Larry Page and Sergey Brin

Larry and Sergey Meet

Sep 1, 1995

Larry is looking to attend at Stanford for his Ph.D in computer science and is companied with tour guide, Sergey Brin, at his visit on campus. They didn't see eye to eye to say the least. Google's Autobiography

The Beginning of Backrub

Jan 30, 1996

The two become good friends and begin to work on a project called "Backrub". The main objective was being able to search the internet using keywords and putting the most crediable websites listed first. The two actually wanted to sell their idea to Yahoo but they did not offer enough for Lary and Sergey's taste.

Google is a Registered Domain

Sep 15, 1997

The name was changed to Google, refering to the word googol which is a hundred zeros. It was officially listed as a domain on the internet.

Google Expands

Feb 1, 1999

Google moves out of their garage office and into their own office space with their 8 employees.

Gmail is Created

Apr 1, 2004

Gmail is created making Google an email provider as well. This is a huge milestone because Google has expanded its service to multiple genres. Now, 425 million people have a Gmail account.

Andriod

Jan 30, 2005

Google acquires Andriod to enter the phone market.

Google Maps

Feb 1, 2005

Google Maps goes live.

Aquires Youtube

Oct 1, 2006

Google now owns the rights to Youtube

Google Chrome

Apr 5, 2008

Google Chrome is released and available for download on computers and phones.

1 Billion Activations

Sep 30, 2013

Google has achieved 1 billion Andriod activations.