
The Google Story
David A. Vise(Author)
Macmillan (Publisher)
Published on 18. November 2005
Book
Hardback
250 pages
978-1-4050-5371-6 (ISBN)
Description
The Google Story is the entertaining and definitive account of the most compelling innovation since the creation of the internet. Used in over 100 countries by more than 65 million users a day, Google is the most well known global brand to emerge in decades. It has become so popular that its name has become a verb. Based on scrupulous research and extraordinary access to the founders of Google, this book takes you inside the creation and growth of a company that has transformed how we access information about everything and everybody. Readers will learn about the amazing network of thousands of computers that store over four billion web documents and which are kept in specially chilled, secretly located rooms. They will discover the creative ways Google makes money while it provides a free service to millions and they will experience something of the world of `Googleplex', the company's colourful Silicon Valley headquarters, where staff receive free massages at the end of the day.
But even as it rides high, Google wrestles with difficult challenges in a busines that changes at lighting speed. Can it continue to compete while sustaining the guiding vision of its founders' mantra: DO NO EVIL?
But even as it rides high, Google wrestles with difficult challenges in a busines that changes at lighting speed. Can it continue to compete while sustaining the guiding vision of its founders' mantra: DO NO EVIL?
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Edition
Unabridged edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Pan Macmillan
Edition type
Unabridged edition
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 138 mm
Thickness: 29 mm
Weight
477 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4050-5371-6 (9781405053716)
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David A. Vise has had unique access to the founders of Google and has reported on the company since its early days. He is a Pulitzer-Prize winning reporter for The Washington Post. He has written several books including New York Times Bestseller The Bureau and The Mole: The Unmasking of Robert Philip Hanssen, The Most Dangerous Double Agent in FBI History. He has also received the Gerald Loeb Award for Distinguished Business and Financial Journalism. David is based in Washington.