Google and facebook have become an essential part of our life. Even most of the people of generation Z who are accessible to it cant even imagine a day in life without it. As new technology emerges lets see who would win the battle of dominance over internet. From simple search engines to and social network tools to innovative artificial intelligence and virtual reality platforms which team has which team has it what it takes to the next level of evolution. So lets try to find in this article.
The Google was founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin when they were both Phd. students at Stanford University in 1998. In 2004 it moved its new headquarter to mountain view, California after initial new offering of I.P.O. Its increment in size has eventually making Google more productive as it now has many application based software including Google maps app, Gmail app etc. increasing its grip in many fields including partnership with electronic manufacturers of smartphones, headsets and speakers. Facebook also began its life at college with students such as Mark Zuckerberg, Eduorda Saverin, Andrew McCollum, Dustin Moskovite and Chris Hughes launched the social networking service in 2004 with the membership to only fellow Harvard students then afterwards to other colleges and universities as popularity grew in 2006 it was made accessible to all above 13 years old. The primary revenue generated by facebook is through advertisements hosted on the site. When its headquarters were shifted to Dublin it shows that now it is making some real cash. In 2009 it was the most used social networking site and in 2010 it was valued at 41 billion dollars.
In 2017 in the fortune 500 list Google was ranked at number 22 while the facebook was ranked at 76. As for now at present Google is now in charge of blogger, you tube, skybox, Maps, wallet, Google earth and hangouts. Facebook has control of Ozio, wavegroup, sound, Oculus VR, whatsapp, lightbox and Instagram. Google as a search engine has the upper hand over the facebook but facebook has a upper hand as a social networking site. Both google and fb had been struck in legal cases due to accusation of privacy breaches and data smuggling.
Both Google and facebook are doing a lot towards development of AI and virtual reality and that could influence the future of society in a lot many ways.
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