Google was founded on this day in 1998, by a couple of uni students who
went on to become millionaires; the verb "to google" has in fact entered
the lexicon, but these days I use DuckDuckGo (remember: you are not
Google's customer, but their product).
There is some confusion over the name "Google"; some say that someone
couldn't spell the mathematical number "googol" (10**100), and others
claim that is was a joke on their part, which I suspect is revisionist
history.
I would appreciate a correction, and need I point out that a web reference
may not cut the mustard?
Thanks.
-- Dave