Google Turns 10
Google turns 10 this week. What began as a research project at Stanford University for Ph.D. candidates Larry Page and Sergey Brin when they were just 24-years-old and 23-years-old, has now turned into a company that has become the envy of the world. Did you know that "googol" is the mathematical term for a 1 followed by 100 zeros? The term was coined by Milton Sirotta, nephew of American mathematician Edward Kasner, and was popularized in the book, Mathematics and the Imagination, by Kasner and James Newman. The story goes that Page and Brin misspelled the word when they first named the company and thus ended up as "Google." Here are some other Google trivia for your entertainment.1. Google hosted its first data center in a rented 7' x 8' room.
2. Google's original logo ended with an exclamation point.
3. Microsoft briefly considered offering to buy Google.
4. One quarter of Googlers work outside the United States.
5. The word "Google" is listed as a verb in the Oxford English and Merriam-Webster Dictionary.
6. Click HERE for the official Google Turns 10 page.
7. Click HERE to see all Google logos for holidays and special events.
8. Click HERE for a list of all of Google's April Fools pranks.
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