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  2. Sundar Pichai - Wikipedia

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    In addition, he went on to oversee the development of other applications such as Gmail and Google Maps. In 2010, Pichai also announced the open-sourcing of the new video codec VP8 by Google and introduced the new video format, WebM. The Chromebook was released in 2012. In 2013, Pichai added Android to the list of Google products that he oversaw.

  3. Crossword - Wikipedia

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    A crossword (or crossword puzzle) is a word game consisting of a grid of black and white squares, into which solvers enter words or phrases ("entries") crossing each other horizontally ("across") and vertically ("down") according to a set of clues. Each white square is typically filled with one letter, while the black squares are used to ...

  4. List of mergers and acquisitions by Alphabet - Wikipedia

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    Google's logo. Google is a computer software and a web search engine company that acquired, on average, more than one company per week in 2010 and 2011. [1] The table below is an incomplete list of acquisitions, with each acquisition listed being for the respective company in its entirety, unless otherwise specified.

  5. The Google Story - Wikipedia

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    The Google Story is a book by David Vise and Mark Malseed that takes an in-depth look at the founding of Google and why it is unique among information technology companies. The book discusses the founders, the company, and the culture that Google is known for. It was published on November 15, 2005.

  6. List of awards and honors received by Elon Musk - Wikipedia

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    Musk receiving the 2014 Edison Achievement Award Musk receiving the Order of Defence Merit from the Brazilian Armed Forces in 2022 [6]. In 2006, Musk was a member of the United States National Academy of Sciences Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board.

  7. Timeline of the Space Race - Wikipedia

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    This is a timeline of achievements in Soviet and United States spaceflight, spanning the Cold War era of nationalistic competition known as the Space Race.. This list is limited to first achievements by the USSR and USA which were important during the Space Race in terms of public perception and/or technical innovation.

  8. Icarus paradox - Wikipedia

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    The Icarus paradox is a neologism coined by Danny Miller in his 1990 book by the same name. [1] The term refers to the phenomenon of businesses failing abruptly after a period of apparent success, where this failure is brought about by the very elements that led to their initial success.

  9. List of English inventions and discoveries - Wikipedia

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    1913: The crossword puzzle invented by Liverpool-born Arthur Wynne (1871–1945). 1922: Discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb by Archaeologist and Egyptologist Howard Carter, funded by Lord Carnarvon. 1933: Bayko – a plastic building model construction toy, and one of the earliest plastic toys to be marketed [249] – invented by Charles Plimpton ...