In the 2000s, it had expanded to become a huge web entity thanks to the success of products like search ads, Gmail, Maps, YouTube acquired in 2006, and Android. Google acquired Android Inc. in 2005 as a way to move into mobile and protect its search business as smartphones became the main gateway to the internet. The first public release of the Android mobile operating system was in 2008, and by 2012, when it bought Motorola Mobility, Android was already central to Google mobile strategy. The...
