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2012–2014: Google Penguin (an update to some parts of Google's search algorithm) is released in 2012, with the goal of concentrating on webspam. The last named update is in October 2014. Starting December 2014, Penguin moves to continuous updates (Penguin Everflux). 2012 onward: Google integrates Google Knowledge Graph into its search results ...
A Google Doodle is a special, temporary alteration of the logo on Google 's homepages intended to commemorate holidays, events, achievements, and historical figures. The first Google Doodle honored the 1998 edition of the long-running annual Burning Man event in Black Rock City, Nevada, and was designed by co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin ...
1. New web search engine. Blekko, a search engine that uses slashtags to allow people to search in more targeted categories, launches. [65] 2011. February. 23–24. Search algorithm update. Google launches Google Panda, a major update affecting 12% of search queries.
Google services outage. During eight episodes, one in 2013, one in 2014, one in 2018, three in 2020, and two in 2022, Google suffered from severe outages that disrupted a variety of their services. The first was a five-minute outage of every Google service in August 2013. The second was a 25-minute outage of Gmail, Google+, Google Calendar, and ...
Google's development of self-driving technology began on January 17, 2009, [3] [non-primary source needed] at Google X lab, run by co-founder Sergey Brin. [2] The project was launched at Google by Sebastian Thrun, the former director of the Stanford Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (SAIL) and Anthony Levandowski, founder of 510 Systems and Anthony's Robots.
In late January 2012 Google began allowing members to use nicknames, maiden names, and other "established" names in addition to their common or real names. [83] According to Google, the real name policy makes Google more like the real world. People can find each other more easily, like a phone book.
The Google barges were a group of four floating barges built between 2010 and 2012, intended by Google to serve as "an interactive space where people can learn about new technology", [1][2] possibly as luxury showrooms for Google Glass and other products on an invitation-only basis. [3] Google halted work on the barges in late 2013 and began ...
Google Glass, or simply Glass, is a discontinued brand of smart glasses developed by Google's X Development (formerly Google X), [9] with a mission of producing a ubiquitous computer. [1] Google Glass displays information to the wearer using a head-up display. [10] Wearers communicate with the Internet via natural language voice commands. [11] [12]