They currently employ almost 50,000 people and are headquartered in Mountain View, California.
Statistics from October 2014 show that Google has 67% of the world market share for search queries.
One of many sites currently blocked in China.
Timeline:
1995 – Founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin meet at Stanford.
1996 – Page and Brin collaborate on a search engine called BackRub. It exists solely on Stanford’s servers and eventually outgrows its space.
September 15, 1997 – Google.com is registered as a domain.
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July 2013 – Google releases Chromecast, a device that connects to your TV and allows sites like Netflix to be shown from phones, tablets, and computers.
March 18, 2014 – Google announces Android Wear, an initiative to bring Android technology to smartwatches.
April 15, 2014 – Google Glass becomes available to the general public for a limited time.
November 27, 2014 – The European Parliament recommends to break up Google’s search business in Europe so that it will be split from the rest of its commercial operations.
December 18, 2014 – Google sues Mississippi State Attorney General Jim Hood, alleging he made secret deals with the Motion Picture Association of America. Google claims that the studios and Hood are actively working to sue Google, demanding that the website filter out illegal content that their search engine points to.
January 19, 2015 – Googles withdraws Google Glass from the marketplace.
