Learn Google's Alphabet
Why Google chose “Alphabet” as its name?
Alphabet is a collection of letters and One look at the following list and you’ll know why “Google” was named “Alphabet”.
A for Adsense.
A for Adwords.
A for Analytics.
A for Android.
A for Ara. Ara was a modular smartphone project.
B for Blogger.
B for Books.
B for Boston Dynamics. Boston Dynamics is a robotics design company that developed “Big Dog”.
C for Chrome.
C for Cardboard. Cardboard is a virtual reality platform.
C for Capital.
C for Calico. Calico is a biotech company focusing on health and longevity.
D for Drive.
D for Double Click.
D for Deep Mind. Deep Mind is an artificial intelligence company.
E for Earth.
E for Express. Express is a shopping service.
F for Fiber.
F for Firebase.
F for Fi. Fi is a mobile virtual network operator.
G for Google.
G for G Mail.
G for Glass. This project is an effort to develop augmented reality glasses.
H for Hangouts.
I for Ingress.
I for Invite Media. Invite Media is a display advertising and exchange bidding company.
J for Jump. Jump is a 360 degree camera software.
K for Keep.
L for Local.
L for Loon. Loon uses high altitude balloons to provide internet access to rural and remote areas.
M for Maps.
M for Makani. Makani developed airborne wind turbines.
N for Nexus.
N for News.
N for Nest. Nest is a home automation company.
O for Offers.
P for Plus.
P for Play.
P for Picasa.
P for Pixate. Pixate was an App prototyping service.
Q for Q. Q is a discontinued digital media player.
R for re Captcha.
R for Refine. Refine is an open source data wrangling application.
S for Sage TV.
S for Skia. Skia is an open source Graphics Library.
S for Stack Driver. Stack driver is a cloud computing systems management firm.
T for translate.
T for Tango.
T for Terra bella. Terra Bella is an earth observation satellite company.
U for URL Shortener.
V for Voice.
V for Ventures.
V for Virus Total. Virus Total is an antivirus tool.
W for Wallet.
W for Wear.
W for Web Toolkit.
W for Wing.
W for WayMo. Waymo is a self-driving car project.
X for X. X is Google’s semi-secret Research and Development facility.
Y for YouTube.
Z for Zagat. Zagat is a restaurant review service.
Z for Zero. Zero is a team of Security Analysts dedicated to documenting critical bugs.
So, Alphabet is a collection of companies, named in a clear, simple yet, powerful way.
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