
19/07/2025
Things That Are Older Than Google
Google was founded in 1998. Sounds ancient, right? But here are a few things that have been around way before you were asking it how to boil an egg
The Internet – Born in 1983. Yup, the OG web was already crawling before Google made searching cool.
Email – Around since the 1970s. Someone might’ve sent the first “LOL” on a dial-up modem.
Mobile Phones – First commercial mobile phone? 1983. Clunky, brick-sized, and only made calls!
Microsoft Windows – Windows 1.0 dropped in 1985. Google was still in diapers (wait it didn’t exist yet).
USB Flash Drives – Invented in 1998 (barely made the cut, but still slightly older!)
Text Messaging (SMS) – First text sent in 1992. “Merry Christmas,” if you’re curious
You (probably) – If you’re reading this and born before 1998… congrats, you’re officially older than Google too
Moral of the scroll?
Google’s a genius, but don’t sleep on the things that paved the way for it.
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