Happy has announced her 21st anniversary with a doodle. More days to a world changer - and more life to her days.
The History of Google and How It Was Invented - Larry Page and Sergey Brin
Search engines, or internet portals, have been around since the early days of the internet. But it was Google, a relative latecomer, that would go on to become the premier destination for finding just about anything on the World Wide Web.
Definition of a Search Engine A search engine is a program that searches the internet and finds webpages for you based on the keywords that you submit. There are several parts to a search engine, such as:
Search engine software, including boolean operators, search fields, and display format Spider or "crawler" software that reads web pages A database Algorithms that rank results for relevancy Inspiration Behind the Name The very popular search engine called Google was invented by computer scientists Larry Page and Sergey Brin. The site was named after a googol—the name for the number 1 followed by 100 zeros—found in the book Mathematics and the Imagination by Edward Kasner and James Newman. To the site's founders, the name represents the immense amount of information that a search engine has to sift through.
Backrub, PageRank, and Delivering Search Results In 1995, Page and Brin met at Stanford University while they were graduate students in computer science. By January 1996, the pair began collaborating on writing a program for a search engine dubbed Backrub, named after its ability to do backlink analysis. The project resulted in a widely popular research paper titled "The Anatomy of a Large-Scale Hypertextual Web Search Engine."
The search engine was unique in that it used a technology they developed called PageRank, which determined a website's relevance by taking into account the number of pages, along with the importance of the pages, that linked back to the original site. At the time, search engines ranked results based on how often a search term appeared on a webpage.
Next, fueled by the rave reviews that Backrub received, Page and Brin began working on developing Google. It was very much a shoestring project at the time. Operating out of their dorm rooms, the pair built a server network using cheap, used, and borrowed personal computers. They even maxed their credit cards buying terabytes of disks at discount prices.
They first tried to license their search engine technology but failed to find anyone that wanted their product at an early stage of development. Page and Brin then decided to keep Google in the meantime and seek more financing, improve the product, and take it to the public themselves when they had a polished product.
Initial Funding The strategy worked, and after more development, the Google search engine eventually turned into a hot commodity. Sun Microsystems co-founder Andy Bechtolsheim was so impressed that after a quick demo of Google, he told the pair, "Instead of us discussing all the details, why don't I just write you a check?"
Bechtolsheim's check was for $100,000 and was made out to Google Inc., despite the fact that Google as a legal entity did not exist yet. That next step didn't take long, however. Page and Brin incorporated on September 4, 1998. The check also enabled them to raise $900,000 more for their initial round of funding. Other angel investors included Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos.
With sufficient funds, Google Inc. opened its first office in Menlo Park, California. Google.com, a beta (test status) search engine, was launched and answered 10,000 search queries every day. On September 21, 1999, Google officially removed the beta from its title.
Rise to Prominence In 2001, Google filed for and received a patent for its PageRank technology that listed Larry Page as the inventor. By then, the company had relocated to a larger space in nearby Palo Alto. After the company finally went public, there were concerns that the one-time startup's rapid growth would change the company culture, which was based on the company motto, "Do No Evil." The pledge reflected a commitment by the founders and all employees to carry out their work with objectivity and without conflicts of interest and bias. To ensure the company stayed true to its core values, the position of chief culture officer was established.
During the period of rapid growth, the company introduced a variety of products, including Gmail, Google Docs, Google Drive, Google Voice, and a web browser called Chrome. It also acquired streaming video platform YouTube and Blogger.com. More recently, there have been forays into different sectors. Some examples are Nexus (smartphones), Android (mobile operating system), Pixel (mobile computer hardware), a smart speaker (Google Home), broadband (Google Fi), Chromebooks, (laptops), self-driving cars, and numerous other ventures. Advertising revenue generated by search requests remains its biggest earnings driver, however.
In 2015, Google underwent a restructuring of divisions and personnel under the conglomerate name Alphabet. Sergey Brin became president of the newly formed parent company, while Larry Page is the CEO. His position at Google was filled with the promotion of Sundar Pichai. Collectively, Alphabet and its subsidiaries consistently rank among the top 10 most valuable companies in the world. It's often also cited among the most influential and admired companies as well.
Once threw a married woman down a 2 storey building and beat up the husband.
What really happened?
lived in a 3 storey building then, this Monday morning I was late to work. Went to the only tap in the compound to get a bucket of water to take my bath, this woman who countless had stepped on my toe but I've always avoid her troubles cuz she's well known for that, trouble is her full time job and her husband the pay master. She was the one I met fetching water, with a big rubber she stationed at the tap and was refilling other kegs. She takes up and returned to refilled while the big rubber is still on the tap. Was running late, I begged her to let me fetch the little Bucket with me cuz I was running late to work....
her replied was: "No just disturb me, people dey fetch water here since morning na now you no sey you go fetch water? I must fetch my water finish before you fetch"
I was like: "madam nobi fight, if you no wan let me just say No, which one you dey talk story.... na public tap be this"
She's was like: "Ehn ehn? public tap bah? come fetch ma see, if I no fetch finish you no fetch..... Do your worst"
I keep shut without saying anything, when she left I removed her rubber and fetch my water.
Could you believe this woman came up and poured my water and threw my bucket down?
I was so angry and pissed, I came with full blown annoyance towards her, lift her and fammm... straight down, the same way you threw my rubber.
Hospital was her last bus stop, her husband heard the news and ran home without asking what transpired between us... he came to beat me straight.... I gave him serious knock out on his eyes and rush him with unlimited blow like Glo data....
na station we end am, she spend 2 weeks in hospital. Las Las I pay bills, but was satisfied.
The news was shocking to everyone: hey this boy wey no dey talk? quiet people too wicked and bla bla...
This question reeks of ignorance. How did Buhari evade checkpoints all these years. These Buhari mentees are learners. Complete low budget Buhari. Upcoming scammers.
NyenwePHC: How is this even possible for these categories of people to pass through mobilization process without being caught. I know that they are mainly foreign trained
he said similar things in the past and it failed to happen...remember the death of OBJ prophesy? Lets wait and see...i didnt say he is a false prophet ooo.
Tunde Bakare is a Nigerian Prophetic-Apostolic pastor in the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) He was the running mate of the Nigerian presidential candidate Muhammadu Buhari in the 2011 Nigerian presidential election.
According to the Video Monitored by Odinceblog, On a Sunday service, Bakare Told his Members that After President Buhari, he is the Next President of Nigeria.
Read His words Below:
“Take it to the Mountain Top, If you have Never Heard it Before, am saying it to you this Morning, In the scheme if things as far as politics of Nigeria is concern, President Muhammadu Buhari is Number 15 and yours Sincerely am Number 16.
I never said it to you before,i make it clear to you today, Nothing Can Change it.
To this Aim was i born, for this purpose i came into the world, that is why if Buhari wanted to Run in 2019, i did not oppose, He is still the Number 15, when He steps out, I will step in.
its assignment, its that of Moses to take Nigeria to River Jordan but they Can’t cross it, He will take Joshua to the Other side and begin to distribute his resources to the People of this Nation.
On the other hand, if this is not working try education yourself off-school. You already have data; keeping searching for knowledge in your chosen skill acquisition, open a small freelance and online aspect of your vocation/business and grow to own a physical office. With time, you can pay your way to school again, if you must go to school.
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You look it though. Your in field tantrums are a testimony. Congrats bro; you beat poverty to it.
WriterNig: Victor Osimhen has opened up about his grass to grace story in the city of Lagos.
In his latest interview with BBC Osimhen revealed how tough it was for him growing up as a child. The Super Eagles striker, who has already scored five goals in Ligue 1 this season for Lille, said he once hawked sachet water on the streets of Lagos when he just seven-years-old.
“I came from a very poor background, seven children and I was the last born. I lost my mom at the age of six and it was very difficult for my family because my dad also lost his job around that period. So I was forced to go out and get myself a life.
“In Lagos, they sell water (bottle or sachet) which is the easiest, but the hardest because you have to run and give somebody the water and collect money.
“It wasn’t easy, but I had to do it and that set my path in which I will never give up in life no matter the situation or where I am and that gave me the zeal and momentum no matter what life throws at me.”
They wan kill this one with big head of praise. Where is Iheanacho, and co?
References: Ansu Fati has made a long trip from the fields of Guinea-Bissau, where he played as a child, to Barcelona's Camp Nou stadium where the 16-year-old is playing with some of the biggest stars in the world.
Fati's has made a stirring start to the season, scoring just two minutes into his full La Liga debut on a magical night when he hardly put a foot wrong in front of over 80,000 astonished Camp Nou fans who gave him a standing ovation as he left the field.
He was just seven years old when he first came to Spain and his startling talent meant he was invited to join Barcelona's prestigious youth academy 'La Masia' aged 10.
It was an incredible achievement for a boy from the impoverished West African nation that has never been known for football.
In Sao Paulo, his home neighbourhood in the rundown suburbs of capital Bissau, the children yell "Ansu Fati, Barca player!" as they run around on ochre soil, under the tropical trees.
Malam Romisio, who coached Fati as a child, told AFP how the boy used to play football wearing only socks or plastic sandals, easily dribbling the ball past bigger, stronger teammates.
When Fati made his debut with Barca's first team at the end of August, the coach switched his allegiance from Real Madrid.
"If he continues like this, he will be a great player," he predicted.
In Guinea Bissau, which is one of the world's poorest and most fragile nations, Fati is a source of national pride.
Born on October 31, 2002, he lived in Bissau until he was six.
In the house where he grew up, Fati's uncle Djibi Fati shows photos of the footballer as a child, dressed in traditional clothes, recalling how others used to tease him for his love of bread and butter.
"Every time he came back from playing football, he would ask for it," he recalls.
- Family divided, reunited in Spain -
When he was still very small, his father, Bori Fati, went to Portugal to look for work, later settling near Seville in southwestern Spain.
Bori picked olives, collected empty glasses in nightclubs and even helped build a high-speed rail track, recalls Amador Saavedra, who befriended him in Herrera, some 100 kilometres (60 miles) north of Malaga.
It was only when the Communist mayor of Marinaleda, a nearby town, hired Bori as a driver and helped him financially, that he managed to bring his young family over in 2009.
"It's a very beautiful story," said Saavedra, 53.
Bori ended up training his young son at the Peloteros football school, which is free for thousands of children in Herrera and the surrounding towns.
- Cheerful but quiet -
When Fati arrived he quickly caused a sensation on the football pitch, said Jordi Figaroa Moreno, his first Spanish coach.
"He had a gift," he told AFP. "The difference between him and his teammates was just huge, both technically and tactically. Among the youngsters, it's rare to find children who can play as a team, but he had everything."
Jose Luis Perez Mena, who runs the Peloteros school, described Fati as "very spontaneous" and "very cheerful" as well as "extroverted, but very quiet".
His stellar success "has not gone to his head".
Within a year of arriving in Spain, Fati joined Sevilla. In 2012, at the age of 10, he was enrolled in Barcelona's youth system.
"Ansu was one of the youngest players ever to have entered La Masia," said Marc Serra, his first coach at Barcelona.
"From the day that he arrived he was different, the type of player who invents football."
- 'Mind-blowing' -
In August, the teenager became the youngest player to score for Barcelona in La Liga. This month he became the club's youngest player in a Champions League match.
Spain's national coach Robert Moreno described Fati's debut for Barcelona as "mind-blowing". Barcelona coach Ernesto Valverde spoke of him as a "balanced boy" who is "at ease with himself".
"We want him to learn to know himself, to know the first division, so he sees that it is hard and how much work and dedication it will take to succeed," he said.
Speaking to Spain's Onda Cero radio last month, his proud father said he had taught Fati to "be respectful and happy with everyone".
"Every day I tell him: 'This is your job: when you have the ball, turn towards the goal, don't look anywhere else, and just shoot."
If Tacha wins this show, i will exit this country for good. What are we thinking? Are we this low? Glamourizing crassness.
itspzpics: Checkout the moment Bbn star Housemate Tacha Knuckles and face was captured which has got alot of celebrities and some nigerians talking. See More below
Are you sure Tacha is strong enough to take these trolls? Let her not be suicidal ooo. Leave her skin for her, please. What a lot of us don't understand is that her bravado posturing is a defensive mechanism. It has nothing to do with self confidence. That is her fully loaded low self esteem being deodorised with rudeness. She is weak inside. Let us spare her, please. People who are truly self confident don't bleach their skin.
itspzpics: Checkout the moment Bbn star Housemate Tacha Knuckles and face was captured which has got alot of celebrities and some nigerians talking. See More below
Bambambiglo: South south leaders should know that we middle beltans are their only hope to prevent Igbo's from overrunning them. If not they're finished in the hands of the biafrans.
Good price ooo. But na when something spoil. Who go work am. Are the parts available? Maintenance is key. Where for transamadi? Na my area be that. Oginigba or slaughter or modakat
kawaodne: Condition: Nigerian Used Make: Dodge Model: Caravan Year of manufacture: 2006
Trim SXT minivan 4dr MPV (2.4L 4cyl)
Body: MPV Horse Power: 150 hp @ 5200 rpm Colour: Green
Wait oooo. Ghana tasted and poured libation before Nigeria. Aru!
Ravon: Guinness Nigeria Plc has introduced its newest brand, Guinness Smooth stout into the market.
According to the company, Guinness Smooth is a new expression of Guinness developed by Guinness master brewers, local and international, to deliver an exciting and stand out beer that is perfect for casual social occasions.
Commenting on the new brew, Adesina Adewole, Guinness Nigeria master brewer said:“Guinness Smooth is a perfect partner for spicy foods and BBQ. The smooth refreshing taste balances the spicy heat, while the distinctive characterful flavour ensures Guinness Smooth is a beer that doesn’t get overshadowed by the food.”
“We did a lot of research and together with the local team and the team in Dublin, we came out with a Guinness expression that has a lager refreshing; it’s 5 per cent and it’s a Guinness that you would want to enjoy with your friends when you go out and want to have a hangout conversation.”
According to him, the new product seeks to compensate Guinness enthusiasts whose taste buds yearn for a perfect balance of bitter and sweet flavour.
Guinness Master Brewer, Peter Simpson, is optimistic the entry of the new product would go a long way to increase the company’s market share.
“It’s going to be absolutely huge in Ghana and I can see this going a million miles,”he said.
The new product was introduced into the Ghana market recently amidst fanfare and celebrity endorsement.
If this man pastor is guilty, may God not forgive for this post
Justice434: The more you try to pull this man down,The stronger he becomes.All the allegations that came out before now.Where are they now.Please and Please lets direct our energy to our govt to give us better life.
Who convoy epp? No be convoy we dey see on our road everyday? Ten cars convoy...haven't you seen Emoney's convoy?
GboltNG: The South African government are now begging Zimbabweans to forgive them over the recent xenophobic attacks on foreign nationals in their country, Igbere TV reports.
This comes barely 24 hours after the country’s President, Cyril Ramaphosa, was booed by a crowd of Zimbabwe mourners at the funeral service of Robert Mugabe over the attacks.
“I stand before you as a fellow African to express my regret and apologise for what has happened in our country,” Ramaphosa had said while apologizing for the development in his condolence speech at the Zimbabwe National Sports Stadium.
In a show of remorse for the attacks in their country and resultant reprisals, South Africans have staged a peace walk and asked for forgiveness from other African nations.
Photos and footage in circulation on social media, obtained by Igbere TV, show thousands of South Africans marching in parts of the country to call for an end to attacks on foreign nationals.
The march is coming after hundreds of foreign nationals – including Nigerians and Zimbabweans – were forced to leave the country over the recent xenophobic attacks.
Meanwhile, following the humiliation he suffered at the hands of Zimbabweans during Mugabe’s funeral on Satruday, Ramaphosa has now taken steps to address the negative image the citizens of other countries currently have about South Africa.
A statement published on the official website of South Africa’s presidency on Sunday said Ramaphosa has appointed a special envoy to heads of African governments to convey his regret concerning the widely condemned attacks.
The statement obtained by Igbere TV, read;
“A team of Special Envoys appointed by President Cyril Ramaphosa have begun their assignment yesterday, 14 September 2019, and departed South Africa to deliver messages of solidarity to several Heads of State and Government across Africa,” the statement said.
“The team, comprising of Mr Jeff Radebe, Ambassador Kingsley Mmabolo and Dr. Khulu Mbatha, will visit Nigeria, Niger, Ghana, Senegal, Tanzania, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Zambia.
“The Special Envoys will deliver a message from President Ramaphosa regarding the incidents of violence that recently erupted in some parts South Africa, which have manifested in attacks on foreign nationals and destruction of property.
“The Special Envoys are tasked with reassuring fellow African countries that South Africa is committed to the ideals of pan-African unity and solidarity. The Special Envoys will also reaffirm South Africa’s commitment to the rule of law.
“The Special Envoys will brief governments in the identified African countries about the steps that the South African government is taking to bring a stop to the attacks and to hold the perpetrators to account.”
Please tell me more. How well do you know her mum?
Nobodyperson: Mike should be aware of tacha, she's a prostitute like her mother, may her soul rest in peace. She wouldn't waste time to shallow he's preek for green card.
I have always known this shit but still watch big brother. Eye of Horus, baphomet, the triangle, endemol, ....Egyptian bla bla bla, and so on
Naija247blog: Though the 8-minutes video by an actor & songwriter named Joseph Okechukwu popularly known as Kingestjoe on instagram has been on the internet for quite a while now, the message it brings is still worth sharing and listening to as it did not go too viral because he may not have had too much popularity. The songwriter gave reasons which he backed up with proofs why people should not be watching the Big Brother Naija TV show.
Rivers state how far? Amaechi fake Rotimi Chibike is working tirelessly. Under his watch as minister of transport, the Aba Port Harcourt expressway is a 6 lane super high way. The Port Harcourt Owerri axis is paved with gold-like asphalt just like you have it in Dubai. Thank God our brother is in government.
theenchanter: The Federal Executive Council (FEC) presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari, on Wednesday approved about N182 billion for the construction and rehabilitation of various roads across the country.
The Minister of State for Works and Housing, Alhaji Abubakar Aliyu, said this while briefing State House Correspondents on the outcome of the maiden FEC meeting held at the Presidential Council Chamber, Abuja.
Omoalaji12: Linda Ikeji shares a picture of her son as his birthday nears. Jayce is her only son and the single mother is getting ready for her son’s birthday party.
Events › Happy 21st Anniversary To Google by Sunsets(op): 11:07am On Sep 27, 2019*. Modified: 11:26am On Sep 27, 2019
