Google was founded in 1998 by Larry Page and Sergey Brin. Its mission is to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible. Some of Google's most popular products include Search, Gmail, Maps, Chrome, and Android. The document discusses these products as well as Google's corporate history, web services, and reasons for its success, including a focus on users, speed, and avoiding evil. It also identifies mobile computing as a major opportunity through technological convergence.