Google is incorporated, ShareReactor is brought back to life and Were you a Maruiteen? All on today’s On This Day from TEST Huddle.
1998 – Google Incorporated
Google is Incorporated. Google technically started in 1996 and there is some question as to it’s original start date, but this day they have officially incorporated the company. The story behind why they incorporated the company was that Sun co-founder Andy Bechtolsheim had wrote a check for $100,000 in August to an entity that did not exist: Google Inc. On September 4th, founders Larry and Sergey file for incorporation in California and then open a bank account in the company’s name to deposit Andy Bechtolsheim’s check.
2006 – ShareReactor returns
The ShareReactor site, a popular index for eDonkey network files, reopens under new management after a raid by Swiss police on March 10, 2004 shut it down. Prior to the site reopening, an email was sent to all ShareReactor users announcing that the site would be coming back online. When ShareReactor comes back online, the site has a new design and features better readings on sources in the eDonkey network. Th founder of the site Simon Moon announces that he will have nothing to do with the site in the future.
2006 – Are you a Maturiteen?
On this day in 2006, Business Week publish an article about the rise of the “maturiteen.” The article describes the maturiteen as a teenager who is “more savvy, responsible, mature, and pragmatic than previous cohorts. Culture watchers attribute his poise to baby boomer parents who treated their kids as equals. He’s a technology master, so he’s adept at onliner research and often acts as an in-house shopping consultant. These boys never knew a time without the Web, and its interactivity has nurtured in them a radical view of brands.” The article suggests these types of individuals are ones that parents rely on for research and help when making purchases.
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