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5 Google Apps
Let’s surf
Google
Apps of Google
Let’s PLug-in Century #Media Literacy
21 st
Skills #Information Literacy
Identify the given apps available in Google Play Store and write their names. Also write the name
of the country of their origin.
A. B. C. D.
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An app, short for "application," refers to software designed to perform specific tasks. Developers create
apps for devices like smartphones, tablets, or computers. You must have heard people say, Mobile
Apps. These apps run on Smartphones/Tablets. The term "app" gained more popularity when Apple
launched its App Store in 2008. Since then, this word App has been used for numerous programs.
Mobile Apps are more cost-effective than desktop applications. You can install as many free apps
as you want if you have enough space on your mobile to operate them. Some apps need Internet
accessibility. In this chapter, we will learn about Google and its different apps.
GOOGLE
Google is a US-based multinational technology organisation
founded in 1998 by Sergey Brin and Larry Page. It is popularly
known for its search engine. In the year 2015, Sergey Brin and Larry
Page opened a new company named Alphabet Incorporation
which, took over Google and became the parent company of
other Google subsidiaries. In December 2019, Sundar Pichai
became the CEO of Alphabet Inc.
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