atheriniform: Annotated classification: Family Goodeidae (Mexican topminnows) Live-bearing, but male lacks elaborate intromittent organ found in poeciliids. About 10 genera, in rivers draining the Mexican Plateau; length to about 10 cm (4 in.). Family Jenynsiidae Small fishes with asymmetrical genital organs; 1 genus; rivers of South America. Family Anablepidae (four-eyed

Roger Goodell: …prominent New York family—his father, Charles Ellsworth Goodell, was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1959–68) and served two years (1968–71) in the U.S. Senate after the assassination in 1968 of Sen. Robert F. Kennedy. The younger Goodell graduated (1981) from Washington and Jefferson College in Pennsylvania with…

Roger Goodell is an American sports executive who served as commissioner (2006– ) of the National Football League (NFL). Goodell was born into a prominent New York family—his father, Charles Ellsworth Goodell, was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1959–68) and served two years

Roger Goodell is an American sports executive who served as commissioner (2006– ) of the National Football League (NFL). Goodell was born into a prominent New York family—his father, Charles Ellsworth Goodell, was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1959–68) and served two years

Dwight Gooden was a phenomenal right-handed pitcher who helped rejuvenate the New York Mets in the 1980s and lead the team to the World Series championship in 1986. Fans and players alike marveled at Gooden’s array of powerful pitches and his pinpoint accuracy. His career, however, was plagued by

Dwight Gooden was a phenomenal right-handed pitcher who helped rejuvenate the New York Mets in the 1980s and lead the team to the World Series championship in 1986. Fans and players alike marveled at Gooden’s array of powerful pitches and his pinpoint accuracy. His career, however, was plagued by

Goodeniaceae, the goodenia family of the aster order (Asterales), containing 12 genera and about 440 species, chiefly native to Australia. Some species are widespread tropical beach shrubs such as Scaevola plumieri and S. frutescens. Both have oval, leathery leaves and small, starry, white flowers

Goodeniaceae, the goodenia family of the aster order (Asterales), containing 12 genera and about 440 species, chiefly native to Australia. Some species are widespread tropical beach shrubs such as Scaevola plumieri and S. frutescens. Both have oval, leathery leaves and small, starry, white flowers

Goodenough Island, one of the D’Entrecasteaux Islands of Papua New Guinea, in the Solomon Sea, southwestern Pacific Ocean. It lies about 20 miles (32 km) across Ward Hunt Strait from the eastern tip of the island of New Guinea and northwest of Fergusson Island across Moresby Strait. The forested

John B. Goodenough was an American physicist who won the 2019 Nobel Prize for Chemistry for his work on developing lithium-ion batteries. He shared the prize with British-born American chemist M. Stanley Whittingham and Japanese chemist Yoshino Akira. Goodenough was the oldest person to win a Nobel

John B. Goodenough was an American physicist who won the 2019 Nobel Prize for Chemistry for his work on developing lithium-ion batteries. He shared the prize with British-born American chemist M. Stanley Whittingham and Japanese chemist Yoshino Akira. Goodenough was the oldest person to win a Nobel

Battle of Dogger Bank: Dogger Bank and the pursuit of the German fleet: …Light Cruiser Squadron under Commodore William Goodenough aboard the Southampton. Beatty planned to proceed to a point in the North Sea some 200 miles (320 km) west-northwest of the German naval base at Helgoland. There he would rendezvous with a Harwich-based force of three light cruisers and 35 destroyers under…

Adam Goodes is an Australian rules football player who was one of the game’s leading scorers. He was named Australian of the Year in 2014. Goodes’s mother was of Adnyamathanha and Narungga descent, a member of the “stolen generation” of Aboriginal children who were forcibly removed from their

GoodFellas, critically acclaimed American gangster film, released in 1990, that is regarded as one of the finest works of director Martin Scorsese’s career. Its creative cinematography and outstanding performances by actors including Robert De Niro, Ray Liotta, Joe Pesci, and Lorraine Bracco give

Target Corporation (TGT) is an American mass-market retail company headquartered in Minneapolis. It operates large-scale food and general-merchandise discount stores throughout the United States and ranks among the country’s largest discount retailers. Its red bull’s-eye logo is one of the most

Western architecture: United States: …Adams Cram and his partners, Bertram G. Goodhue and Frank W. Ferguson, who regarded it as particularly suitable for educational establishments. The Graduate College (1913) and University Chapel (1929) at Princeton University are among their finest achievements. Other powerful Gothic buildings include their Cadet Chapel, United States Military Academy, West…

Grace Coolidge was the American first lady (1923–29), the wife of Calvin Coolidge, 30th president of the United States. Grace Goodhue was the only child of Andrew Issachar Goodhue, a mechanical engineer, and Lemira Barrett Goodhue. After attending local schools, Grace enrolled at the University of

aerosol container: …1941 by the American chemist Lyle D. Goodhue and others for dispensing insecticides. Since that time a wide variety of products ranging from disinfectants to whipping cream have been packaged in aerosol containers.

CeeLo Green: …friends, formed the hip-hop act Goodie Mob. Three years later the group appeared on the first album by fellow Atlanta rappers OutKast, and their own debut, Soul Food (1995), soon followed. With its optimistic attitude and its incorporation of live instrumentation infused with the sounds of classic soul and funk…

Cuba Gooding, Jr. is an American actor who was perhaps best known for his scene-stealing performance as a professional football player who is the only loyal client of a sports agent played by Tom Cruise in the blockbuster film Jerry Maguire (1996). Gooding earned an Academy Award for best

John Goodlad was a Canadian-born educator and author who, as a critic of the U.S. educational system, argued that the fundamental focus of education should not be on the promotion of standards-based testing but instead be on preparing young people to be active and engaged citizens in a

John Goodlad was a Canadian-born educator and author who, as a critic of the U.S. educational system, argued that the fundamental focus of education should not be on the promotion of standards-based testing but instead be on preparing young people to be active and engaged citizens in a

Mark Kelly: Mark Kelly as politician: Jason Crow of Colorado, Maggie Goodlander of New Hampshire, and Chris Deluzio and Chrissy Houlahan, both of Pennsylvania. In the video the lawmakers remind members of the armed services that they do not need to follow unlawful orders. “You can refuse illegal orders,” Kelly says, adding, “Don’t give up.”

Robert Falls: …artistic director of Chicago’s renowned Goodman Theatre. There he extended a reputation he had gained for shocking the audience with what some considered to be gratuitous violence, nudity, and couplings. Nevertheless, during his tenure at the Goodman, he directed a number of highly successful productions, including Horton Foote’s The Young…

Amy Goodman is an American journalist, columnist, and author, best known as the cofounder and host of Democracy Now! The War and Peace Report, a liberal-progressive daily news program produced in New York City. It is syndicated on radio and television in the United States and broadcast on the

Benny Goodman was an American jazz musician, bandleader, and renowned 20th-century clarinet virtuoso. Dubbed the “King of Swing,” Goodman was also a complex personality whose relentless pursuit of perfection was reflected in his approach to music. The son of Russian Jewish immigrants living in the

Benny Goodman was an American jazz musician, bandleader, and renowned 20th-century clarinet virtuoso. Dubbed the “King of Swing,” Goodman was also a complex personality whose relentless pursuit of perfection was reflected in his approach to music. The son of Russian Jewish immigrants living in the

novelty song: …such as Bill Buchanan and Dickie Goodman’s “The Flying Saucer” (1956) and Sheb Wooley’s “Purple People Eater” (1958), sold particularly well in the 1950s. Comedians such as Stan Freberg and Peter Sellers were specializing in musical satire and directing their wit at the new music at the time when rock…

John Goodman is an American actor who was perhaps best known for his long-running role as Dan Conner in the television series Roseanne (1988–97; 2018) and The Connors (2018–25). Goodman also appeared in a number of notable movies, including Barton Fink (1991), The Big Lebowski (1998), and O

John Goodman is an American actor who was perhaps best known for his long-running role as Dan Conner in the television series Roseanne (1988–97; 2018) and The Connors (2018–25). Goodman also appeared in a number of notable movies, including Barton Fink (1991), The Big Lebowski (1998), and O

Marvel Comics: Corporate history: …1939 by pulp magazine publisher Martin Goodman. In order to capitalize on the growing popularity of comic books—especially those starring superheroes—Goodman created Timely Comics. Timely’s first comic book was Marvel Comics no. 1 (cover dated October 1939), which featured several superhero characters, most notably the Human Torch and the Sub-Mariner.…

aesthetics: Symbolism in art: Nelson Goodman of the United States is one such philosopher. His Languages of Art (1968) was the first work of analytical philosophy to produce a distinct and systematic theory of art. Goodman’s theory has attracted considerable attention, the more so in that it is an…

Theda Bara was an American silent-film star who was the first screen vamp who lured men to destruction. Her films set the vogue for sophisticated sexual themes in motion pictures and made her an international symbol of daring new freedom. (Read Lillian Gish’s 1929 Britannica essay on silent film.)

Mae West: The title of her autobiography, Goodness Had Nothing to Do with It (1959), captured her style precisely—it was a retort one of her characters made to the exclamation “Goodness, what beautiful diamonds!”

Alice Dunbar Nelson: Her short-story collection The Goodness of St. Rocque, and Other Stories was published as a companion piece to her husband’s Poems of Cabin and Field in 1899. The volume helped establish her as a skillful portrayer of Creole culture. She moved to Delaware after she and Dunbar separated in…

statistics: Hypothesis testing: A goodness-of-fit test refers to a hypothesis test in which the null hypothesis is that the population has a specific probability distribution, such as a normal probability distribution. Nonparametric statistical methods also involve a variety of hypothesis-testing procedures.

Canadian literature: Drama: Ann-Marie MacDonald’s Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet) (1990), which juxtaposes a contemporary academic with Shakespeare’s Othello, Romeo, and Juliet, has been produced across Canada and worldwide. Brad Fraser’s quirky Unidentified Human Remains and the True Nature of Love (1990) presents seven disturbing characters communicating through an answering…

Billy Joel: Socially conscious songwriting and MTV pioneer: …conscious songs, “Allentown” and “Goodnight Saigon” (about unemployed steel workers and Vietnam War veterans, respectively).

Goodnight-Loving Trail, historic cattle trail that originated in Young county, western Texas, U.S. The trail ran southwest to connect with the Pecos River and thence up the river valley to Fort Sumner, New Mexico, and north to the railhead at Denver, Colorado. The trail was established in 1866 by

Charles Goodnight was an American cattleman, who helped bring law and order to the Texas Panhandle. Goodnight’s mother and stepfather brought him to Texas in 1846. He became a cattleman in 1856, then a Texas Ranger (1861?) and an Indian fighter, and finally a rancher and cattle driver, laying out a

Lead Belly: Death and legacy: …six months his song “Goodnight, Irene” became a million-record hit for the singing group the Weavers; along with other many other of his songs, among them “The Midnight Special” and “Rock Island Line,” it became a standard.

Danica McKellar: McKellar also published Goodnight, Numbers (2017), Ten Magic Butterflies (2018), and Bathtime Mathtime (2018), books for young children, and Do Not Open This Math Book! (2018) and The Times Machine!: Learn Multiplication and Division…Like, Yesterday! (2020), for elementary-school students.

Goodnight-Loving Trail, historic cattle trail that originated in Young county, western Texas, U.S. The trail ran southwest to connect with the Pecos River and thence up the river valley to Fort Sumner, New Mexico, and north to the railhead at Denver, Colorado. The trail was established in 1866 by

Frank J. Goodnow was an educator, long-time president of Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, and a political scientist known for his contributions to the study of public administration. Goodnow earned his law degree at Columbia University (1882) and, after a year of study in Paris and Berlin,

immune system disorder: Other autoimmune disorders: …different example is provided by Goodpasture syndrome, a disorder in which autoantibodies form against the basement membrane of the blood vessels in the kidney glomeruli and in the air sacs of the lung. The autoantibodies cause severe kidney damage and lung hemorrhage.

immune system disorder: Other autoimmune disorders: …different example is provided by Goodpasture syndrome, a disorder in which autoantibodies form against the basement membrane of the blood vessels in the kidney glomeruli and in the air sacs of the lung. The autoantibodies cause severe kidney damage and lung hemorrhage.

E.W. Goodpasture was an American pathologist whose method (1931) for cultivating viruses and rickettsia in fertile chicken eggs made possible the production of vaccines for such diseases as smallpox, influenza, yellow fever, typhus, Rocky Mountain spotted fever, and other illnesses caused by agents

E.W. Goodpasture was an American pathologist whose method (1931) for cultivating viruses and rickettsia in fertile chicken eggs made possible the production of vaccines for such diseases as smallpox, influenza, yellow fever, typhus, Rocky Mountain spotted fever, and other illnesses caused by agents

B.F. Goodrich Company, major American brand and manufacturing company of the 20th century, for 90 years a maker of automobile tires and related products. Founded in Akron, Ohio, the company grew out of a partnership—Goodrich, Tew and Company—formed in 1870 by Benjamin Franklin Goodrich, a medical

radio: Variety shows: Rudy Vallee, who starred in The Fleischmann Yeast Hour for a decade on NBC, beginning on October 24, 1929. The wavy-haired heartthrob not only crooned and provided dance music but also bantered with guest stars and introduced a lengthy dramatic sketch on each program.

Abigail Goodrich Whittelsey was an American editor whose mission in her magazine work was to provide information and instruction on the role of mothers. Abigail Goodrich was the daughter of a clergyman and was an elder sister of Samuel Griswold Goodrich, later famous as Peter Parley, author of

The Diary of Anne Frank: The screenplay was written by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett, who adapted their Pulitzer Prize-winning play of the same name.

Samuel Griswold Goodrich was an American publisher and author of children’s books under the pseudonym of Peter Parley. Largely self-educated, Goodrich became a bookseller and publisher at Hartford and later in Boston. There, beginning in 1828, he published for 15 years an illustrated annual, the

Roscoe Arbuckle was a rotund American comedian and film director of the silent era whose successful career was halted by the first of the major Hollywood scandals. (Read Lillian Gish’s 1929 Britannica essay on silent film.) Arbuckle began entering five-dollar amateur shows in his preteen years, and

John Goodricke was an English astronomer who was the first to notice that some variable stars (stars whose observed light varies noticeably in intensity) were periodic. He also gave the first accurate explanation for one type of periodic variable. Goodricke was deaf, probably because of a serious

Sarah Goodridge was an American painter of exceptional natural talent who overcame her untutored beginnings to become a highly successful miniaturist. Goodridge attended district schools and briefly, at age 17, a school in Milton, Massachusetts, where she had gone to live with her elder brother’s

marketing: Product: The first marketing-mix element is the product, which refers to the offering or group of offerings that will be made available to customers. In the case of a physical product, such as a car, a company will gather information about the features…

Canada: The administration of Brian Mulroney, 1984–93: …a highly unpopular (and visible) tax on goods and services (GST). In December 1992 Canada signed the multilateral North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) with the United States and Mexico.

India: Monetary and tax reforms: …tax regime known as the Goods and Services Tax (GST) was implemented. The new tax system replaced a number of taxes levied throughout the country by various jurisdictions and unified them under one system and thus eliminated the problem of cascading tax. Its implementation caused temporary confusion among businesses, but…

freight car, railroad car designed to carry cargo. Early freight cars were made largely of wood. All-steel cars were introduced by about 1896 and within 30 years had almost completely replaced the wooden variety. Modern freight cars vary widely in shape and size, but virtually all of them evolved

carriage of goods, in law, the transportation of goods by land, sea, or air. The relevant law governs the rights, responsibilities, liabilities, and immunities of the carrier and of the persons employing the services of the carrier. Until the development of railroads, the most prominent mode of

Grace Paley was an American short-story writer and poet known for her realistic seriocomic portrayals of working-class New Yorkers and for her political activism. Paley’s first languages were Russian and Yiddish. She attended Hunter College, New York City (1938–39), and then studied with the poet

John Goodsir was a Scottish anatomist and investigator in cellular physiology and pathology who insisted on the importance of the cell as the centre of nutrition and declared that the cell is divided into a number of departments. He was described as “one of the earliest and most acute observers of

Mark Goodson was an American radio and television producer who helped develop many successful radio and television game shows, including the early television game show What’s My Line? (1950–67). Goodson graduated from the University of California in Berkeley (B.A., 1937). He worked as a disc jockey

Edgar J. Goodspeed was an American biblical scholar and linguist, and a contributor to the Revised Standard Version of the Bible. Goodspeed received his graduate education at Yale and the University of Chicago, the latter of which his father helped to found, then joined the faculty at Chicago,

Edgar J. Goodspeed was an American biblical scholar and linguist, and a contributor to the Revised Standard Version of the Bible. Goodspeed received his graduate education at Yale and the University of Chicago, the latter of which his father helped to found, then joined the faculty at Chicago,

Thomas King is a novelist, short story writer, essayist, screenwriter, and photographer who is a Member of the Order of Canada and was nominated for the Governor General’s Awards. He has long been recognized for his contributions to literature exploring Indigenous themes and perspectives in North

When companies announce acquisitions, the executives throw around a number called goodwill, which is the difference between the price paid and the value of the company’s net assets on its balance sheet. Goodwill is almost always positive—and can sometimes be large. Goodwill accounting is a critical

Ted Turner: Philanthropist, conservationist, and sportsman: …also founded and sponsored the Goodwill Games (1986–2001), citing his hope of easing Cold War tensions through friendly athletic competition.

Goodwin Sands, line of shoals trending northeast to southwest for 10 miles (16 km) at the entrance to the Strait of Dover from the North Sea and lying about 6 miles (10 km) off the Kent coast of England. The shifting sands form shelter for the anchorage of The Downs and are partly exposed at low

Doris Kearns Goodwin is an American author and historian known for her highly regarded presidential studies. In 1964 Kearns received a bachelor’s degree from Colby College, Waterville, Maine, and in 1968 she earned a doctorate in government from Harvard University, where she later taught

United Kingdom: Finance and politics: …the lord chancellor and ordered Francis Goodwin, an outlaw, to be seated in the House of Commons. James clumsily intervened in the proceedings, stating that the privileges of the Commons had been granted by the grace of the monarch, a pronouncement that stirred the embers of Elizabethan disputes over parliamentary…

History of film: Origins: …Jersey, an Episcopalian minister named Hannibal Goodwin developed the idea of using celluloid as a base for photographic emulsions. The inventor and industrialist George Eastman, who had earlier experimented with sensitized paper rolls for still photography, began manufacturing celluloid roll film in 1889 at his plant in Rochester, New York.…

John Goodwin was a prominent English Puritan theologian and leader of the “New Arminians.” Educated at Queen’s College, Cambridge, Goodwin served successively as rector of East Rainham, Norfolk (1625–33), and vicar of St. Stephen’s, Coleman Street, London (1633–45). He became a religious

Museum of Modern Art: The 1939 museum building by Philip Goodwin and Edward Durell Stone was later expanded with an addition designed by Philip Johnson, who also planned the garden in 1953. A condominium tower and a west wing that doubled the museum’s exhibition space were completed in 1984. A dramatic expansion and reconfiguration…

Thomas Goodwin was an English Puritan clergyman and a chaplain to Oliver Cromwell who helped draft a confession of faith for Congregationalism. He graduated in 1616 from Christ’s College, Cambridge, where from 1632 to 1634 he was vicar of Trinity Church. Because of Archbishop William Laud’s

Normandy Invasion: Crisis in the German command: …armoured offensive west of Caen, Operation Goodwood, failed on July 18–19, the U.S. First Army conducted a bitter battle of attrition around Saint-Lô in the second and third weeks of July. Its success was to lay the basis for the long-awaited breakout.

Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company: Beyond auto tires: …visible corporate symbol is the Goodyear Blimp, which has been used as a national promotional tool for nearly 100 years. As of 2024, there are three blimps in the United States and one in Europe.

Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company is a major U.S. manufacturer of tires and related products for passenger cars, trucks, buses, and other vehicles. With its fleet of Goodyear Blimp zeppelin-style airships, winged-foot logo, and sponsorship of auto racing and other sporting events, Goodyear has been

Charles Goodyear was an American inventor of the vulcanization process that made possible the commercial use of rubber. Goodyear began his career as a partner in his father’s hardware business, which went bankrupt in 1830. He then became interested in discovering a method of treating india rubber

jewel orchid: Downy rattlesnake plantain (Goodyera pubescens), native to eastern North America, has dark green leaves with silver and white veins. The Hawai’i jewel orchid (Anoectochilus sandvicensis), A. setaceus, A. sikkimensis, Dossinia marmorata, Ludisia discolor, and

ladies’ tresses: Creeping ladies’ tresses (Goodyera repens) is an unrelated British species.

Disney Company: Early years and Mickey Mouse: players Donald Duck, Pluto, and Goofy, as well as the Silly Symphonies series—semiabstract cartoons featuring animation set to classical music or to the music of Carl Stalling, the musician who scored many of the best Disney and Warner Brothers cartoons. The Silly Symphonies entry Flowers and Trees (1932) was the…

Google is an American search engine company, founded in 1998 by Sergey Brin and Larry Page. Since 2015, Google has been a subsidiary of the holding company Alphabet, Inc. More than 70% of worldwide online search requests are handled by Google, placing it at the heart of most Internet users’

Google Workspace, free computer application service offered by the American search engine company Google Inc. Some consider it a kind of freeware. In 2006, in what many in the industry considered the opening salvo in a war with Microsoft Corporation, Google introduced Google Apps—software hosted by

Google Gemini, generative artificial intelligence (AI) model and chatbot created by the search engine company Google, which uses large language models (LLMs) to “converse” with users and generate content. Bard (Google Gemini’s original name) was announced by Google CEO Sundar Pichai in February

Google: Google Books: In the early 2000s, Google launched what might have been considered the largest and most ambitious library project ever attempted. Google was planning to scan and digitize all available books across the globe to create the world’s most comprehensive digital library. This project,…

Chrome, an Internet browser released by Google, Inc., a major American search engine company, in 2008. By 2013 Chrome had become the dominant browser, surpassing Microsoft’s Internet Explorer and Mozilla’s Firefox in popularity. Chrome is based on the open-source code of the Chromium project, but

Google DeepMind, artificial intelligence (AI) research laboratory created through the merger of Google AI’s Google Brain division and the tech start-up DeepMind. A subsidiary of Alphabet, Google DeepMind is headquartered in London, with offices in countries including Canada, France, India, Japan,

Google Docs, free cloud-based word processor offered by the American search engine company Google. Google Docs was originally built on the foundation of Writely, an early browser-based word processor with real-time collaborative editing. Writely was created by software programmers Claudia

Google Earth, mapping service produced by the American search engine company Google. Google Earth allows users to call up on their computer screens detailed satellite images of most locations on Earth. These maps can be combined with various overlays—such as street names, weather patterns, crime

Google: Early investment, rapid growth, and a 2004 IPO: …proprietary pieces of computer code: Google File System (GFS), Bigtable, and MapReduce. GFS handles the storage of data in “chunks” across several machines; Bigtable is the company’s database program; and MapReduce is used by Google to generate higher-level data (e.g., putting together an index of Web pages that contain the…

Google Gemini, generative artificial intelligence (AI) model and chatbot created by the search engine company Google, which uses large language models (LLMs) to “converse” with users and generate content. Bard (Google Gemini’s original name) was announced by Google CEO Sundar Pichai in February

Google is an American search engine company, founded in 1998 by Sergey Brin and Larry Page. Since 2015, Google has been a subsidiary of the holding company Alphabet, Inc. More than 70% of worldwide online search requests are handled by Google, placing it at the heart of most Internet users’

Google Knol, free Internet-based encyclopaedia hosted (2007–12) by the American search engine company Google Inc. On December 13, 2007, Google announced that it was entering the online encyclopaedia business with Knol. (The company defined a knol as a unit of knowledge.) The Knol Web site was

Google is an American search engine company, founded in 1998 by Sergey Brin and Larry Page. Since 2015, Google has been a subsidiary of the holding company Alphabet, Inc. More than 70% of worldwide online search requests are handled by Google, placing it at the heart of most Internet users’

Google: Android OS and entry into the smartphone market: …Apple’s iPhone by introducing the Nexus One smartphone. Nicknamed the “Google Phone,” the Nexus One used the latest version of Android and featured a large, vibrant display screen, aesthetically pleasing design, and a voice-to-text messaging system that was based on advanced voice-recognition software. However, its lack of native support for…

Google Pixel, smartphone line by Google known for its advanced camera capabilities and integration capacity with Google software and services. The Pixel uses the Android operating system, which Google acquired in 2005. Building on the previously developed Google Nexus smartphone’s design, the Pixel

Google: Google Books: In the early 2000s, Google launched what might have been considered the largest and most ambitious library project ever attempted. Google was planning to scan and digitize all available books across the globe to create the world’s most comprehensive digital library. This project,…

Google: Google Video and YouTube: In January 2005 Google launched Google Video, which enabled individuals to search the close-captioned text from television broadcasts. A few months later Google began accepting user-submitted videos, with submitters setting the prices for others to download and view the videos. In…