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Happy Birthday Google: Tracing tech giant’s journey from dorm room to world stage

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Rajan Nath
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Happy Birthday Google: Tracing tech giant’s journey from dorm room to world stage
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Google is celebrating its 21st birthday with a throwback picture of a bulky computer. The image features a desktop system with Google search showing on the monitor. In a corner, there’s a timestamp dated September 27, 1998. The tech giant began as a project by two computer graduates, Larry Page and Sergey Brin in their dorm room. Initially, it had the unlikely name of “Backrub.” publive-image After a few years, Sun Microsystems funded Backrub, which marked the beginning of Google Inc as a legal entity with its first office in California. Google was granted a copyright for its technology and Page in 2001. publive-image Over the years, Google released Google Docs, Gmail, Google Drive and the most-popular web browser, Google Chrome. Later, Google acquired video streaming platform YouTube and ventured into smart phone (Pixel), smart speaker (Google Home) and other mobile computer hardware sectors. Also Read: Wink girl Priya Varrier beats Sunny Leone to become Google's most searched actress As per a report, Google’s estimated net worth is around $300 billion while its parent company is worth over $900 billion. Google’s success has been so spectacular that it has become one of the key players of the modern world and an integral part of people’s lives. -PTC News-
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