The people who started the company named it Google because in mathematics, googol,spelled g-o-o-g-o-l, is an extremely large number.

VOA: special.2009.04.19

Another well known computer word is Google, spelled g-o-o-g-l-e.

VOA: special.2009.04.19

Another well known computer word is Google,spelled g-o-o-g-l-e.

VOA: special.2010.08.01

Google has copied and replicated Microsoft core offerings with its G-neric: Android and Chrome operating systems, Google Docs, Gmail, Calendar, and Chrome browser.

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"You can't focus on Google alone, " says Stoney G. deGeyter, an online-marketing consultant in Canton, Ohio.

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Android does support mail, calendar, and phonebook functions, but it works best when coupled with the Google applications for these, including G-Mail.

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