Google turns 13, doodles celebration picSeptember 27, 2011 - 11:07 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Search giant Google is celebrating its 13th birthday. In keeping with tradition, it has posted a birthday Doodle with a cake, candles and balloons. Google began in January 1996 as a research project by Larry Page and Sergey Brin when they were both PhD students at Stanford University in California. According to Search Engine Watch, the exact date of Google’s birthday has changed and been debated a bit through the years. Google filed for incorporation on September 4, 1998, was established three days later on September 7, and the Google.com domain was registered September 15. All have been considered Google’s “birthday” at one point, but Google has officially chosen September 27 as their day. Google doodles gained immense popularity over the past years reminding of news events, civic milestones, birthdays and important dates in history. Google created more than 900 doodles since 1998, with 270 of them running in 2010 and about 200 in 2011. Google has acquired more than 100 companies over the past ten years. In August it announced its plans of acquisition of Motorola Mobility, the purchase marking the gian’t most expensive acquisition to-date at a staggering $12.5 billion. In May 2011, unique visitors of Google surpassed one billion mark. Top stories Yerevan will host the 2024 edition of the World Congress On Information Technology (WCIT). Rustam Badasyan said due to the lack of such regulation, the state budget is deprived of VAT revenues. Krisp’s smart noise suppression tech silences ambient sounds and isolates your voice for calls. Gurgen Khachatryan claimed that the "illegalities have been taking place in 2020." Partner news Most popular in the section | Concept to complete Yerevan Cascade discussed at city hall A conceptual proposal to complete the Cascade complex in downtown Yerevan has been presented by Jean-Michel Wilmotte. Pashinyan visits flood-hit region Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on Saturday, June 8 visited the disaster area in the Lori province. €3.5 mln EU grant to support justice reforms in Armenia The European Union has paid €3.5 mln grant to Armenia within a €11mln program on Support to Justice Reforms. Yerevan reacts to Baku’s proposal to see Minsk Group abolition Alen Simonyan has declared that Armenia is taking steps aimed at concluding a peace treaty with Azerbaijan. |