Yeah, the australian company called Where 2. Keyhole (another acquisition) quickly became Google Earth. YouTube, DoubleClick, Urchin (Google Analytics).
Google's been surprisingly good at making acquisition flourish (and has had some examples on how not to do it... DodgeBall anyone?)
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Apple bought Siri, which is pretty popular. Obviously this was integrated fully and not left as a stand alone technology.
Did Google initial buy a map company to start Google Maps?
Yeah, the australian company called Where 2. Keyhole (another acquisition) quickly became Google Earth. YouTube, DoubleClick, Urchin (Google Analytics).
Google's been surprisingly good at making acquisition flourish (and has had some examples on how not to do it... DodgeBall anyone?)