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Page 1 of 2 Companies Acquired By Google | Company Name | Date | Field | Related Google Service | Deja's Usenet Discussion Service | Feb 01 | Usenet Search | Google Groups | Outride, Inc. | Sep 01 | Personalized Internet Search | Personalizing Internet Search | Pyra Labs | Feb 03 | Blogging | Blogger.com | Neotonic Software | Apr 03 | E-Mail Customer Support | E-mail Discussion Groups, Gmail, CRM | Applied Symantics | Apr 03 | Online Advertising | AdSense, AdWatch | Kaltix | Sep 03 | Personalized Internet Search | Google Personal | Sprinks | Oct 03 | Advertising | AdSense and AdWord | Genius Labs | Oct 03 | Blogging | Blogger.com | Ignite Logic | Apr 04 | Setting up Websites for Law Firms | Searching Laws/Lawsuits? | Picasa | Jul 04 | Image Management | Picasa/Blogger | Keyhole | Oct 04 | Maps | Google Maps, Google Earth | ZipDash | Dec 04 | Mobile GPS/Traffic Updates | Google Ride Finder | Urchin Software | May 05 | Web Analytics | Google Analytics | Dodgeball | May 05 | Mobile based social networking | Integrate with Google Maps/Earth/Ride Finder | Current Communications* | Jul 05 | Internet Communications | Google Wi-Fi? | Android Inc. | Jul 05 | Mobile Devices Software Provider | Google Phone? |
Compiled By: CoolTechZone.com *Google has not acquired Current Communications but has, along with Goldman Sachs and others, invested $100 million in it
*Google has acquired these firms, but has not announced a service
*? Denotes possible services that Google could announce (Column) - Listed here is a list of companies acquired by Google, the search giant that has got me paranoid. Why? Well, the magnitude of its search operations and its willingness to track me where I go in cyberspace is a scary thought, but thats a different optic, so Ill skip the details on that for now. Looking at the above table, we have already seen Google roll out services pertaining to quite a bit of the companies it has acquired. However, there are some whose acquisition just doesnt make any sense, or should we say, doesnt make any sense just yet.
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