Continuing with our tribute to Google ( GOOG) as they celebrate their 10th birthday. We have compiled a list of the top 100 Google Moments that have made them the unique and innovative company that they are today.
Here is the first installment of the Top 100 Google Moments.
Celebrating 10 Years of Google: Top Google Moments #75-100
#98. Google Acquires Dodgeball a social networking site built specifically for use on mobile devices. - May 2005
#97. Google Wins M.I.T. Sloan eBusiness Award - Students' Choice - April 2002 #96. Google Cleans Up at Search Engine Watch Awards - Wins for Outstanding Search Service, Best News Search Engine, Best Image Search Engine, Most Webmaster Friendly Search Provider, Best Paid Placement Service, Best Search Toolbar and Best Search Feature - February 2004 #94. Google, in conjunction with a variety of social networks develops Open Social, a set of common APIs for web based social network applications - November 2007 #92. Google and Fox Interactive Team Up to provide search and advertising on MySpace - 2006 #90. With eight employees, Google moves to an office on University Avenue in Palo Alto - February 1999
#86. Google Sells 2.6% Stake in Baidu.com that they had previously acquired in 2004 - June 2006
#85. Google Search Index Reaches 3 Billion Documents - December 2001
#82. Google Wins PC World's Internet Product of the Year and Best Search Engine Awards 2002 - June 2002
#81. Google Launches Google Talk a web-based application for instant messaging - August 24, 2005 #80. Google Teams Up with Sun MicroSystems to help share and distribute each others technologies. - Fall of 2005
#77. Google Launches Google Gears Open Source software project that enables more powerful web applications by adding new features to your web browser. Later changes name to "Gears". - May 2007. http://gears.google.com/#76. Google Acquires Postini - services for message security, archiving and encryption for an estimated $625 million. - July 2007 The top 100 Google Moments will continue later this week.
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