Tuesday, November 25, 2008

List of Companies Acquired by Google Inc.

Here is a list of companies acquired by Google Inc.

2008 Google Acquisitions

  1. TNC (Service : Weblog software)
  2. Omnisio (Service : Online video)
  3. Begun (Service : Online advertising)

2007 Google Acquisitions

  1. Jaiku (Service : Micro-blogging)
  2. Zingku (Service : Social network service )
  3. 2007-07-09 - Google to Acquire Postini
    http://www.google.com/intl/en/press/pressrel/postini_20070709.html
    - Services for Message Security, Archiving, Encryption, and Policy Enforcement
    - $625 Million
  4. 2007-07-02 - Google Acquires GrandCentral Communications
    http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2007/07/all-aboard.html
    - Services for Managing Voice Communications
  5. 2007-06-19 - Google Acquires Zenter
    http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2007/06/more-sharing.html
    - Online Slide Presentations
  6. 2007-06-05 - Google Acquires PeakStream Inc
    - Multiprocessor and GPU Software
  7. 2007-06-01 - Google Acquires Feedburner http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2007/06/adding-more-flare.html
    - Feed Distribution and Management Tools
  8. 2007-05-30 - Google Acquires Panoramio http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2007/05/pictures-worth-thousand-clicks.html
    - Community Photos Website (Works with Google Earth)
  9. 2007-05-11 - Google Acquires Green Border Technologies
    - Secure Connections for Web Browsing and Email
  10. 2007-04-19 - Google Acquires Marratech http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2007/04/collaborating-with-marratech.html
    - Video Conferencing Software
  11. 2007-04-17 - Google Acquires Tonic Systems http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2007/04/were-expecting.html
    - Presentation Creation and Document Conversion Technology
  12. 2007-04-13 - Google Acquires Doubleclick http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2007/04/next-step-in-google-advertising.html
    - Advertising Technology Platform
  13. 2007-03-16 - Google Acquires Trendalyzer http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2007/03/world-in-motion.html
    - Presentation Software
  14. 2007-03-16 - Google Acquires Adscape Media
    http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2007/03/let-passion-continue-were-acquiring.html
    - In-Game Advertising for Video Games
  15. 2007-01-00 - Google Acquires Xunlei (Partial Acquisition)
    - File Sharing Website

2006 Google Acquisitions

  1. 2006-01-17 - Google Acquires dMarc Broadcasting http://www.google.com/intl/en/press/pressrel/dmarc.html
    - Digital Solutions for Radio Broadcasting Industry
  2. 2006-12-00 - Google Acquires Endoxon
    - Geo Mapping Software
  3. 2006-11-13 - Google Acquires YouTube Inc http://www.google.com/intl/en/press/pressrel/youtube.html
    - Consumer Media Company (Watch and Share Videos)
  4. 2006-10-31 - Google Acquires Jotspot Inc
    http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2006/10/spot-on.html
    - Wiki Technology for Collaborative Websites
  5. 2006-08-15 - Google Acquires Neven Vision http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2006/08/better-way-to-organize-photos.html
    - Automatic Information Extraction from Photos
  6. 2006-04-09 - Google Acquires Orion
    - Referential Search Engine
  7. 2006-03-14 - Google Acquires @Last Software
    - SketchUp 3D Modeling
  8. 2006-03-09 - Google Acquires Upstartle (Writely)
    - Web Based Collaborative Document Editor (Online Word Processing)
  9. 2006-02-14 - Google Acquires Measure Map
    - Web Analytics for Blogs


2005 Google Acquisitions

  1. 2005-12-20 - Google Acquires 5.0% Stake in AOL
  2. 2005-11-17 - Google Acquires Akwan Information Technologies
    - Latin American Operations Center (Brazil, Mexico, Latin America)
  3. 2005-11-00 - Google Acquires Skia
    - Graphics Software Engineering
  4. 2005-09-15 - Google Acquires Transformic Inc
    - Search Engines for the Deep Web
  5. 2005-08-17 - Google Acquires Android
    - Software for Mobile Phones (Operating Systems for Cell Phones?)
  6. 2005-07-07 - Google Acquires Current Communications Group
    - Broadband Internet (BPL - Broadband over Power Line)
  7. 2005-07-00 - Google Acquires Reqwireless Inc
    - Java ME Browser
  8. 2005-05-12 - Google Acquires Dodgeball
    - Mobile Social Networking
  9. 2005-03-28 - Google Acquires Urchin Software
    - Web Analytics Software
  10. 2005-01-00 - Google Acquires 2Web Technologies
    - Google Spreadsheets


2004 Google Acquisitions

  1. 2004-12-00 - Google Acquires ZipDash
    - Maps and Traffic for Mobile Devices
  2. 2004-10-00 - Google Acquires Where 2 Technologies
    - Digital Mapping (Google Maps)
  3. 2004-10-27 - Google Acquires Keyhole Corp http://www.google.com/press/pressrel/keyhole.html
    - Digital Mapping (Google Earth)
  4. 2004-07-13 - Google Acquires Picasa http://www.google.com/press/pressrel/picasa.html
    - Digital Photo Management
  5. 2004-06-23 - Google Acquires 2.6% Stake in Baidu.com
    2006-06-24 - Google Sells 2.6% Stake in Baidu.com
    - Chinese Language Search Engine
  6. 2004-05-10 - Google Acquires Ignite Logic
    - Web Templates for Law Firms and Small Businesses


2003 Google Acquisitions

  1. 2003-10-07 - Google Acquires Genius Labs
    - Blogging
  2. 2003-09-30 - Google Acquires Kaltix Corp http://www.google.com/press/pressrel/kaltix.html
    - Personalized and Context Sensitive Search Engine Technology
  3. 2003-04-23 - Google Acquires Applied Semantics http://www.google.com/press/pressrel/applied.html
    - Advertising Technology
  4. 2003-04-00 - Google Acquires Neotonic Software
    - Technology for Email Customer Support (CRM)
  5. 2003-02-00 - Google Acquires Pyra Labs
    - Blogger


2001 Google Acquisitions

  1. 2001-09-20 - Google Acquires Technology Assets of Outride Inc http://www.google.com/press/pressrel/outride.html
    - Online Information Retrieval Technologies
  2. 2001-02-12 - Google Acquires Usenet Discussion Service and Significant Assets from Deja.com
    http://www.google.com/press/pressrel/pressrelease48.html
    - Google Groups