Hardly a living area where Google is not present or will be: the future Daughters of Alphabet Holding, their products and projects at a glance
abc.xyz is actually the Internet address of alphabet. | OC Always / Flickr (CC BY 2.0)
The word Google is synonymous with searching the net, but for many years the company operates in various sectors. With the establishment of the Holding Alphabet and the inclusion of Google as a separate, subordinate enterprises, the company founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin formalize the role of a conglomerate.
The name Google is a company under the new management of Sundar Pichai continue for the most popular products and services are: The same search engine, responsible for the majority of sales advertising networks AdWords and AdSense, well-known products such as Google Maps, Drive, Gmail, the mobile operating system Android, the Play Store and YouTube remain part of Google. ” / p>
Other, partly less well known classes and products that will in future be available as other subsidiaries of alphabet alongside Google. But who knows at all areas in which Google is active and what plans does the company? What’s in the future and which is already established? The following overview shows a small part of the future Alphabet universe.
Fiber
Google Fiber in Utah | © George Frey / Getty Images
When Launched in February 2010
What? Fiber is the English word for glass fiber and that’s the point. The company is building its own fiber optic Google in selected cities and brings the inhabitants therefore particularly fast Internet for about 80 US dollars a month. So far, there are Google Fiber in Austin, Kansas City and Provo. Soon to begin expanding in Salt Lake City, San Antonio and Atlanta. Fiber is to become an autonomous subsidiary of the alphabet.
Why? Google thrives on that people use their Internet services, rapid network is of course an advantage. At the same time, Google the incumbent network providers under pressure. In order not to lose customers, they also need to invest in its fiber optic network.
Makani
When? Taken on May 23, 2013
What? Wind energy does not always come from stationary wind turbines. The Californian company Makani plans to build mobile air wind power plants, which can be compared with the functioning of a dragon: A turbine revolves in the air and passes the generated by wind power further to a ground station. The technology has been around longer, German companies are working on similar solutions. Makani is a part of the Research Division Google X.
Why? The principle is less expensive and more flexible than the establishment of traditional wind turbines, also benefit air Wind power plants from strong winds at higher altitudes. Google apparently hopes to use this form of energy for their own data centers or in remote regions.
Loon
Google Loon: Wireless Internet from the balloon | © Marty Melville / AFP / Getty Images
When Launched on June 14, 2013
What Internet from the stratosphere: the Project Loon Google is working on solar powered balloons that so circling higher than commercial aircraft in about 20 kilometers altitude and , With special antennae people can connect with the balloons, which in turn communicate with each other and receive the Internet signal from a distant base station. Sri Lanka is to be the first country to comprehensively equipped with the balloons. Loon is a project of Google X.
Why? Anyone who is not online, can not use Google services. The Company therefore tries – as well as the competition from Facebook – to bring the offline world regions in the medium term online
Wing
From this prototype of Wing-drone is Google now averted. | © Google
When 2011
What If Amazon wants to deliver goods in future via drone? Google will not be left out. Under the project name Wing the company for several years working on their own aircraft. The success, however, are manageable, as Astro Teller, the head of Google X, recently had to admit. Thus, the first design of Wing was not satisfactory and it revised the drone now complete. The project is being driven primarily by Google founders Sergey Brin.
Why? Wing was originally intended mainly for the delivery of humanitarian aid in crisis areas. Meanwhile, it is conceivable that even Google similar to Amazon for delivery of goods is planning it and may be linked to Google Express.
Sidewalk Labs
Sidewalk Labs wants to link the cities , |? © Screenshot / Sidewalk Labs
When June 2015
What Sidewalk Labs is one of the youngest founded by Google Company. The focus is on the establishment of so-called Smart City’s , ie networked cities, use the new technologies of the communication, energy and transport sectors. The first project is called Intersection : Following the acquisition of LinkNYC Sidewalk Labs 10,000 Wi-Fi spots will from next autumn building in New York City. As the New York Times reports, Sidewalk Labs to be a subsidiary of the alphabet.
Why? Here it comes, as many people with a to provide Internet access.
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