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Take Off Century #Information Literacy
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Skills
Identify the given apps available in Google Play Store and write their names. Also write the name of
the country of their origin.
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An app, short for "application," refers to software designed to perform specific tasks. Apps are developed
for devices such as 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 in 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. Google's search
engine can be accessed by typing "www.google.com" into the
address bar of a web browser, like Chrome and pressing the
Enter key.
Few tips for using Google search engine are:
Keep the search words simple like stationery shop near me or how the weather will be today.
Unable to type! You can use the microphone icon to speak the search words. You do not have to
worry about the spelling mistakes.
The name 'Google' was derived from a misspelling of its original planned name, 'GOOGOL',
which means a mathematical term for the number one followed by 100 zeroes.
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