Google over the years as company celebrates 25th birthday - in pictures

  • Google founders Sergey Brin, left, and Larry Page at the company's HQ in Mountain View, California, in 2003. Getty Images
    Google founders Sergey Brin, left, and Larry Page at the company's HQ in Mountain View, California, in 2003. Getty Images
  • Employees working in the office, dubbed the 'Googleplex', in 2003. Getty Images
    Employees working in the office, dubbed the 'Googleplex', in 2003. Getty Images
  • Google's closing share price is displayed in Times Square, New York City, on the company's first day of public trading in August 2004. Getty Images
    Google's closing share price is displayed in Times Square, New York City, on the company's first day of public trading in August 2004. Getty Images
  • Sergey Brin and Larry Page at the opening of the Frankfurt book fair in 2004. Getty Images
    Sergey Brin and Larry Page at the opening of the Frankfurt book fair in 2004. Getty Images
  • An employee rides his new Google-branded bike in 2007 in London. Google improved its green credentials by offering all staff a free bike to ride to work. Getty Images
    An employee rides his new Google-branded bike in 2007 in London. Google improved its green credentials by offering all staff a free bike to ride to work. Getty Images
  • A Google Street View camera car makes its way through London in 2008, creating innovative mapping. Getty Images
    A Google Street View camera car makes its way through London in 2008, creating innovative mapping. Getty Images
  • Google launches the Street View Trike at Stonehenge in Wiltshire in 2009. The British public voted for the top 6 tourist attractions they wished to be photographed by the tricycle. Getty Images
    Google launches the Street View Trike at Stonehenge in Wiltshire in 2009. The British public voted for the top 6 tourist attractions they wished to be photographed by the tricycle. Getty Images
  • The official opening party of Berlin's Google offices in 2012. Getty Images
    The official opening party of Berlin's Google offices in 2012. Getty Images
  • Trying out the wearable tech 'Google Glass' in Berlin, 2014. Getty Images
    Trying out the wearable tech 'Google Glass' in Berlin, 2014. Getty Images
  • South Korean professional Go player Lee Se-dol, right, prepares for his match against Google's AI programme, AlphaGo, during the Google DeepMind challenge match in Seoul, 2016. Getty Images
    South Korean professional Go player Lee Se-dol, right, prepares for his match against Google's AI programme, AlphaGo, during the Google DeepMind challenge match in Seoul, 2016. Getty Images
  • The new Google Home Hub displayed at a Google hardware launch event in London in 2018. Getty Images
    The new Google Home Hub displayed at a Google hardware launch event in London in 2018. Getty Images
  • A Noogler hat, given to each new employee, displayed at the Google Search 20th Anniversary Event in San Francisco in 2018. AFP
    A Noogler hat, given to each new employee, displayed at the Google Search 20th Anniversary Event in San Francisco in 2018. AFP
  • From left, bosses Philipp Justus, Sundar Pichai and Annette Kroeber-Riel at the opening of the Berlin representation of Google Germany in 2019. Getty Images
    From left, bosses Philipp Justus, Sundar Pichai and Annette Kroeber-Riel at the opening of the Berlin representation of Google Germany in 2019. Getty Images
  • Ivy Goodall, 11, meets with her teacher and her classmates in Google Classroom for the first lessons of term while in Covid-19 lockdown from her home in Auckland, New Zealand, in 2020. Getty Images
    Ivy Goodall, 11, meets with her teacher and her classmates in Google Classroom for the first lessons of term while in Covid-19 lockdown from her home in Auckland, New Zealand, in 2020. Getty Images
  • A driver using Google Maps to navigate towards London in 2021. Getty Images
    A driver using Google Maps to navigate towards London in 2021. Getty Images
  • Dr Erik Lucero, lead engineer of Google Quantum AI, leads a media tour of campus in Goleta, California in 2022. AFP
    Dr Erik Lucero, lead engineer of Google Quantum AI, leads a media tour of campus in Goleta, California in 2022. AFP
  • Workers leave Google’s Bay View campus in Mountain View in 2022. AFP
    Workers leave Google’s Bay View campus in Mountain View in 2022. AFP
  • A man carries a Google Street View Trekker backpack in Berlin in 2023. Getty Images
    A man carries a Google Street View Trekker backpack in Berlin in 2023. Getty Images
  • The new Google Pixel Fold phone on display at an I/O developers' conference in Mountain View, 2023. AFP
    The new Google Pixel Fold phone on display at an I/O developers' conference in Mountain View, 2023. AFP