In the beginning there was bartering. It was a pretty good system, such as it was. If I had an abundance of something valuable, I could trade it for something I didn’t have. I’ve got goats, you’ve got textiles – let’s do a little business here. But goats...
If you use “Google” as a verb, there’s a good reason for that. Google, in its infancy, was an online search engine, one of many available. Why did it succeed on such a high level, to the point where its name is now synonymous with the service it provides?...
