Ah, Google. Everyone’s favorite and least-favorite company has had quite the decade, more than earning its spot at the table of the tech elite. It was already among the top 20 largest companies in 2009, owing to years of success from YouTube , Chrome , and others, but in 2019 Google (via its parent company, Alphabet) finds itself among the top 5 largest companies by market cap. It’s been a remarkable decade for tech as a whole, but Google stands out because of just how widespread its influence is. Google has touched (and more often than not, retreated from) countless segments of the tech community as it grew over the years. At this point, it’s been caught with its hand in the cookie jar so many times that it’s a wonder it has any hands left. Despite these failures, Google is doing better than ever as we prepare to move into 2020. To celebrate a decade of successes and failures, we decided to look back at some of the most notable events, product launches, failures, and more from the...