August 30, 1998: First Google Doodle inspired by Burning Man Festival in the US.<br><br>September 4, 1998: Google files for incorporation in California.
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2000
May 9, 2000: First 10 language versions of Google.com released. Today search is available in 150-plus languages.<br><br>June 2000: Google becomes world's largest search engine.<br><br>December 2000: Google Toolbar is released.
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2001
July 2001: Google Images launches, initially offering access to 250 million images. Today, it offers the most comprehensive image serach on the web.<br><br>December 2001: First annual Google Zeitgeist, a visual look at what millions of people searched for over the year.
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2002
Septemeber 2002: Google News launches 4,000 news sources. Today Google News includes 50,000-plus news sources.
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2003
December 2003: Launch of Google Print (now known as Google Books). To date, Google has scanned more than 20 million books.
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2004
January 2004: Google launches Orkut, the most popular social network in most countries in its hey days.<br><br>April 01, 2004: Google launched Gmail on April Fool's Day. At first invite-only, today Gmail boasts of more than 425 million users.<br><br>October 2004: Google opens offices in Bangalore and Hyderabad in India.
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2005
February 2005: Google Maps goes live.<br><br>April 2005: First video uploaded on YouTube. Now, 100-plus hours of video are uploaded every minute and people watch 6 billion hours of video per month.<br><br>June 2005: Google Mobile Web search, Google Earth launched. Google Earth has since been downloaded more than billion times.<br><br>November 2005: Launch of Google Analytics.
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2006
April 2006: Google Translate launches. Today, Google machine translation provides translation between 80-different languages.<br><br>May 2006: Google Trends, a way to visualize the popularity of searches over time, released.
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2007
February 2007: Traffic information added to Google Maps for 30-plus US cities. Today, live traffic data is available in 50-plus cities (600 + major cities).<br><br>November 2007: Android is announced.
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2008
September 2008: The G1, the first Android-based smartphone, is released.<br><br>Google Chrome also became available for download the same month (550 million users now).
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2009
February 2009: Voice Search on Android (works in 38-plus langauges now).<br><br>October 2009: Google Maps Navigation introduced.
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2010
January 2010: Google introduces the Nexus One to show what's possible on Android devices. The Nexus line of devices has since grown and now includes tablets as well as phones.<br><br>September 2010: Google Instant showing search results while typing launched.
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2011
May 2011: Google's website registers more than a billion unique visitors.<br><br>June 2011: Speech recognition added to Chrome desktop searches.<br><br>October 2011: Google Earth downloaded 1 billion times.<br><br>December 2011: Android Market (now Google Play) exceeds 10 billion app downloads.
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2012
Febrauary 2012: Chrome launches on Android.<br><br>April 2012: Google Drive cloud service released.<br><br>June 2012: Google Now announced. It brings you information you need, like what today's weather will be like, how much traffic to expect on your way to work.
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2014
July 2014: Google Maps in Hindi, with voice navigation too.<br><br>September 2014: Introduction of Android One in India.<br><br>October 2014: Google Voice search now accepts Indian accents.
