Google was founded in 1998 as a search engine called BackRub by Larry Page and Sergey Brin as a research project at Stanford University. It was later renamed Google, inspired by the mathematical term 'googol' meaning 1 followed by 100 zeros. Google provides popular services like Google Search, Gmail, Google Maps, Google Photos, YouTube, Android, and more. It also focuses on hardware products like Google Pixel smartphones, Google Home speakers, and other devices. Google's services handle over a billion search queries each day and include Gmail, Google Docs, Google Drive, Google Translate, and more.
2. About Google
Googleinitially known as BackRub, It’s is a search engine that
was founded by PHD students Sergey Brin and Larry Page as a
research project at Stanford University in order to find files on the
Internet. Larry and Sergey later decided the name of their search
engine needed to change and decide upon Google, which is inspired
from the term googol. The name was a play on the mathematical
expression for the number 1 followed by 100 zero.
3. • Google is an American Multinational Company, specialized in
internet related services and product.
• At present time, Google provides you the services like Google
Photos, Google Play Store, Google Maps, Google Docs, Google
Chrome, Google Allo along with Duo, Google drive and YouTube
which most of you doesn’t know owned by Google.
• We shall discuss further….
4. Hardware Department
Google is also focusing on hardware market, in the year 2010-2015, it
had paid a lot of it’s interest in the manufacturing of Nexus Device
and in 2016 it releases multi hardware products like its first
smartphone - Google Pixel, Pixel XL and its next series smartphone –
Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL, Wi-Fi Mesh, Home-a start speaker, VR Box and
many more……
9. Android
• Android is an operating system for smartphone, which provides
interface to the user, but Android was originally created as an
operating system for digital cameras.
• Google is owning Android since 2005 but it wasn’t created by
google.
• They had brought the company in 2005 from the man Andy Rubin
famously known as the father of Android.
• Samsung had that opportunity to buy Android in late 2004 but
refuses the it because they can’t find any potential in it.
10. • Android versions are named in alphabet orders-
• Cupcake – Android version 1.5.
• Donut – Android version 1.6.
• Eclair – Android version 2.0.
• Froyo – Android version 2.2.
• Gingerbread – Android 2.3.
• Honeycomb – Android 3.0.
• Ice Cream Sandwich – Android 4.0.
• Jelly Beans – Android 4.1-4.3.1.
Versions of Android :-
12. Google Gmail
• Free online e-mail service with over 1 GB of storage and the best Spam
protection available.
• Gmail is a free, advertising-supported email service developed by
Google.
• Gmail started as a limited beta release on April 1, 2004, and ended its
testing phase on July 7, 2009.
• At launch, Gmail had an initial storage capacity offer of 1 GB per user, a
significantly higher amount than competitors offered at the time. Today,
the service comes with 15 GB of free storage. Users can receive emails up
to 25 MB in size, including attachments, while they can send emails up to
25 MB. In order to send larger files, users can insert files from Google
Drive into the message.
13. Google Chrome
• Its considered to be best browser of Google. And widely used by
people.
• Google Chrome is a freeware web browser developed by Google. It
was first released in September 2008, for Microsoft Windows, and
was later ported to Linux, macOS, iOS, and Android. Google
Chrome is also the main component of Chrome OS, where it serves
as a platform for running web apps.
• You can also use Chrome search bar as an Calculator.
14. Google Docs
• Google Docs, Google Sheets, and Google Slides are a word
processor, a spreadsheet and a presentation program respectively,
all part of a free, web-based software office suite offered by Google
within its Google Drive service. The three apps are available as web
applications, and as mobile apps for Android and iOS. The apps are
compatible with Microsoft Office file formats.
15. Google Drive
• Google Drive is a file storage and synchronization service
developed by Google. Launched on April 24, 2012, Google Drive
allows users to store files in the cloud, synchronize files across
devices, and share files.
• Google Drive offers users 15 GB of free storage, with 100 GB, 1 TB,
2 terabytes, 10 TB, 20 TB, and 30 TB offered through optional paid
plans.
16. Google Earth
• Google earth is a kind of computer software that gives you a 3D
representation of specific places.
• Allow users to see cities and landscapes from various angles.
• Google Earth is able to show various kinds of images on the surface
of the earth.
• Google Earth was originally developed by Keyhole Inc., a Mountain
View-based company founded in 2001.
• Google acquired the company in 2004.
17. Google Maps
• Google Maps is a online mapping service developed by Google. It
offers satellite imagery, street maps, 360° panoramic views of streets
(Street View), real-time traffic conditions (Google Traffic), and route
planning for traveling by foot, car, bicycle, or public transportation.
• Google Maps for mobile was released in September 2008 and
features GPS turn-by-turn navigation. In August 2013, it was
determined to be the world's most popular app for smartphones,
with over 54% of global smartphone owners using it at least once.
18. Google Play
• Google Play (formerly Android Market) is a digital distribution
service operated and developed by Google. It serves as the official
app store for the Android operating system, allowing users to
browse and download applications developed with the Android
software development kit.
• Google Play also serves as a digital media store, offering music,
magazines, books, movies, and television programs.
19. Google Translator
• More than 500 million people use Google Translate.
• Google Translate translates more than 100 billion words per day.
• Google Translate now supports 103 languages.
• When it was launched 10 years ago, it only supported two: English
and Arabic.
20. YouTube
• YouTube is an American video-sharing website headquartered in
San Bruno, California. The service was created by three former
PayPal employees—Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, and Jawed Karim—in
February 2005.
• YouTube allows users to upload, view, rate, share, add to favourites,
report, comment on videos, and subscribe to other users.
23. The official way to become a Googler is first to focus on your
studies, then work hard to secure a good rank in IIT. Then
find a high ranking college or university so that you can
secure maximum probabilities for college placements as an
interns….blah…blah…blah…..which is so called a traditional
way………
Do some awesomely amazing things and make your self
famous on internet, Google itself will find you and pick you
up from your home.