What is Google: Definition and 250 Discussions

Google LLC is an American multinational technology company that specializes in Internet-related services and products, which include online advertising technologies, a search engine, cloud computing, software, and hardware. It is considered one of the big four Internet stocks along with Amazon, Facebook, and Apple.Google was founded in September 1998 by Larry Page and Sergey Brin while they were Ph.D. students at Stanford University in California. Together they own about 14% of its publicly-listed shares and control 56% of the stockholder voting power through super-voting stock. The company went public via an initial public offering (IPO) in 2004. In 2015, Google was reorganized as a wholly owned subsidiary of Alphabet Inc.. Google is Alphabet's largest subsidiary and is a holding company for Alphabet's Internet properties and interests. Sundar Pichai was appointed CEO of Google on October 24, 2015, replacing Larry Page, who became the CEO of Alphabet. On December 3, 2019, Pichai also became the CEO of Alphabet.In 2021, the Alphabet Workers Union was founded, mainly composed of Google employees.The company's rapid growth since incorporation has included products, acquisitions, and partnerships beyond Google's core search engine, (Google Search). It offers services designed for work and productivity (Google Docs, Google Sheets, and Google Slides), email (Gmail), scheduling and time management (Google Calendar), cloud storage (Google Drive), instant messaging and video chat (Google Duo, Google Chat, and Google Meet), language translation (Google Translate), mapping and navigation (Google Maps, Waze, Google Earth, and Street View), podcast hosting (Google Podcasts), video sharing (YouTube), blog publishing (Blogger), note-taking (Google Keep and Jamboard), and photo organizing and editing (Google Photos). The company leads the development of the Android mobile operating system, the Google Chrome web browser, and Chrome OS (a lightweight, proprietary operating system based on the FOSS Chromium OS operating system). Google has moved increasingly into hardware; from 2010 to 2015, it partnered with major electronics manufacturers in the production of its Google Nexus devices, and it released multiple hardware products in 2016, including the Google Pixel line of smartphones, Google Home smart speaker, Google Wifi mesh wireless router. Google has also experimented with becoming an Internet carrier (Google Fiber and Google Fi).
Google.com is the most visited website worldwide. Several other Google-owned websites also are on the list of most popular websites, including YouTube and Blogger. On the list of most valuable brands, Google is ranked second by Forbes and fourth by Interbrand. It has received significant criticism involving issues such as privacy concerns, tax avoidance, censorship, search neutrality, antitrust and abuse of its monopoly position.

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  1. L

    Research vs Tech Startup vs Google Intern

    So I've been in the processing of interviewing with a bunch of different places for summer internships, but it seems like this whole process is about to get wrapped up in the next few days. The catalyst: I got an offer from SLAC for DOEs SULI program. Needless to say, I'm very excited. However...
  2. V

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    IBM's Watson looks very impressive...But try using Google for the Answers or hints on Jeopardy. Guess what, if you had access to Google you'd score on Jeopardy! So what Watson appears to be doing is performing a search with something similar to Google and then parsing out the search hit results...
  3. A

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  4. TheStatutoryApe

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  5. C

    MHB How old does Google think you are?

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  6. E

    Who is in Charge of Math at Google?

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  7. rhody

    Can Siri Really Dethrone Google?

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  8. P

    Removing google search results

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  9. M

    Google Image search is amazingly accurate

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  10. Newtons Apple

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  11. A

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  12. M

    Google earth image of the South pole?

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  13. L

    Exploring the Link Between Consciousness and Search Algorithms

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  14. A

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  15. ArcanaNoir

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  16. I_am_learning

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  17. Greg Bernhardt

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  18. rhody

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  19. C

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  20. W

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  21. O

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  22. PainterGuy

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  23. Drakkith

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  24. lisab

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  25. T

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  26. P

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  27. rhody

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  28. D

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  29. W

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  30. Simfish

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  31. ╔(σ_σ)╝

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  32. D

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  33. A

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  34. edward

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  35. N

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    Or is it just my end? The top half of the images don't load for me.
  36. B

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  37. F

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  38. N

    Getting to the Top of Google: What You Need to Know

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  39. Borek

    News Oracle vs Google: The Battle for Java Supremacy?

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  40. Greg Bernhardt

    Update: Google invests $100M in Zynga, Preparing for new game platform?

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  41. EnumaElish

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  42. lisab

    Is Google's Pac-Man Doodle Causing Frustration Among Users?

    OK, I think it's clever that Google changes its home page now and then, to honor a holiday or other significant event. But today's is just annoying. It's Pac-Man's 30th birthday...fine, a big *yawn* from me but I liked the graphic. But if you leave the home page up for a few minutes, the...
  43. P

    Academic Searches using Google

    Hello everyone, I have written this small guide, which covers the most important and useful Google search operators, which can totally improve your google search results. If you just type in your search keywords in Google then this is for you. The guide also includes two small...
  44. J

    What are the pros and cons of the new Google search layout?

    What does everybody think of the new Google search results layout? http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/05/05/google-gives-its-search-results-a-facelift/ It's far too busy and distracting for me. The reason I've been using Google all these years was the simplicity of their search results...
  45. W

    News Google uncensors its search engine in China

    You can now search for Tienanmen Square Massacre in China. Wonder how long it will last. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8581393.stm Nice comeback. I love google.
  46. P

    Help with Vector Line of Support: Can't Find It on Google

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  47. M

    Google Wave invites give out (Ive got 12)

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  48. B

    Google Wave Invite: Experience & Description

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  49. rhody

    Exploring Google Tools: PF Forum Member Experiences

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  50. Monocerotis

    Looking for Google Wave Invite to Collaborate with Classmates

    anyone have any invites they can share ? Trying to get a hook up so I can invite everyone from my math and physics course, live e-study sessions would be awesome.
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