Just to remind the basics, Google is an American public corporation, specializing in Internet search and online advertising. The company is based in Mountain View, California, and has 15,916 full-time employees (as of September 30, 2007).
Google's corporate philosophy includes statements such as "Don't be evil" and "Work should be challenging and the challenge should be fun", showing thus a resolutely relaxed and "generous" motto.
However, the corporation seems to be growing stronger and richer with everyday: Google is estimated worth $23 billion.
With plenty of new applications in very diversified fields - Google Earth, GMail, Google Video, Google News, Google Translate...- Google is no longer a "simple" research engine and it also provides advertizing services (in 2006, the company reported $10.492 billion in total advertising revenues).
With so many field activities, Google is bound to raise controversy, here are some interesting links about the subject:
- Google in China
- Google in the garden of Good and Evil
Generally speaking, we can say that Google often is the heart of attention because its development and activities are related to very current issues (privacy, free speech, intellectual property rights...). What's more, the motto "Don't be evil" induces very strong reactions from those who find themselves concerned by ethical controversies...
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