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How some companies got their names:
Google - The name started as a joke boasting about the amount of information the search-engine would be able to
search. It was originally named ‘Googol’, a word for the number represented by 1 followed by 100 zeros. After the
founders - Stanford graduate students Sergey Brin and Larry Page presented their project to an angel investor - they
received a check made out to ‘Google.’
Intel - Bob Noyce and Gordon Moore wanted to name their new company ‘Moore Noyce’ but that was already trademarked by a hotel chain so they had to settle for an acronym of INTegrated ELectronics.
Motorola - Founder Paul Galvin came up with this name when his company started manufacturing radios for cars. The
popular radio company at the time was called Victrola.
Sony - It originated from the Latin word ’sonus’ meaning sound, and ’sonny’ a slang used by Americans to refer to a
bright youngster.
Yahoo! - The word was invented by Jonathan Swift and used in his book ‘Gulliver’s Travels’. It represents a person
who is repulsive in appearance and action and is barely human. Yahoo! Founders Jerry Yang and David Filo selected
the name because they considered themselves yahoos.
Apple Computers - It was the favorite fruit of founder Steve Jobs. He was three months late in filing a name for the
business, and he threatened to call his company Apple Computers if the other colleagues didn’t suggest a better
name by 5 O’clock.
Google - The name started as a joke boasting about the amount of information the search-engine would be able to
search. It was originally named ‘Googol’, a word for the number represented by 1 followed by 100 zeros. After the
founders - Stanford graduate students Sergey Brin and Larry Page presented their project to an angel investor - they
received a check made out to ‘Google.’
Intel - Bob Noyce and Gordon Moore wanted to name their new company ‘Moore Noyce’ but that was already trademarked by a hotel chain so they had to settle for an acronym of INTegrated ELectronics.
Motorola - Founder Paul Galvin came up with this name when his company started manufacturing radios for cars. The
popular radio company at the time was called Victrola.
Sony - It originated from the Latin word ’sonus’ meaning sound, and ’sonny’ a slang used by Americans to refer to a
bright youngster.
Yahoo! - The word was invented by Jonathan Swift and used in his book ‘Gulliver’s Travels’. It represents a person
who is repulsive in appearance and action and is barely human. Yahoo! Founders Jerry Yang and David Filo selected
the name because they considered themselves yahoos.
Apple Computers - It was the favorite fruit of founder Steve Jobs. He was three months late in filing a name for the
business, and he threatened to call his company Apple Computers if the other colleagues didn’t suggest a better
name by 5 O’clock.
