Google had a humble beginning in early 1996 when two PhD students from Stanford University, Larry Page and Sergey Brin began a research project trying to prove if looking at the ties that sites had to each other would produce a better search engine. Within the next decade,Google's hypothesis would be proven, developing a key tool called PageRank, and their company would take off arguably faster than any company has in the past century.
Within that decade, Google has taken over the vast majority of searches done by Internet users worldwide, released an IPO in 2004 which was offered at $85/share, a mark that has not been seen since that first day, and created numerous products that have helped bring in millions of dollars, including AdSense and Orkut. They also began a selection of offerings to the IT world which have been well received.
Google also has a humorous side to it, producing April Fool's Day hoaxes that border on the line of ridiculous, but still seem like a possibility to those who know what Google can do. Past jokes included Google's MentalPlex, PigeonRank, and Google Romance.
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in TechnologyWhat's Google's Project Loon All About?

Search giant's ambitious project to provide cheap Internet around the world is getting off the ground, and a lot of attention from tech blogs.by dopodomani / on Jun 18, 2013 -
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As Apple, Google, Microsoft and Facebook admit NSA data sharing, is the Democratic Party about to take the blame?by dopodomani / on Jun 17, 2013 -
in AdvertisingHalf of All Mobile Ad Revenues go to Google

A new report shows that Google dominates the mobile ad industry, taking home 50% of all revenueby cmimanagers / on Jun 15, 2013
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Google sometime back announced a cool way to see Google Trends. Google gives you a beautiful and real time view of what is being searched. Also Read: Cool Google Search tricks Google also lets you choose to view the trending search results from “All Regions” or some particular countries. If you’re ...22 hours ago -
Google Now wallpapers available to download to your computer, smartphone or tablet
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Governments will use whatever technology is available to combat their primary enemy – their own population, says critic The actions of the US government in spying on its and other countries citizens has been sharply cricitised by Noam Chomsky, the prominent political thinker, as attacks on democracy and the people. ...22 hours ago -
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