Google was founded on September 4, 1998. [1] It was co-founded by Sergey Brin and Larry Page. [2] The company offers products including Google Search, Software tools, Google Voice, Google Ads, search engine, and Gemini.
Key Facts
Award received: BigBrotherAwards[3], Princess of Asturias Award for Communications and Humanities[4], National Prize in Digital Media[5], Pompeu Fabra Award in Communication and New Technologies[6], National Design Awards[7], Big Brother Awards[8]
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Things named for Google include Proceratium google[55] and Googlepedia[56].
Why It Matters
Google has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[57] Google is known by 22 alternative names across languages and contexts.[58]
Google has been cited as an influence by Yandex[59], a public company[60], in Russia[61], founded in 1997[62], headquartered in Moscow[63].
Google is credited with the discovery of Google Takeout[64], a project[65], founded in 2011[66]. Works attributed to Google include Chromium Embedded Framework[67], a software framework[68], founded in 2008[69]; Google Patents[70], a search engine[71]; and Google Fusion Tables[72], a website[73]. Entities named for Google include Proceratium google[55] and Googlepedia[56].
FAQs
What awards did Google receive?
Honors received include BigBrotherAwards[3], Princess of Asturias Award for Communications and Humanities[4], National Prize in Digital Media[5], and Pompeu Fabra Award in Communication and New Technologies[6].
Who did Google influence?
Google has been cited as an influence by Yandex[59].
What did Google discover?
Google is credited as discoverer of Google Takeout[64].
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