’s information. In addition to its dominant search engine, it offers a plethora of online tools and platforms including: Gmail, Maps and YouTube. Most of its Web-based products are free, funded by Google’s highly integrated online advertising platforms AdWords and AdSense. Google promotes the idea that advertising should be highly targeted and relevant to users thus providing them with a rich source of information.

Google has also made strong moves into the web-based apps space with acquisitions of Jotspot (documents), 2Web Technologies (spreadsheets) and Zenter (presentations). The company has also made a splash with the acquisitions of YouTube, DoubleClick and Feedburner.

In 1996, Stanford graduate students Sergey Brin and Larry Page famously started the search company in a Stanford dorm room. The two eventually moved the company to a Menlo Park garage, which the company quickly outgrew. Sun Microsystems founder Andy Bechtolsheim was the company’s first investor with other notable investors including Ron Conway, John Doerr, Mike Moritz and Ram Shriram.

Milestones

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  Google added Rahul Bafna as Lead Product Manager, EMEA Display Ads.
  Posted 2/1/12 at 9:30am
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  Google added Ken Norton as Group Product Manager. (10/1/06)
  Posted 1/30/12 at 5:22am
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  Google added Zubin Chagpar as Technical Program Manager.
  Posted 1/24/12 at 8:33am
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  Google added Eric Mauskopf as Business Development Manager. (10/1/06)
  Posted 1/21/12 at 6:01pm
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  Google added Gabor Cselle as Product Manager. (2/17/10)
  Posted 1/16/12 at 11:16am
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  Google added Pep Gomez as CPA to the VP of Emerging Products. (9/6/10)
  Posted 1/14/12 at 1:39pm
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  Google added Ben Smith as Strategic Partner Management. (8/1/03)
  Posted 1/14/12 at 11:06am
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  Google added Max Levchin as VP, Engineering.
  Posted 1/8/12 at 8:38am
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  Google added Clara Shih as Associate, Strategy & Business Operations . (12/1/04)
  Posted 12/15/11 at 2:54pm
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  Google added AJ Jaghori as Mentor, Summer of Code.
  Posted 12/2/11 at 10:27am
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  Google added Gregor Hochmuth as Product Manager. (9/1/08)
  Posted 11/22/11 at 2:13pm
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  Google added Shaun Modi as Designer.
  Posted 11/22/11 at 1:43pm
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  Google added Henrique De Castro as President Media, Mobile & Platforms Worldwide. (1/1/06)
  Posted 11/21/11 at 6:55pm
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  Google added Jared Cohen as Director.
  Posted 11/15/11 at 11:20pm
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  Google added Erica Nachamkin as Account Manager, Entertainment & Media, Online Sales. (7/19/10)
  Posted 11/14/11 at 3:15pm
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  Google added Barbara Macdonald as Software Developer In Test, Intern. (1/1/09)
  Posted 11/7/11 at 9:26pm

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1. Google Acquires Music Royalty Manager RightsFlow (online.wsj.com) []
2. Google Takes Two: Buys Apture To Enhance Chrome, Katango To Beef Up Google+ (paidcontent.org) []
3. Google Acquires Katango, The Automatic Friend Sorter (privco.com) []
4. Report Puts Google’s Zagat Purchase At $151 Million (techcrunch.com) []
5. Google acquires social analytics startup SocialGrapple (venturebeat.com) []
6. Google Buys German Groupon Clone DailyDeal (techcrunch.com) []
7. Google Acquires Digital Coupons/Incentives Platform Zave Networks To Bulk Up Commerce (techcrunch.com) []
8. Google Buys Motorola Mobility For $12.5B, Says “Android Will Stay Open” (techcrunch.com) []
9. http://techcrunch.com/2011/08/01/google-scoops-up-daily-deal-aggregator-the-dealmap/ []
10. Google Acquires Facial Recognition Software Company PittPatt (techcrunch.com) []
11. Google+ Makes Its First Acquisition And Buys Social Group Startup Fridge (businessinsider.com) []
12. Google Confirms That It Has Acquired Digital Loyalty Startup Punchd (techcrunch.com) []
13. Google Acquires Slingbox-Style Tech Company Sage TV (businessinsider.com) []
14. Google Acquires PostRank, An Analytics Service For The Social Web (techcrunch.com) []
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16. Google Acquires 'Kayak For Consumer Electronics' Sparkbuy (techcrunch.com) []
17. Google Buys Patents From Bankrupt Israeli Company That Made Tiny Cellphones (rergvnkboord.com) []
18. After Agreeing To DOJ Settlement, Google Closes $700M Acquisition Of ITA Software (techcrunch.com) []
19. Google Buys Mobile Music And Entertainment Platform PushLife (techcrunch.com) []
20. Google Acquires TalkBin, A Feedback Platform For Businesses That’s Only Five Months Old (techcrunch.com) []
21. Beat That! Google Acquires The UK’s BeatThatQuote.com For £37.7M (techcrunch.com) []
22. Google Buys Security Analytics Software Developer Zynamics (techcrunch.com) []
23. Google To Acquire fflick For $10 Million (techcrunch.com) []
24. Google Acquires eBook Technologies (techcrunch.com) []
25. Google Buys On Demand Video Service Widevine To Bolster Its Own TV Efforts (techcrunch.com) []
26. Google Acquires Phonetic Arts To Make Robo-Voices Sound Human (techcrunch.com) []
27. Google Acquires Impressive Touchscreen Keyboard Startup BlindType (techcrunch.com) []
28. Google Buys Schedule Management Startup Plannr (techcrunch.com) []
29. Confirmed: Google Buys Video Tour Startup Quiksee (paidcontent.org) []
30. Haaretz (haaretz.com) []
31. Google Buys Mobile Social Game Developer SocialDeck (insidesocialgames.com) []
32. Google Buys Angstro As It Furthers Social Strategy (techcrunch.com) []
33. It’s Official: Google Acquires Like.com (techcrunch.com) []
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35. Another Piece To Google’s Social Puzzle: To Acquire Jambool For $70 Million (techcrunch.com) []
36. TechCrunch (techcrunch.com) []
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38. Google Acquires Metaweb To Make Search Smarter (techcrunch.com) []
39. Metaweb joins Google (blog.freebase.com) []
40. Google Paid $81 Million for Invite Media (mediamemo.allthingsd.com) []
41. Google acquires Ruba.com (eyefortravel.com) []
42. Google Buys Simplify Media To Power Music Syncing For New iTunes Competitor (techcrunch.com) []
43. Google To Buy Global IP Solutions For $68.2 Million In Cash (techcrunch.com) []
44. TechCrunch (techcrunch.com) []
45. TechCrunch (techcrunch.com) []
46. Battle Cry? Google Buys Stealth Company Founded By Guys That Spurned Apple (techcrunch.com) []
47. Google acquires UK mobile visual search company Plink to bolster Goggles (deals.venturebeat.com) []
48. Google Acquires Online Video Hosting Platform Episodic (techcrunch.com) []
49. Google Buys Photo-Editing Site Picnik (paidcontent.org) []
50. Google To Acquire Video Compression Developer On2 For $106.5 Million (washingtonpost.com) []
51. Venturebeat (venturebeat.com) []
52. Google Acquires Aardvark For $50 million (techcrunch.com) []
53. Google Buys Voice Messaging Application Developer SayNow (techcrunch.com) []
54. Google To Acquire DocVerse; Office War Heats Up (techcrunch.com) []
55. Confirmed: Google Acquires AppJet, The Maker Of EtherPad (techcrunch.com) []
56. Google (googleblog.blogspot.com) []
57. Google Acquires AdMob For $750 Million (techcrunch.com) []
58. Exclusive: Google Has Acquired Gizmo5 (techcrunch.com) []
59. Google Acquires reCaptcha To Power Scanning For Google Books And Google News (techcrunch.com) []
60. TechCrunch (techcrunch.com) []
61. Google buys Korean blog platform TNC (news.cnet.com) []
62. Google Acquires Omnisio To Spice Up YouTube (techcrunch.com) []
63. We've officially acquired DoubleClick (googleblog.blogspot.com) []
64. Google buys Jaiku, Twitter losing ground (venturebeat.com) []
65. Google Acquires Mobile Platform Operator Zingku (techcrunch.com) []
66. Google Acquires ImageAmerica (techcrunch.com) []
67. http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/09/google-acquires-postini-for-625-million/ (techcrunch.com) []
68. Deal is Confirmed: Google Acquired GrandCentral (techcrunch.com) []
69. Proxy Watch: Google: $1 Million Stake In Comsenz; $20 Million For Peakstream; Salaries; Human Rights (washingtonpost.com) []
70. twitter.com/bennishiroor (twitter.com) []
71. Google Acquires Zenter; Y Combinator Gets Another Payday (techcrunch.com) []
72. Google buys into security, acquires GreenBorder (infoworld.com) []
73. Google to Buy Geo-Tagging Site Panoramio (gigaom.com) []
74. Google Acquires Marratech; Gets Into WebEx Territory (techcrunch.com) []
75. Google’s Office Suite Complete: Google “PowerPoint” Confirmed (techcrunch.com) []
76. Google acquires Trendalyzer (infosthetics.com) []
77. Google acquired in-game advertising company Adscape for $23 million in February 2007. (blog.quintura.com) []
78. Google Buys Endoxon (googlesystem.blogspot.com) []
79. Google Acquires Wiki Collaboration Company Jotspot (techcrunch.com) []
80. Google has acquired YouTube (techcrunch.com) []
81. Google Acquires Neven Vision (seobythesea.com) []
82. Google acquires XL2Web, launches Google Spreadsheets (businessreviewonline.com) []
83. Google Acquires Orion Search Algorithm (technewsworld.com) []
84. Google has acquired @Last Software, a 3D-design toolmaker and developer of the SketchUp software, the start-up announced Tuesday. (news.cnet.com) []
85. Google acquires online word processing app provider (infoworld.com) []
86. Google Buys Measure Map (techcrunch.com) []
87. Google Buys Into Radio (clickz.com) []
88. Citation Needed []
89. Citation Needed []
90. Google acquires Widget Engine (digg.com) []
91. Google Continues International Expansion, Opens Offices in Latin America (google.com) []
92. Google Comes Out of the Shadows in N.C.: Search Engine Giant Has Software Operation in Chapel Hill (localtechwire.com) []
93. Google Buys Android for Its Mobile Arsenal (businessweek.com) []
94. Google buys Canadian wireless-software company (news.cnet.com) []
95. Google Acquires Mobile Social-Networking Company Dodgeball.com (informationweek.com) []
96. Google Acquires Urchin Software (nytimes.com) []
97. Citation Needed []
98. Google innovations, made in Australia (blogs.smh.com.au) []
99. Google acquires traffic info start-up Zipdash (siliconbeat.com) []
100. Google Acquires Picasa (clickz.com) []
101. Google Quietly Acquires Ignite Logic (webpronews.com) []
102. Google Acquires Sprinks (webpronews.com) []
103. Citation Needed []
104. Google Acquires Kaltix Corp.; New Technologies and Engineering Team Complement Google Search Engine (findarticles.com) []
105. Google Buys Applied Semantics (newsbreaks.infotoday.com) []
106. Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org) []
107. Citation Needed []
108. Google Acquires Technology Assets of Outride Inc.; Transaction Complements Google's Technology Development To Provide Search Results with Greater Relevance (findarticles.com) []
109. Google Acquires Usenet Discussion Service and Significant Assets from Deja.com (google.com) []
110. Google Invests $102 Million More Into California’s Alta Wind Energy Center (techcrunch.com) [edit]
111. BrightSource Nabs $168 Million From Google To Develop Ivanpah Solar Power Plant In The Mojave (techcrunch.com) [edit]
112. Google Holiday Giving Includes $4 Million to NatureBridge for Environmental Education (naturebridge.org) [edit]
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114. All In the Family: Sergey Brin Loans 23andme $10 Million And Google Ponies Up $2.6 Million (techcrunch.com) [edit]
115. Android Developer Challenge 1 Winners (venturebeat.com) [edit]
116. $3.2 Billion WiMax Deal Goes Through. Take Cover. (techcrunch.com) [edit]
117. Citation Needed [add]
118. Navigenics raises more than $25M for personal genetics (deals.venturebeat.com) [edit]
119. Ubiquisys Secures B Round Funding for Breakthrough Femtocell Technology (ubiquisys.com) [edit]
120. 23andme.com [edit]
121. Founder's Blog (english.martinvarsavsky.net) [edit]
122. TrialPay Backed By Investors of Skype, Google, and Akamai For Payment Platform (thealarmclock.com) [edit]
123. Google Acquires Stake in Chinese Web Site (nytimes.com) [edit]
124. http://venturebeat.com/2006/11/14/phonezoo-offers-free-extensive-ringtone-download-service/ (venturebeat.com) [edit]
125. teslamotors.com [edit]
126. LightReading (lightreading.com) [edit]
127. Time Warner's AOL and Google to Expand Strategic Alliance (google.com) [edit]
128. Google invests in power-line broadband (news.cnet.com) [edit]
129. MarketWatch (marketwatch.com) [edit]
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132. 11 Billion Videos Viewed Online in the U.S. in April 2008 (comscore.com) []
133. Google Sinks $10 Million Into New Geothermal Technologies (techcrunch.com) []
134. Google Sells AOL Stake Back To Time Warner For $283 Million (businessinsider.com) []
135. Google To Partner With iLike And LaLa For New Music Service (techcrunch.com) []
136. Google Buys Wind Power, First Deal for “Google Energy” []
137. Google To Give $5 Million To Journalism Non-Profits; $3 Million Outside US (paidcontent.org) []
138. Google To Enter Fashion Shopping Territory With Launch Of Boutiques.com? (techcrunch.com) []
139. Google: Now We're Investing In A Huge Wind Farm Off New Jersey That Will Power 2 Million Homes (businessinsider.com) []
140. Tracked Down: Google Just Quietly Launched An Official Latitude iPhone App (techcrunch.com) []
141. Big Bang At Google: Larry Page To Replace Eric Schmidt As CEO On April 4 (techcrunch.com) []
142. Schmidt Files To Sell $334 Million Of Google Stock (paidcontent.org) []
143. Google Gives Schmidt A $100 Million Equity Award (paidcontent.org) []
144. Google Grants $2.7 Million To IPI To Promote Innovation In Online Journalism (techcrunch.com) []
145. Larry Page Takes Over Google, Spends $900 Million On His First Day (businessinsider.com) []
146. Google Invests $5 Million In German Solar Power Plant (techcrunch.com) []
147. Google Invests $100M in (Another!) Wind Farm (gigaom.com) []
148. Google Announces 160 Million Chrome Users, Massive Improvements Coming (techcrunch.com) []
149. Google Hires JustSpotted/Scoopler Team To Work On Google+ (washingtonpost.com) []
150. Google to Settle with U.S. Government for $500 Million (techcrunch.com) []