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Google Maps, Google Earth, Youtube, Google Ads, all started from aquisitions, to name the big services. They have many more small services and features coming f
by slightwinder 7y ago
Google Maps, Google Earth, Youtube, Google Ads, all started from aquisitions, to name the big services. They have many more small services and features coming from aquisitions.
See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mergers_and_acquisitions_by_Alphabet https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mergers_and_acquisitio... for a good chronologic list.
- scarface74 7y agoGoogle ads - where they did advertising on their own site was homegrown. DoubleClick helped them expand to other sites. None of their hardware acquisitions have been successful. Android hadn’t developed a piece of hardware when it was acquired AFAIK.
- cknoxrun 7y agoAbsolutely, and I would add Google Analytics to that list of "big services" as well.
- corford 7y agoAh yes, urchin! God that's a blast from the past.