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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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  by jaideepkhanduja / on Nov 6, 2009
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  by sageone73 / on Nov 5, 2009

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “google ”

• Google Callously Snubs NYC in Free Holiday Airport Wi-Fi Giveaway

  
  ANIMAL — Authority: 718
  Happy holidays from Google, which just announced that it is gifting America with free Wi-Fi internet service at 47 major airports during the holiday travel season. A list of the airports involved, which doesn’t include any of the airports servicing the New York City metropolitan area, can be found here . Pricks. | ...
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• Google Street View Hits Hawaii, Mexico

  
  WebProNews Feed — Authority: 706
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• Google Providing Free Airport WiFi For The Holidays

  
  The Inquisitr Entertainment — Authority: 759
  Google is providing frequent and not-so-frequent fliers with a special holiday gift, free WiFi at various airports through the U.S.  a free service that will last until January 15th 2010. Google is providing the service in conjunction with airport and in-flight WiFi provider Boingo Wireless, along with Advanced ...
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• Free Airport Wi-Fi For The Holidays From Google

  
  Tech-Ex — Authority: 482
  Following up on an announcement by Microsoft on Monday, in which the company noted its teamed with JiWire to give free wi-fi minutes to those who perform a Bing search at certain "premium" hotspots, Google made a similar announcement on Tuesday. You have to be flying, however: Googles freebie only applies to ...
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• 3 Count: BBC Saw

  
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  Got any suggestions for the 3 Count. Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday . 1: Google Gets Till Friday for Digital Library Settlement First off today, Google as well as the publishers and authors who sued it, are getting extra time to reform their settlement. Publishers and the Author’s Guild sued Google ...
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• Report: Motorola Droid Sold 100,000 Over Launch Weekend

  
  Digital Media Wire - connecting people & knowledge — Authority: 569
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• UPDATE: Google Caffeine to Launch After Holidays (For the Most Part)

  
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• Dear Rupert

  
  ScribeMedia.Org: The Business, Technology and Culture of Digital Media — Authority: 120
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• Clearwire Raises Another $1.6 Billion, Led by Sprint Nextel

  
  Digital Media Wire - connecting people & knowledge — Authority: 569
  Kirkland, Wash. - Giving it more ammunition to roll out its high-speed wireless (WiMax) networkin more cities across the U.S.,Kirkland, Wash.-based Clearwire said on Tuesday that it has raised another $1.6billion, including a $1.2 billion investment from partner Sprint Nextel (NYSE: S) . read more
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• Bot herders turn to the cloud for command-and-control

  
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• Dual-screen enTourage eDGe ebook reader gets a little hands-on time

  
  Engadget — Authority: 880
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• Google to sponsor free Wi-Fi at airports during christmas

  
  Mobilewhack.com — Authority: 644
  Google has done it again and prepared an excellent gift for some airports on the US: it will provide free Wi-Fi in on many airports and I bet that scenario will make a lot of people very happy. In some cases there will even be Wi-Fi during the flight, that is, if you’re travelling on [...]
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• Weekend Roundup #60

  
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• AdMob Gets a Payday

  
  The Big Money — Authority: 723
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• Clearwire nabs $1.5 billion

  
  BloggingStocks — Authority: 665
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• The Alex E-Reader Stirs the Pot, Adding HTML to the Mix

  
  Allen Weiner — Authority: 501
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• Google Search Results About to Get a Dose of Caffeine

  
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