Infographic designer Jess Bachman has a new piece of work out, and explains: "There are so many long lists of Goolge's acquisitions out there that I really wanted to take that info further. So I combined tons of variables and data points about each acquisition into a chart which hopefully should provide some prospective on Google's past, where they are going and how they will get there. I also acknowledge that I only know what I have researched, and am certainly looking to improve the chart if viewers had information or corrections about any of the acquisitions." Here's the image—it's pretty large, as is Google's acquisition history.
Infographic: The history of Google's acquisitions
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