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Wait, That Says Google ?!...well-known. But has Google become too smug about just how recognizable its name is? Its increasingly obscure daily logos suggest that might be the case. This logo, for example, ran in June to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the video game... In this article: Google, Russia, Blue fish, Grinch, Tetris, Dr. Seuss, and Jackson Pollock |
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RSS feed from 1UP | June 05, 2009
Google Celebrates Tetris Birthday
Google Celebrates Tetris Birthday Check out 1UP's full coverage of gaming's biggest event! The search engine giant changes its logo to celebrate a special videogame birthday. So I was just about to search for something on Google and...
In this article: Tetris and Alexey Pajitnov
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The Sydney Morning Herald : Technology Headlines | June 04, 2009
Tetris inventor now making waves at Google
...of Tetris paced by your heart rate. Since around 2003 Gerasimov has lived in Australia, where he worked in complex systems research with the CSIRO before joining Google about a year and a half ago. His main project at Google is Google...
In this article: Vadim Gerasimov, Tetris, Alexey Pajitnov, Google Wave, Civilisation, Moscow University, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Engadget | June 06, 2009
Tetris turns 25 years young, still puzzles the best of us
...the one made for the Amiga version... very hypnotic! Neutral Pathetic how Google glorifies the invention of Tetris rather than paying tribute to those who really deserve it. Politicians and world leaders use war to keep population...
In this article: Tetris, Amiga, Iphone, Game Gear, Alexey Pajitnov, and Russia
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ShoppingBlog.com | June 06, 2009
Tetris Turns 25
...them." You can read a longer story about the origin of Tetris here. Google designed its logo look like Tetris today, in celebration of the 25th Tetris anniversary. The logo even has a block about to drop into place. The official Tetris...
In this article: Tetris, Alexey Pajitnov, Technology Review, Derivative, and MIT
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Business Wire Entertainment News | June 05, 2009
Google Features TETRIS® Look for Game's 25th Anniversary
...of TETRIS® in honor of the game's 25th anniversary. Google will roll out the TETRIS-inspired design in 24-hour periods, starting first at 1:00 PM EDT in Japan, Australia, and New Zealand. From 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM EDT, the TETRIS-inspired...
In this article: Alexey Pajitnov, Tetris, Blue Planet Software, World Cup, and Igoogle
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Crave: The gadget blog | March 20, 2008
Photos: Video games at the 2008 New York auto show Crave, the gadget blog - CNET
...for Google's new mobile phone platform. Google joins the OpenID fray with its own solution, which lets developers integrate a universal log-in for their users to sign on with their Google account. GE says household machines could be built...
In this article: New York, Microsoft, Bejeweled, Midnight Club: Los Angeles, Gran Turismo 5 Prologue, Tetris, Subaru, and CNET
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starbulletin | June 06, 2009
Business Briefs
Google to mark Tetris' anniversary Google's signature home page will feature the look of the distinctive world-famous playing pieces of Tetris today in honor of the game's 25th anniversary. Honolulu-based Blue Planet Software manages...
In this article: Hawaii, Toyota Prius, Tetris, Hawaiian Airlines, Toyota, Blue Planet Software, and Alexey Pajitnov
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Mobiledia | October 30, 2008
Electronic Arts Makes Games for Google Android Mobile Phone
...Android open-source software. Tetris is available for the first of what is expected to be an array of mobile telephones based on a free, open software platform created by a Google-led Open Handset Alliance. EA said that puzzle-game...
In this article: Android, Electronic Arts, Tetris, Monopoly, T-Mobile G1, Open Handset Alliance, Android, EA Mobile, and T-Mobile
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ClickZ News | March 24, 2008
Brands Build Widget Ads; Will Consumers Come? - ClickZ
...to build and promote their own applications. A look at Google's gadget gallery shows eight ad gadgets, including Hewlett-Packard, Intel, New Balance, and Pepsi's Sierra Mist Lemon Squeeze. At Yahoo Widgets, there are nearly 4,700 widgets,...
In this article: Digitas, Kraft Foods, Nissan, RSS Feed, Search Engine Strategies, and Slide.com
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Google Inc. is an American public corporation, earning revenue from advertising related to its Internet search, e-mail, online mapping, office productivity, social networking, and video sharing services as well as selling advertising-free versions of the same technologies. Google has also developed an open source web browser and a mobile operating system. The Google headquarters, the Googleplex, is located in Mountain View, California. , the company has 19,786 full-time employees. The company is running thousands of servers worldwide, which process millions of search requests each day and about 1 petabyte of user-generated data every hour.
Google was founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin while they were students at Stanford University and the company was first incorporated as a privately held company on September 4, 1998. The initial public offering took place on August 19, 2004, raising $1.67 billion, implying a value for the entire corporation of $23 billion. Google has continued its growth through a series of new product developments, acquisitions, and partnerships. Environmentalism, philanthropy and positive employee relations have been important tenets during the growth of Google. The company has been identified multiple times as Fortune Magazine's #1 Best Place to Work, and as the most powerful brand in the world. Alexa ranks Google as the most visited website on the Internet.
- Name:
- Google Inc.
- Type:
- NASDAQ: GOOG
- Location City:
- Googleplex, Mountain View, California, United States
- Region:
- Worldwide
- Founder:
- Founded:
- Menlo Park, California (September 4, 1998)
- Stock Symbol (NASDAQ):
- GOOG
- Industry:
- Internet, Computer software
- Key People:
- Products:
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- See list of Google products
- Help
- Google Labs
- Google Services & Tools
- Google Web Search Features
- Revenue:
- 31.3% $ 21.796 billion
- Operating Income:
- 30.4% $ 6.632 billion
- Net Income:
- .6% $ 4.227 billion
- Assets:
- $ 31.768 billion
- Equity:
- $ 28.239 billion
- No. of Employees:
- 19,665 –
- Motto:
- Don't be evil
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