Today, Google Doodle celebrated its 25th birthday with a special Doodle! Google always focuses on the future, but birthdays offer a chance for reflection
The meeting of doctoral students Sergey Brin and Larry Page took place in the late 1990s during their computer science program at Stanford University. They discovered a shared vision: expanding the reach of the World Wide Web. They tirelessly worked from their dorm rooms, creating a prototype for a better search engine. As the project progressed, they relocated their operation to Google’s first office, which happened to be a rented garage. Finally, On September 27th 1998, Google Inc. was officially established.
Since that day in 1998, Google, along with its iconic doodles, has come a long way, as evident in today’s Doodle. However, its mission remains the same: organizing the world’s information and ensuring its universal accessibility and usefulness. Today, millions of people around the world rely on Google for searching, connecting, working, playing, and much more. This Doodle, excluding a few regions, is visible worldwide.
Last time when Doodle was released on September 25, Todd Matshikiza was celebrated all across, who was South African jazz pianist, composer, and journalist. Illustrated by South African guest artist Keith Vlahakis, the Doodle honored Matshikiza’s commissioned cantata “Uxolo” (Peace), which was performed by an orchestra on September 25, 1956, during the 70th Johannesburg Festival.
As a composer, Matshikiza is famous for his song “Quickly in Love,” featured in the 2013 film “Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom.” He also composed music for two theatrical presentations, “King Kong” and “Mkhumbane.” “King Kong,” an all-Black jazz opera that premiered in 1958, became a sensation, even reaching London. Matshikiza and Alan Paton’s work “Mkhumbane” (1960) was equally renowned.
So, Cheers to Google on completing 25 successful years and a big Congratulations to all those who cross all limits to make this search engine a trusted partner and a daily companion to billion of people all across the globe and helping in their digital journey.
Sunder Pichai, the CEO of Google & Alphabet, also posted a Thank You note for all the Users and Googlers, see below:
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